Just to add my two cents to this interesting discussion, I have never seen
or heard a Sandhill Crane over my Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington
yard in ten years. I am 9 miles east of Ridgefield NWR.
Jim Danzenbaker
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Paul Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Folks,
I am well aware of the migration pattern of Sandhill Cranes over the west
side of the Willamette Valley. For those of us who keep annual county
lists, it is a challenge to look for cranes in the counties west of the
Willamette River. One can search and search without success. Sandhill
cranes are seen occasionally, but it is a rare treat.
Yes, we can go to Sauvie Island or Malheur and see lots of cranes every
year. That's not the point.
I just want the folks who live under the flyway to appreciate the fact
that they can hear and maybe see the species just by going about daily
activities in their backyards. Lucky you.
Paul Sullivan
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: testing an hypothesis #2
Date: Thu Oct 15 2015 11:40 am
From: baro AT pdx.edu
On the other hand, farther north, in Carver, I've neither heard nor seen
Sandhill Cranes
in 42 years here. Canada geese (other than wintering birds) are regular
but not abundant;
White-fronts are regular but only occasional in spring.
Bob OBrien
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On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Alan Contreras wrote:
My impression is that the crane route is basically from Sauvie-Ridgefield
across Portland (more or less following the Willamette) with eventual
edging down the foothills not until somewhere around Mt. Angel. I would
not expect many in the eastern 2/3 of Clackamas County. Any observers
there to comment?
I also have the impression that a lot of them turn southeast aroundsouth
Creswell, just like the White-fronts, following the Willamette canyon
across to the Klamath marshes. I don’t think very many go straight
over the western Siskiyous, though observers there could correct me.
Alan Contreras---------------------------
On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Robert O'Brien wrote:
Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [obol] Re: testing an hypothesis #2
To: carrotguy55@xxxxxxxxx
On the other hand, farther north, in Carver, I've neither heard norseen Sandhill Cranes
in 42 years here. Canada geese (other than wintering birds) areregular but not abundant;
White-fronts are regular but only occasional in spring.
Bob OBrien-------------------------------
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:15 AM, roger freeman wrote:
essentiallyJust to add to this discussion, I can't speak for the west side of the
Willamette valley, but I live in the hills east of Silverton,
manythe Cascade foothills, and I hear Sandhill Crane flocks every October
flying over. And I am not home that often, so I can imagine I miss
flocks that may pass over.
--------------------------Roger Freeman
East of Silverton
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, David Irons wrote:
heardCrane movements through the Willamette Valley seem to be mostly if not
entirely confined to the eastern part of the trough. In all my days of
running Schwan's routes in Yamhill County (nearly five years) I never
probablyor saw Sandhill Cranes. We get birds over Portland's West Hills,
southfunneling along the north-south section of the Columbia (Woodland, WA
andto Portland) and then the flight path seems to shift east passing over
Silverton, Lebanon, Brownsville and Marcola east of Springfield. I've
always presumed that cranes move to the east side of the valley to take
advantage of the combination of thermals coming off the valley floor
upthe uplift over the western foothills of the Cascades. When I lived in
Eugene I would regularly see and hear cranes over the Coburg Hills and
the west.against the eastern edge of the valley, but rarely had them farther to
------------------------------Dave Irons
Portland, OR
From: paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obol] testing an hypothesis #2
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:17:12 -0700
find)To test whether the reports of Sandhill Cranes migrating over Portland
could be seen in Yamhill County (where the species is really hard to
– 3:25I went to the east end of Parrett Mt., then Chehalem Mt. from 12:25
thethis afternoon. The vantage point has a great view of Wilsonville all
way to Mt. Hood.
Result: No cranes
result.I have done a couple watches from there previously with the same
on Mar. 4, 2007.Carol & I did see 6 Sandhill Cranes flying over Burgerville in Newburg
Paul Sullivan
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