To clarify, earlier eBird postings indicated the Tri-coloreds east of Albany
are not in the gravel quarry that's on the same road, but are associated
separately with a cattle operation that also attracts hundreds of Brewers,
Red-winged, and Starlings and is at least a half mile to the northeast. I was
there today for about 20 minutes and did not see the Tri-coloreds but could
have missed them given the enormous numbers of birds constantly taking flight
and moving around.
Paul Adamus
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[mailto:birding-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joel Geier
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Subject: [birding] Mid-Willamette Valley Tri-colored Blackbirds and Barrow's
Goldeneye
In the interest of sharing the main birds that have been prompting repeated
reports of "rarities" on eBird ...
Local birders continue to report as much as six Tri-colored Blackbirds at the
Philomath sewage treatment ponds (access permission required) and and smaller
numbers in the gravel quarries off of Eichler Rd. east of Albany (on private
property but owner seems to tolerate birders).
The apparent immature male Barrow's Goldeneye hanging out with a female
Bufflehead at the mitigation wetland/scrape along Bruce Rd. at Finley NWR also
continues to be reported.
--
Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
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