[obol] Re: obol Digest V3 #205
- From: Susan B <1947fun@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:24:23 -0700
read # 6. Excellent directions...
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:07 PM, <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> obol Digest Sunday, June 29 2014 Volume: 03 Issue: 205
>
> In This Issue:
> #1: From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Coos Shorebirds 6/29/2014
> #2: From: Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] GREAT GRAY OWL NEST SEEMINGLY LATE,
> JACKSON COUNTY
> #3: From: "John Sullivan" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> (Redacted sender "Oropendolas@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
> Subject: [obol] Fern Ridge Eagles
> #4: From: Range Bayer <range.bayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] May Lincoln Co. Bird Notes During 4/28-5/26
> #5: From: Vjera Thompson <nemesisquail@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] West Eugene notes
> #6: From: Scott Carpenter <slcarpenter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Mt. Hood NF Woodpeckers
> #7: From: Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] FW: eBird Report - NF-041 Kings Saddle
> area, Jun 29,
> #8: From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Likely breeding Spotted Sandpipers near
> Seaside
> #9: From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Yamhill puzzle bird
> #10: From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: Yamhill puzzle bird
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Msg: #1 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:09:15 -0700
> Subject: [obol] Coos Shorebirds 6/29/2014
> From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Holly, Teak and I were out on the beach early PM out on the north spit of
> Coos Bay, north of where the old Weyco dike road hits the beach. We saw
> the following shorebirds the mile and a half or so we walked north along
> the beach:
> 17- WHIMBREL
> 1- LONG-BILLED CURLEW (with Whimbrels)
> 2- SNOWY PLOVERS (this is a few miles north of the area where they normally
> breed and the beach is open to dogs)
> 1- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
>
> Merry migration!
> Tim R
> Coos Bay
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #2 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:43:47 -0700
> Subject: [obol] GREAT GRAY OWL NEST SEEMINGLY LATE, JACKSON COUNTY
> From: Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> http://atowhee.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/young-owls/
> --
> 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: #3 in digest
> Subject: [obol] Fern Ridge Eagles
> From: "John Sullivan" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "
> Oropendolas@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:58:29 -0700
>
> Walking west from the Royal Avenue parking area, I happened to put my
> scope on the big fir trees on Gibson Island and was surprised to see a
> nearly full grown Bald Eagle chick in a nest at the top of one of the firs.
> I hadn't noticed this nest before. The nest is not visible from the
> platform. The nest near Shore Lane is also active again this year with at
> least one chick.
>
> Yesterday, a Caspian Tern that was roosting near Pelican Island in the
> Royal observation platform pond, took flight to chase an adult Bald Eagle,
> relentlessly dive-bombing until the eagle left the area. Hmmm... that was
> interesting behavior.
>
> No new migrants seen in the area today.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> John Sullivan
> Springfield, OR
>
> Sent from my iPad
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #4 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:29:39 -0700
> Subject: [obol] May Lincoln Co. Bird Notes During 4/28-5/26
> From: Range Bayer <range.bayer@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> BIRD FIELD NOTES from the May 2014 Sandpiper 35(5), published on June 3
> for Observations Received During 4/28-5/26 by Range Bayer
>
> The Sandpiper is a publication of Yaquina Birders and Naturalists, a
> Lincoln County (Oregon) natural history group.
>
> Lincoln Co. Bird Notes Received during 4/28-5/26- by Range Bayer.
> Comments in this column about abundance or seasonality refer to
> LINCOLN COUNTY only.
>
> There is room here for only some of the many Lincoln County sightings
> posted to Oregon Birders On-Line (OBOL), eBird.org, Lincoln Co.
> Birding & Nature Observing (LCBNO), and BirdNotes.net; or emailed,
> telephoned, or mailed to me.
