[obol] Re: obol Digest V2 #387
- From: lew pollan <lewcite@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 08:50:11 -0800
The Accipiter looks like the Sharp shinned hawk that I have been watching
near the Troutdale sewage pond;
Lew Pollan
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:08 PM, <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> obol Digest Saturday, November 30 2013 Volume: 02 Issue: 387
>
> In This Issue:
> #1: From: Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] accipiter confusion
> #2: From: "Pamela Johnston" <pamelaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: ADV: accipiter confusion
> #3: From: Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: ADV: accipiter confusion
> #4: From: Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] for fellow Ferrugy fans
> #5: From: "Mary Anne Sohlstrom" <masohlstrom@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Brookings Blue Jay
> #6: From: Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] compare this Cooper's
> #7: From: "Charles R. Gates" <cgates326@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Rare birds this fall in Central Oregon
> #8: From: Stephanie Hazen <stephaniehazen17@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Photos from Finley NWR Friday
> #9: From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] N.A. Bird Phenology Program: Great work
> Wink & Alan!
> #10: From: "Richard W. Musser" <mussermcevoy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: ADV: accipiter confusion
> #11: From: Diana Byrne <diana.byrne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Photos & video: Palm Warbler, Blue Jay,
> Long-tailed D
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Msg: #1 in digest
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:32:54 -0800
> From: Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] accipiter confusion
>
> I hate to ask this again, but... what is this blessed accipiter??
>
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/accipiter-confusion.html
> --
> http://lindafink.blogspot.com/
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/
> http://fffwildflowers.blogspot.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #2 in digest
> From: "Pamela Johnston" <pamelaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: ADV: accipiter confusion
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:54:07 -0800
>
> I'm going with Sharp-shinned. This is an adult bird, by the eye color and
> breast and belly pattern. The bird is perched up and slouching it neck, so
> it looks bulky through the neck and shoulders, maybe giving the impression
> that it's bigger than it really is. You've captured the small face. A
> close-up of a Cooper's face would look more like a Buteo, with strong
> projecting brows shielding the eyes, while this bird's head is more
> rounded,
> going toward the parakeet end of the scale. The prey doesn't say much,
> since
> it's so small, it does show the opportunistic way that raptors feed. Nice
> photos!
>
> Pamela Johnston
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Fink
> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 10:32 AM
> To: OBOL
> Subject: ADV: [obol] accipiter confusion
>
> I hate to ask this again, but... what is this blessed accipiter??
>
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/accipiter-confusion.html
> --
> http://lindafink.blogspot.com/
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/
> http://fffwildflowers.blogspot.com/
>
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> Msg: #3 in digest
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:10:39 -0800
> From: Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: ADV: accipiter confusion
>
> Thanks to Chuck Gates, Karen Saxton and Pamela Johnston for their quick
> responses. Although Chuck tried to teach me how to tell by eye position,
> I just can't see it. However, Karen gave the most telling clue: measure
> the branch! I ran outside with my trusty ruler and found that the branch
> is 2" in diameter, more or less. Measuring from tip of head to tip of
> tail in my photo, the hawk was only 10" long, although probably slightly
> longer when not scrunched down trying to digest its prey in peace. At
> any rate, it was much smaller than I estimated, showing how inept I am
> at size measurements. Size plus those sharp shins make it hard to be
> anything but a little Sharp-shinned Hawk.
>
> I still wonder how these accipiters tell each other apart...
>
> Linda
>
> On 11/30/2013 10:54 AM, Pamela Johnston wrote:
> > I'm going with Sharp-shinned. This is an adult bird, by the eye color
> > and breast and belly pattern. The bird is perched up and slouching it
> > neck, so it looks bulky through the neck and shoulders, maybe giving the
> > impression that it's bigger than it really is. You've captured the small
> > face. A close-up of a Cooper's face would look more like a Buteo, with
> > strong projecting brows shielding the eyes, while this bird's head is
> > more rounded, going toward the parakeet end of the scale. The prey
> > doesn't say much, since it's so small, it does show the opportunistic
> > way that raptors feed. Nice photos!
> >
> > Pamela Johnston
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Linda Fink
> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 10:32 AM
> > To: OBOL
> > Subject: ADV: [obol] accipiter confusion
> >
> > I hate to ask this again, but... what is this blessed accipiter??
