I re-visited the Sheridan sewage ponds today. I found much the same birds
as 11 days ago:
2 WESTERN GREBES
14 Eared Grebes
200 Canada Geese
180 Cackling Geese
75 Mallard
1800 Shovelers
3 Green-winged Teal
145 Ringnecks
60 Lesser Scaup
1 Redhead
1 SURF SCOTER -female, same bird as last week?
150 Bufflehead
8 Hooded Merganser
195 Ruddy Duck
180 Coot
2 Killdeer
25 Dunlin
1 Wilson's Snipe
2 Glaucous-winged Gulls
1 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Kingfisher
1 Kestrel
1 Red-winged Blackbird
Alas, no Black-vented Shearwaters :(
Good birding, everyone,
Paul Sullivan
From: Paul Sullivan [mailto:paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 6:39 PM
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: W. Grebe, Surf Scoter at Sheridan sewage pond
I visited the Sheridan sewage ponds this afternoon. I found:
1 Great Blue Heron
2-3 WESTERN GREBES -- first of annual visitors
14 Eared Grebes
7 Canada Geese
60 Mallard
1 American Wigeon
5 Pintail
1580 Shovelers
9 Green-winged Teal
10 Ringneck
22 Lesser Scaup
1 Redhead
1 SURF SCOTER -female, first of annual visitors
9 Bufflehead
10 Hooded Merganser
83 Ruddy Duck
408 Coot
29 Killdeer
4 Dunlin
11 Long-billed Dowitcher
5 Wilson's Snipe
1 Kingfisher
1 Kestrel
2 Brewer's Blackbird
Good birding, everyone,
Paul Sullivan
