This thread reminded me of the BRTH specimen found by the Yaquina Bay South
Jetty a few months back along the beach. Don’t remember who found it, but was
photographed and viewed by a few birders.
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On Dec 9, 2021, at 5:48 AM, brrobb@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The Lorane Brown Thrasher was found Nov 5, 2006, and stayed until March 18,
2007. It was seen on a fairly regular basis by homeowners/birders Daphne
Turner and John Houle, though could be elusive. There are several eBird
records for this bird.
Roger Robb
Springfield, OR
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Cc: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
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Subject: [obol] Re: eBird Records of Brown Thrasher in Oregon
There was one overwintering in Lorraine about 10 years ago. Associated with a
blackberry patch. I believe most folks who chased it were unsuccessful.
Another was at the Salishan nature trail more recently but I'm not sure if
many folks succeeded in seeing it. The Springfield bird seems the most viewer
friendly individual so far based on eBird reports l have seen.
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From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/9/21 3:15 AM (GMT-08:00)
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Cc: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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Subject: [obol] Re: eBird Records of Brown Thrasher in Oregon
I totally agree with Alan. We only have one record for Coos, a bird found on
a Coquille Valley CBC in an out of the way wooded draw in the little town of
Coquille. A remarkable find and a skulker that was difficult to relocate.
Happy vagrant finding!
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 8:05 PM Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It’s true that Brown Thrasher is a semi-regular vagrant to Oregon, but it is
not necessarily easy to find. The one in Springfield was only the second I
have seen in Oregon. The first was maybe 40 years ago in Astoria.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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www.alanlcontreras.com
On Dec 8, 2021, at 8:00 PM, Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I was surprised by the seemingly mild level of interest in Lane county's
Brown Thrasher. My first thought was the heavy rain. Then I suspected
something else might be happening, so I downloaded the list of observations
in Oregon of the Brown Thrasher for all time from eBird.
Robert Lockett entered the earliest account of the species on 30 September
2021, dated 31 October 1974, at Malheur NWR--Headquarters. The date of the
most recent observation, as you are aware, is 4-5 December 2021.
For those of us who prefer to avoid evening math other than counting sheep -
the records in eBird span 47 years. On average, eBird records yield
observations of Brown Thrasher in 7 out of every ten years, which translates
to a total of 33 of the intervening years.
Someone realized this evening they just fell off the "turnip truck,"
Jack Williamson
West Linn