> >
> > http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/accipiter-confusion.html
>
> --
> http://lindafink.blogspot.com/
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/
> http://fffwildflowers.blogspot.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #4 in digest
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 14:46:20 -0800
> Subject: [obol] for fellow Ferrugy fans
> From: Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> http://atowhee.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/purely-ferruginous/
> in Butte Valley just south of Oregon stateline
> --
> Harry Fuller
> author of FREEWAY BIRDING, see: *freewaybirding.com
> <http://freewaybirding.com>*
> Atowhee@gmail
> http://www.towhee.net
> my birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #5 in digest
> From: "Mary Anne Sohlstrom" <masohlstrom@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Brookings Blue Jay
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:30:29 -0800
>
> Hello from Gold Beach – Patty Bernardi and I are spending 3 days on the
> Southern OR coast. We wandered south to the border and checked out the
> Blue Jay in Brookings on our way by. We missed it on our first pass,
> cruised the neighborhood looking for stray corvids and circled back around
> to the original spot. We were ready to give it up when, of course, the
> bird showed up. Nice bird for a sunny morning on the coast. Weather here
> is breezy, in the mid-50’s and sunny. Not much else to report except for
> the guy flying three delta winged kites at the boat basin in Brookings. He
> was making them literally dance in the sky – very, very cool to watch!
> Mary Anne Sohlstrom
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #6 in digest
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:46:24 -0800
> From: Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] compare this Cooper's
>
> which hung out here daily for weeks. In these photos the eye position
> closer to the beak that Charles Gates mentioned is obvious. And so are
> those fat (relatively speaking) shins.
>
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/2013/10/juvenile-coopers-hawk.html
>
> Linda
> --
> http://lindafink.blogspot.com/
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/
> http://fffwildflowers.blogspot.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #7 in digest
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:52:01 -0800
> From: "Charles R. Gates" <cgates326@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Rare birds this fall in Central Oregon
>
> I've compiled a list of some of the rare birds that showed up in Central
> Oregon reports during the fall season (Aug-Nov) of this year. This list
> does not include late departers or early arrivers. There are 75 species
> on this list. Good fall for rarities.
> Snow Goose
> Ross's Goose
> Cackling Goose
> Trumpeter Swan
> Eurasian Wigeon
> Cinnamon Teal
> Greater Scaup
> Barrow's Goldeneye
> Surf Scoter
> White-winged Scoter
> Black Scoter
> Long-tailed Duck
> Red-breasted Merganser
> Chukar
> Wild Turkey
> Mountain Quail
> Ring-necked Pheasant
> Ruffed Grouse
> Sooty Grouse
> Pacific Loon
> Red-throated Loon
> White-faced Ibis
> Horned Grebe
> Red-necked Grebe
> Clark's Grebe
> American White Pelican
> Great Egret
> Northern Goshawk
> Red-shouldered Hawk
> Broad-winged Hawk
> Peregrine Falcon
> Black-bellied Plover
> Black-necked Stilt
> American Avocet
> Solitary Sandpiper
> Long-billed Curlew
> Semipalmated Sandpiper
> Sanderling
> Ruff
> Red Phalarope
> Long-tailed Jaeger
> Parasitic Jaeger
> Thayer's Gull
> Herring Gull
> Glaucous-winged Gull
> Sabine's Gull
> Common Tern
> Arctic Tern
> Black Tern
> Sandhill Crane
> Band-tailed Pigeon
> Barred Owl
> Great Gray Owl
> Long-eared Owl
> Short-eared Owl
> Black Swift
> Costa's Hummingbird
> Black-chinned Hummingbird
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
> Three-toed Woodpecker
> Eastern Kingbird
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee
> Black-capped Chickadee
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> Bohemian Waxwing
> Canada Warbler
> Swamp Sparrow
> Clay-colored Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> Harris's Sparrow
> Lapland Longspur
> Bobolink
> Tricolored Blackbird
> Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
> Purple Finch
>
>
> --
> Chuck Gates
> High School Teacher (Retired)
> NAMC State Coordinator - East Cascades Audubon Society
> Online Oregon Birding Site Guide - birdingoregon.info
> 541-280-4957
>
> --
> Chuck Gates
> High School Teacher (Retired)
> NAMC State Coordinator - East Cascades Audubon Society
> Online Oregon Birding Site Guide - birdingoregon.info
> 541-280-4957
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #8 in digest
> From: Stephanie Hazen <stephaniehazen17@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:03:54 -0800
> Subject: [obol] Photos from Finley NWR Friday
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/101700670573128910486/Obol?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNPpoLCfvNK9kQE&feat=directlink
>
> Ray and I gave up trying to do a Polk County raptor run on Friday Nov 29
> due to thick fog. Instead we headed to Finley and had a great day birding
> and photographing. Click on link above to see 2 videos and several photos
> of what we saw.