>
> If you have any Lincoln County field notes, please share them with
> Range (range.bayer@xxxxxxxxx; P.O. Box 1467, Newport, OR 97365;
> 541-265-2965) by the 20th of the month. Bird field notes columns in
> the Sandpiper since 1992 are at
> http://yaquina.info/ybn/bird/bird.htm#recent
>
> Abbreviations, terms, and some Lincoln Co. site locations (numbers
> refer to site numbers in the Oregon Coast Birding Trail Guide
> http://www.oregoncoastbirding.com/): BEAVER CREEK (#78, in part):
> creek flowing through Ona Beach State Park that includes Beaver Creek
> State Natural Area (SNA)
> (http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_261.php), BOILER BAY STATE
> WAYSIDE (#59): about 0.5 mi north of Depoe Bay, ECKMAN LAKE (#84):
> lake 2 mi east of Waldport along HWY 34, GRASS MOUNTAIN (E of
> Tidewater and NW of Alsea; most [including the top] in Benton Co., but
> part of north in Lincoln Co.; http://goo.gl/maps/2RQjB and
> http://www.summitpost.org/grass-mountain/225586), HMSC (#75): OSU
> Hatfield Marine Science Center, HIDDEN VALLEY: oxbow of Yaquina Bay
> with outlets with deteriorating trestles at Boone (west) and Nute
> (east) Sloughs near Milepost 9 along north Yaquina Bay Road, IDAHO
> FLATS: large embayment just east of the HMSC, McNARY LANE POND/PASTURE
> (near red barn) at about Milepost 5 on the north side of HWY 20
> between Newport and Toledo, NUTE SLOUGH: freshwater slough at about
> mile 9.3 along north Yaquina Bay Road, ONA BEACH STATE PARK (renamed
> as Brian Booth State Park in 2013) (#77): State Park about 6.6 mi
> south of Yaquina Bay bridge along HWY 101 at Beaver Creek, ROAD'S END
> STATE RECREATION SITE (#46): north of Lincoln City, USFWS: US Fish &
> Wildlife Service, YBSJ (#71): Yaquina Bay South Jetty, YAQUINA HEAD
> OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA (#65): headland north of Newport (requires
> recreation pass or vehicle entrance fee).
>
>
> WATERFOWL-GREBES
>
> Spring migration continues, and departures include our latest GR.
> WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Lincoln City on 5/14 (DV) and BRANT at Yachats
> on 5/25 (MG).
>
> Flocks of northbound WESTERN CANADA GEESE (Branta canadensis moffitti)
> were first reported on 5/13 (RL) and continued through the end of the
> reporting period near the coast (DV; PP; RB). These flights occur in
> late May and early June and are thought to be molt migrations to the
> Columbia River by failed breeders and nonbreeders. Molt migrations of
> this subspecies have also been reported inland (e.g.,
>
> http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v097n03/p0296-p0305.pdf
> ).
> Molt migration in other waterfowl is also known (scroll down
>
> http://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-biology/why-waterfowl-migrate/page2
> and see p. 94-98 in
> http://www.humboldt.edu/wildlife/faculty/black/pdf/O&B90CH5.pdf).
>
> 1 COMMON (EURASIAN) TEAL at McNary Lane Pond/Pasture on 3/30 (CP) may
> have been the same bird that was there on 5/4 (WHo).
>
> 1 CINNAMON TEAL was at Eckman Lake in mid-April, and 4 were there on
> 5/10 (AH, CH, JS).
>
> The male REDHEAD at McNary Lane Pond/Pasture in late April continued
> until 5/13 (m.ob.).
>
> 2 CALIFORNIA QUAIL were about 7 miles east of Boiler Bay in a
> nonresidential area on 5/8 (JR) and are the first reported since last
> October (FN).
>
> 1-3 CLARK'S GREBES were at Spanish Head in Lincoln City and Yachats on
> 5/1 (PP; SMa), at Boiler Bay and the YBSJ on 5/10 (AH, CH, JS; MK),
> and off Lincoln City on 5/16 & 21 (DV).
