Today Kay Fagan and I ran Carol Karlen's Yamhill County Raptor Route (109
mi, south end of county). We had some sun until mid-afternoon, then some
showers. We found a good list of raptors.
Red-tails 46
Rough-leg 1 (W. Perrydale Rd.)
Kestrels 64
Merlin 1 (Airport Rd.)
N. Harrier 5
Bald Eagle 7Adult, 5 Sub-adult
Cooper's Hawk 1
Plus:
1 an immature Snow Goose on Fairview Rd.
1 BLACK PHOEBE on Webfoot Rd at the chicken farm S of Fairview
1 SAY'S PHOEBE on Muddy Valley Rd. just N of Maysara Winery at a white
tent
We remembered Carol and has a fun day.
Good birding, everyone
Paul Sullivan
