As an out-of-the-area birder, I find this thread interesting.
Smith-Bybee is not very far from Clackamas County by my reckoning and it
gets dozens of egrets. I'm surprised that places along the Clackamas
River like Barton Park or some of the farm fields out that way don't
occasionally get flocks of egrets. There seems to be a lot of open area
around the confluence of the Clackamas and Willamette Rivers that would
be ideal for egret flocks after a good week of rain.
On 3/19/2016 7:10 AM, Robert O'Brien wrote:
Interesting. Several were reported from sauvie is. Yesterday. I wonder if they are coming north? Do they winter on sauvie is?
On Friday, March 18, 2016, Tim Janzen <tjanzen@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tjanzen@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Dear Bob,
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> I think that historically this is unusual. Prior to last year I had never heard of more than 2 Great Egrets being seen at the same time in the county. In the 1990s I had to work hard to find one Great Egret per year in the county. I think that Great Egrets have increased in numbers in the county in recent years. On Jan. 29, 2015 Dan van den Broek and I found 12 Great Egrets in a pasture along Sprague Rd. north of Molalla. A friend of mine has told me that she sees Great Egrets in small numbers regularly in that area in the winter months the past several years. I think that your sighting of 14 is the most ever seen in the county at one time.
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> Sincerely,
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> Tim Janzen
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> Portland
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> From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 8:11 PM
> To: obol
> Subject: [obol] clackamas co egrets
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> Today i saw a 'flock' of 14 great egrets feeding in a flooded farm field 1-2 miles west of canby. Unusual? Bob obrien. Carver or