>
>
> TUBENOSES-IBISES
>
> An ALBATROSS, probably a Black-footed, was seen from shore at Boiler
> Bay on 5/9 (PP). Black-footeds were also recorded during a 5/1
> pelagic trip (eBird), the 5/18 BGPT (GG & others), and 5/21 Wings
> Seabird Cruise (eBird).
>
> During a 5/21 cruise, a rare COOK'S PETREL was about 63 miles off
> Newport and during a 5/25 cruise, a rare HAWAIIAN PETREL was about 142
> miles off Lincoln City (PL & others [fide SF]). These seem pretty far
> offshore to include in Lincoln Co., but they are still assigned to
> Oregon and Lincoln Co. by eBird (scroll down
> http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1375503) states:
> "Within eBird, we use a strict closest point of land (CPOL) rule to
> assign a country, state, and county to offshore observations that are
> within 200 nautical miles of land ..." A history of including county
> bird records out to 200 nautical miles can also be viewed by scrolling
> down http://www.californiabirds.org/counties.html
>
> A rare ASHY STORM-PETREL was discerned during a 5/1 cruise (JG &
> others) and the 5/18 BGPT (GG & others [see photos at
> http://www.pbase.com/gregbirder/20140518_newport]). FORK-TAILED
> STORM-PETRELS were recorded during a 5/1 pelagic trip (eBird) and 5/18
> BGPT (GG & others), and LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS were found during the
> 5/1 pelagic trip (eBird) and 5/21 Wings Seabird Cruise (eBird).
>
> BROWN PELICANS were reported during 10 days in April at Yaquina Head
> (BLM), and there were also many reports in May (m.ob.) with a high
> total of 150 during PP's 1.5 hour Boiler Bay seawatch on 5/9.
>
> The 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS reported at Ona Beach State Park on
> 5/7 (SM) were our first since Nov. 2012 (FN).
>
> On 5/14, RL espied a flock of 21-25 WHITE-FACED IBIS flying north over
> HWY 101 towards Yaquina Bay. They circled over the Newport Bayfront
> and then headed north. On 5/19, PP saw a flock of 7 unidentified ibis
> (presumably White-faced) flying north over Lincoln City. Since 1999,
> we also had 1-3 reports of White-faced Ibis each year in May of 2000,
> 2001, 2006, and 2008 (FN).
>
>
> RAPTORS-SHOREBIRDS
>
> RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS may be nesting in Hidden Valley between Toledo
> and Newport as 1 was watched there on 5/10 (AH, CH, JS) and 5/19 (CP).
>
> A MERLIN was in Depoe Bay on 4/28 (JR), and our latest was at Road's
> End in north Lincoln City on 5/2&7 (ME).
>
> PEREGRINE FALCONS are nesting at Yaquina Head for the 3rd consecutive
> year. The first chick was noted on 5/17 that appeared to be 1-2 days
> old (MM). With this and past information for Yaquina Head (FN),
> Peregrine incubation approximately started there during 4/16-19
> (2012), 5/13 (2013), and 4/17 (2014) as back-calculated 30 days from
> when hatching was first noted (incubation can be 29-32 days); first
> hatching was reported on 5/16-19 (2012), 6/12 (2013), and 5/17 (2014);
> time of fledging was during 6/26-30 (2012), and 7/18-20 (2013); and
> the number of fledglings was 4 (2012) and 2 (2013).
>
> A SORA was at Nute Slough on 5/10 (CH, AH, JS) and north Beaver Creek
> on 5/13 (DHo).
>
> A PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER visited South Beach State Park on 4/28 (JB).
>
> TS found a SNOWY PLOVER, now rare in Lincoln Co., at South Beach State
> Park on 4/29; it was not relocated.
>
> SOLITARY SANDPIPERS are scarcely reported here in spring or fall,
> though this may be a result of low observation effort in their
> preferred habitat, so that they are missed. Since 2000, there have
> been 1-2 reports only in the Mays of 2004, 2008, and 2013 (FN). This
> year, CP discovered 1 at McNary Lane Pond/Pasture on 5/3 and promptly
> reported it so that others could also see it, and 1-2 were relocated
> there on 5/3, 4, & 10 (RP & DHa; WHo; OH, AH, CH, JS). ME adds that
> the highlight of the 5/10 ASLC's field trip was a Solitary in the
> wetland across Logan Road from Road's End State Park.
>
> For the 4/28 Shorebird Sister Schools Program field trip to Yaquina
> Bay, DHa reports: "We had a wonderful field trip for seventy 4th
> graders today. The students were looking for shorebirds and were not
> disappointed. We had hundreds of Western Sandpipers swirling over the
> heads of the students. Also mixed in were dowitcher sp., Whimbrel,
> Dunlin, Least Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover (in stunning breeding
> plumage), and Semipalmated Plover."
>
> RED KNOTS can be scarce, and our only reports were of 1 at D River
> Wayside in Lincoln City on 5/5 (CJ) and during the 5/18 BGPT (see
> photo at http://www.pbase.com/gregbirder/20140518_newport).
>
> DI found a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at Idaho Flats on 5/18 (see photos
> at
> http://www.birdfellow.com/photos/gallery/904-presumed-first-spring-sy-semipalmated-sandpiper-newport-oregon-18-may-2014
> ).
> Since 1999, this is only our 10th record--5 during spring and 5 during
> fall migration (FN).
>
>
> TERN-SAPSUCKER
>
> 1 COMMON TERN at the HMSC on 5/8 was our only report (SM), and 1-2
> SOUTH POLAR SKUAS were appraised during the 5/18 BGPT (GG & others)
> and 5/21 Wings Seabird Cruise (eBird).
>
> At least 1 PARASITIC JAEGER was observed during the 5/1 pelagic trip
> (eBird), 5/18 BGPT (GG & others), and 5/21 Wings Seabird Cruise
> (eBird). A LONG-TAILED JAEGER graced the 5/18 BGPT (GG & others).
>
> 1-6 TUFTED PUFFINS were recorded during the 5/1 pelagic trip (eBird),
> and at Boiler Bay on 5/3 (AH, CH, MS) and 5/22 (PP).
>
> We had many BARRED OWL reports through the end of the 5/26 reporting
> period, with 1 near Siletz (PK), 5 reports 7 miles east of Boiler Bay
> (JR), 1 at Hudson Loop between Toledo and Siletz (JL) and another at
> north Beaver Creek (DHo).
>
> The first VAUX'S SWIFTS were at Eckman Lake on 5/3 (A &CH, MS).
> During the 5/17 YBNFT in Toledo led by DHa, CP said they watched
> Vaux's Swifts going up into trees to break off twigs for nesting.
> According to http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Vauxs_Swift/lifehistory
> their nest is a "Half-cup made of small twigs glued to vertical
> surface with the bird's sticky saliva."
>
> 2-7 BLACK SWIFTS migrated over Lincoln City on 5/19 (PP) and east of
> Devil's Lake on 5/20 (DV).
>
> On 5/6, a male RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER courted a female with drumming
> on metal and a dance at Burnt Woods (KG [fide KM]). Another
> Red-breasted Sapsucker was at the northwest flank of Grass Mt. on 5/10
> (AH, CH, JS).
>
>
> FLYCATCHERS-KINGLET
>
> Our first OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was east of Boiler Bay on 5/5 (CA).
>
> BLACK PHOEBE nest building was reported in west Hidden Valley on 4/13
> (CP), and singles were reported in Hidden Valley on 5/10 & 11 (AH, CH,
> JS; DHo). Another was reported at South Beach State Park on 5/10
> (LH).
>
> WESTERN KINGBIRDS are a common spring migrant here near the coast.
> One seen and photographed on 5/2 at the HMSC (CJ, DV) is about a week
> later than many reports in the past (SemiL).
>
> DF detected a rare RED-EYED VIREO at Thornton Creek between Eddyville
> and Toledo on 5/14. He also found our only other record since 1992
> there on 5/16/2008 (FN).
>
> The WESTERN SCRUB-JAY at the USFWS building at the HMSC lingered until
> at least 4/30 (RCh, RL). Others were also often reported in May in
> Newport (PR; eBird), where they appear to be resident in a few
> neighborhoods. 1 was also at Cape Perpetua on 5/17 (PO).
>
> During 5/5-6, apparently the same AMERICAN CROW brought food to soak
> in a birdbath by the USFWS building at the south HMSC to soak (RL,
> DHa). Recognizable food items included a White-crowned Sparrow, small
> mammal (vole?), worm, and snake. Remnants were often abandoned in the
> bird bath, which made it rather gruesome, so that it needed
> refreshing.
>
> After several years' absence at BLl's home near Logsden, CLIFF
> SWALLOWS were nesting there on 5/17.
>
> 2 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS were about 15 mi east of Boiler Bay on 5/5 (CA)
> and at north Beaver Cr. on 5/24 (DHo).
>
> A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was about 12 miles east of Boiler Bay on 5/2
> (CA), and SWAINSON'S THRUSHES arrived on 5/10 & 13 at Beaver Creek
> (DB; LO). During migration, there are also departures and the latest
> RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was at the HMSC on 4/28 (WHe).
>
> [Image Not Included: Pacific Wren fledgling with yellow bill and
> lingering few wisps of white feathers on its head (which are barely
> visible in this photo at this size) on May 12 at Depoe Bay. Photo Š
> by Dawn Villaescusa at
>
> http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/2014/IMG_3725_1_zps038b3dae.jpg.html
> ]
>
>
> PIPIT-EVENING GROSBEAK
>
> AMERICAN PIPITS continued their good spring showing with 1-6 at
> Yachats on 4/30 (WHo) and the HMSC on 5/3 (AH, CH, MS).
>
> A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was first found at the YBSJ on 4/25 (WHo), and 1-2
> lingered there until 4/28 (WHo; CP; WHe; DHo).
>
> A NASHVILLE WARBLER showed at Road's End on 5/8 (ME), Hidden Valley on
> 5/10 (AH, CH, JS), and just east of the path into Yachats Commons Park
> on 5/18 (DI & DP). In recent years, Nashville Warblers have been rare
> in spring in Lincoln County, since we only have 3 spring records (all
> in May) of singletons since 1993 in 2003 (2 records) and 2012; there
> are also 7 non-spring Lincoln Co. records, including during the
> 12/29/2012 Yaquina Bay Christmas Bird Count (FN).
>
> CHIPPING SPARROWS were at Nute Slough on 5/2 (AH, CH) and Eddyville on
> 5/10 (AH, CH, JS).
>
> Our latest GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW persisted at South Beach State Park
> on 5/14 (DB).
>
> Arrivals include BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK on 5/1 at the HMSC and Newport
> (DHa; MH) and WESTERN TANAGER in Toledo on 5/1 (RP).
>
> RL spotted an adult HOUSE FINCH feeding a fledgling at the USFWS
> feeder at the HMSC on 4/28. This seems early as p. 602 of the Birds
> of Oregon: General Reference indicates House Finch fledging starts in
> mid-May.
>
> On 5/14 in Newport, BO watched EVENING GROSBEAKS flying out from a
> Douglas fir to "hawk" flying carpenter ants. The flying ants were
> probably a consequence of it being a very hot day of 88 F in Newport,
> which set a record high in May for Newport.
>
> OBSERVERS/SOURCES: Christopher Adlam, Audubon Society of Lincoln City
> (ASLC) (http://www.lincolncityaudubon.org/) field trip, David Barber,
> Range Bayer, Bird Guide Pelagic Trip out of Newport (BGPT; info about
> pelagic trips at http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics/), Birding Oregon
> (http://birdingoregon.info/), Jeff Boatright, Derek Buchner, Rebecca
> Chuck (RCh), BirdNotes.net, Bureau of Land Management staff and
> volunteers at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (BLM), eBird.org
> (location and observer not accessible in "View and Explore Data" for
> "All Observations" but available through "Bar Charts"), Mark Elliott,
> Darrel Faxon, fide ("as reported by" someone other than the observer),
> Shawneen Finnegan, Kim Garry, Jeff Gilligan, Greg Gillson, Merle
> Greenway, Luke Hanes, Oscar Harper, Dawn Harris (DHa), William
> Hemstrom (WHe), Adrian Hinkle, Christopher Hinkle, Wayne Hoffman
> (WHo), Mary Holbert, Deb Holland (DHo), Dave Irons, Courtney Kelly
> Jett (CJ), Penelope Kaczmarek, Marlowe Kissinger, Janet Lamberson,
> Paul Lehman, Lincoln Co. Birding & Nature Observing (LCBNO)
> (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/LCBNO/info), Bob Llewellyn (BLl),
> Roy Lowe, m.ob. (multiple observers), Shari M. (as given in eBird)
> (SM), Sylvia Maulding (SMa), Michael Mefford, Kathy Merrifield, Field
> Notes (FN; Lincoln County records from the Sandpiper since 1992 are
> searchable in search box at
> http://yaquina.info/ybn/bird/bird.htm#recent), Bob Olson, Oregon
> Birders On-Line (OBOL; recent postings at
> http://birdnews.aba.org/maillist/OR01), Laimons Osis, Pam Otley, Ram
> Papish, Diane Pettey, Chuck Philo, Phil Pickering, Paul Reed, Jennifer
> Rothe, Mary Lynn Scattaregia (MS), Trent Seager, SemiL (semimonthly
> Lincoln Co. bird records through 1992 for each species at
> ScholarsArchive@OSU [http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8070]), Jamie Simmons,
> Dawn Villaescusa, Yaquina Birders & Naturalists
> (http://yaquina.info/ybn/) Field Trip (YBNFT) led by DHa.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #5 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:30:43 -0700
> Subject: [obol] West Eugene notes
> From: Vjera Thompson <nemesisquail@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> OBOLers,
> I found a juvie BLACK PHOEBE today (6/29) at the EWEB wetlands at Beltline
> and Roosevelt in Eugene. I haven't seen any adults at this location this
> year, so not sure if this bird was raised here or dispersed from a nearby
> breeding location. I had one Black Phoebe pretty consistently at the pond
> at Barger and Beltline from January to March this year, but otherwise
> haven't seen as many Black Phoebes around since the big snows.
>
> Speaking of the big snow, I'm suspicious that it wiped out my local pair of
> Wrentits. I had a pair year-round from November 2011 to November 2013 at
> the bike path by Barger and Beltline (by Shasta Middle School). I haven't
> seen or heard them once this year, despite visiting the area almost weekly.
>
> I checked the EWEB wetlands today and there is still some water in the
> southeast pond. No shorebirds except for 4 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS.
>
> Yesterday (6/28) I biked through Meadowlark Prairie. There is still a
> GRASSHOPPER SPARROW singing near the picnic shelters. There were also 1-2
> WESTERN KINGBIRDS and a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE just south of the railroad
> tracks. I would guess that both breed in that area.
>
> Good birding,
> Vjera Thompson
> Eugene, OR
> nemesisquail@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #6 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:51:52 -0700
> Subject: [obol] Mt. Hood NF Woodpeckers
> From: Scott Carpenter <slcarpenter@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This weekend I came across a pair of AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS in Mt.
> Hood National Forest in Hood River County. They were on FR 17 about 1.1
> miles north of where 17 & 1720 split, which is a bit north of Hwy 44 that
> connects Hwy 35 to Dufur. The woodpeckers were foraging on both sides of
> the road, and I last saw them flying off to the west.