>
> Stephanie Hazen
> Ray Temple
> Salem
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #9 in digest
> Subject: [obol] N.A. Bird Phenology Program: Great work Wink & Alan!
> From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:39:46 -0800
>
> Hi all,
>
> In the U.S. Geological Survey's North American Bird Phenology Program
> newsletter that came out today:
>
> www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bpp/
>
> I saw a couple of volunteer citations from Oregon that looked familiar:
>
> AlanM@OR has transcribed over 40,000 cards
> WinkG@OR has transcribed over 10,000 cards
>
> I'm guessing that AlanM is Alan McGie here in Albany. WinkG is easier to
> be sure about: must be Wink Gross of dog-walk fame, in Portland.
> Together, these two account for more than 5% of the total number of
> cards that have been transcribed by volunteers across the continent
> (coming up on 1 million).
>
> Congratulations Alan & Wink, and thanks to both of you for your
> dedication on this valuable project!
>
> For folks who aren't familiar, this is a "crowd-sourcing" project to
> transcribe old field cards relating to North American Bird Phenology,
> running back to the early decade of the 20th Century. I first learned
> about it from an item on Mike Patterson's blog. It's a great diversion
> for the wet, cold months of winter.
>
> Good birding,
> Joel
>
> --
> Joel Geier
> Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #10 in digest
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:50:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Richard W. Musser" <mussermcevoy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: ADV: accipiter confusion
>
> Hi Linda,
> ��� I think this bird is a sharpie----for all the reasons others gave;
> but note the "pin head" (as compared to a Coops), and the really spindly
> toes and long "shin" (Coops toes are thicker as are their tarsus). Just my
> two cents. Best regards, Dick Musser (15 mi. south of Burns)
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:11 AM, Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks to Chuck Gates, Karen Saxton and Pamela Johnston for their quick
> responses. Although Chuck tried to teach me how to tell by eye position,
> I just can't see it. However, Karen gave the most telling clue: measure
> the branch! I ran outside with my trusty ruler and found that the branch
> is 2" in diameter, more or less. Measuring from tip of head to tip of
> tail in my photo, the hawk was only 10" long, although probably slightly
> longer when not scrunched down trying to digest its prey in peace. At
> any rate, it was much smaller than I estimated, showing how inept I am
> at size measurements. Size plus those sharp shins make it hard to be
> anything but a little Sharp-shinned Hawk.
>
> I still wonder how these accipiters tell each other apart...
>
> Linda
>
>
> On 11/30/2013 10:54 AM, Pamela Johnston wrote:
> > I'm going with Sharp-shinned. This is an adult bird, by the eye color
> > and breast and belly pattern. The bird is perched up and slouching it
> > neck, so it looks bulky through the neck and shoulders, maybe giving the
> > impression that it's bigger than it really is. You've captured the small
> > face. A close-up of a Cooper's face would look more like a Buteo, with
> > strong projecting brows shielding the eyes, while this bird's head is
> > more rounded, going toward the parakeet end of the scale. The prey
> > doesn't say much, since it's so small, it does show the opportunistic
> > way that raptors feed. Nice photos!
> >
> > Pamela Johnston
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Linda Fink
> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 10:32 AM
> > To: OBOL
> > Subject: ADV: [obol] accipiter confusion
> >
> > I hate to ask this again, but... what is this blessed accipiter??
> >
> > http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/accipiter-confusion.html
>
> --
> http://lindafink.blogspot.com/
> http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/
> http://fffwildflowers.blogspot.com/
>
>
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> Msg: #11 in digest
> From: Diana Byrne <diana.byrne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Photos & video: Palm Warbler, Blue Jay, Long-tailed Duck
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:59:40 -0800
>
> Photos and videos of birds from my recent trip to the southern Oregon
> coast are posted at
> http://cannonbeachbirder.blogspot.com/
>
> including:
> Palm Warblers
> Blue Jay
> Long-tailed Duck
> Peregrine Falcon
>
> -Diana Byrne
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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