[obol] Wednesday morning/Eugene
- From: Donald Schrouder <dcsbird@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:58:49 -0700
The group decided to head out to bird the end of Royal Ave. We made the loop on
the dike going west from the platform around to the barn pond and back. Best
sighting of the day was probably the LONG-BILLED CURLEW that flew in from the
south and ended up somewhere out near the lake. The entire area is drying out
fast, not much shorebird habitat left. Birds seen:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American White Pelican- 60+
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret-35+
Black-crowned Night Heron-1 adult
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite- 3
Bald Eagle- 1 adult
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon- 1
Virginia Rail- 2 juv.
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover- 4
Pacific Golden Plover- 2
Semipalmated Plover- 2
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs- 2
LONG-BILLED CURLEW- 1
Western Sandpiper- some
Least Sandpiper- many
Pectoral Sandpiper- 1
Long-billed Dowitcher- lots
Red-necked Phalarope- 1
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Acorn Woodpecker
American Crow
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow- some
Barn Swallow- lots
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Brewer's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Dave Brown, Fred Chancey, Holly Reinhard, Jim Ott, and Don Schrouder.
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