> Less than a mile north of there on FR 17 were two interesting and gorgeous
> sapsuckers that appeared to be RED-BREASTED X RED-NAPED. Unfortunately, I
> was not able to get photos of either bird. One looked a lot like a regular
> Red-breasted, but had significant amount of black behind the eye. The other
> more closely resembled a Red-naped, but had red bordering the black breast
> patch, and pinkish feathers on the breast, where yellow should have been.
>
> There were many WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS in this general area of the forest,
> too.
>
> --
> Scott Carpenter
> Portland, Oregon
> -------------------------
> http://www.scottcarpenterphotography.com/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #7 in digest
> From: Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] FW: eBird Report - NF-041 Kings Saddle area, Jun 29, 2014
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:38:33 -0700
>
> Romain Cooper, his wife Christie and myself did some birding in extreme
> southcentral Josephine County. Best birds were a handful each of RED
> CROSSBILLS & CASSIN'S FINCHES. We were able to refind the ROCK WREN as
> well.
> Good birding,
> Russ Namitz
> Medford
>
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:45 -0400
> > From: do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: eBird Report - NF-041 Kings Saddle area, Jun 29, 2014
> >
> > NF-041 Kings Saddle area, Josephine, US-OR
> > Jun 29, 2014 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
> > Protocol: Traveling
> > 5.0 mile(s)
> > 31 species
> >
> > Red-tailed Hawk 1
> > Rufous Hummingbird 4
> > Red-breasted Sapsucker 3
> > Hairy Woodpecker 1
> > Northern Flicker 3
> > Pileated Woodpecker 1
> > Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
> > Western Wood-Pewee 1
> > Hammond's Flycatcher 2
> > Dusky Flycatcher 3
> > Warbling Vireo 2
> > Steller's Jay 3
> > Common Raven 2
> > Mountain Chickadee 3
> > Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
> > Rock Wren 1
> > House Wren 2
> > Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
> > Townsend's Solitaire 2
> > Hermit Thrush 4
> > Nashville Warbler 4
> > MacGillivray's Warbler 6
> > Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
> > Green-tailed Towhee 5
> > Fox Sparrow 5
> > Dark-eyed Junco 3
> > Western Tanager 1
> > Lazuli Bunting 7
> > Cassin's Finch 3
> > Red Crossbill 5
> > Pine Siskin 3
> >
> > View this checklist online at
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18947252
> >
> > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (
> http://ebird.org/Klamath-Siskiyou)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #8 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:05:51 -0700
> From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Likely breeding Spotted Sandpipers near Seaside
>
> I stopped at Crown Camp on the Lewis and Clark rd above Seaside this
> afternoon and found a pair of SPOTTED SANDPIPERS acting very alarmed
> near the reservoir.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/14351741110/in/photostream
>
> I first found Spotted Sandpipers at the reservoir a couple weeks ago,
> so they are at least summering there, but the behavior was something
> close to a distraction display today.
>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> String Theory
> http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2182
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #9 in digest
> From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Yamhill puzzle bird
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:50:56 -0700
>
> We were up Rock Creek Rd, north of Sheridan today, 0.25 mile past the end
> of
> the paved road at a gate on the east side of the road. We heard a sparrow
> singing from large D. fir trees at the edge of a Christmas tree farm. It
> sang repeated, buzzy triplets: "Bzzzzzz, Bzzzzzz, Bzzzzzz." It sounded
> like a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, but it was high in the tree. I tried playing
> a
> tape, but it did not come down to where we could really see it. The song
> did not match any song I've heard from a Chipping Sparrow.
>
>
> Hmmmm?
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul Sulllivan & Carol Karlen
>
> McMinnville
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #10 in digest
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:01:44 -0700
> From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: Yamhill puzzle bird
>
> Did it sound like this?
>
> http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/observatory/orju20140626_test16.wav
>
>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> String Theory
> http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2182
>
>
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>
> End of obol Digest V3 #205
> **************************
>
>
>
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