The Wednesday morning birders decided to try a safer walk and stick around the Delta ponds near Valley River Center here in Eugene this cold and icy morning. Most of the ponds were covered in ice but some open spots due to the constant motion of the ducks, grebes etc. Birds seen: Cackling Goose Canada Goose Wood Ducks Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck-on river Greater Scaup-on river Lesser Scaup-on river Bufflehead Hooded Merganser-on river Common Merganser-on river Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron- immature Bald Eagle-mature adult Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Merlin American Coot Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper-on river rocks Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Gull species flying over Belted Kingfisher Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Scrub Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch Bewick's Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Varied Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Spotted Towhee Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Brewer's Blackbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Starling Fred Chancey, Kit Larson, Dave Brown & Don Schrouder OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx