[Umpqua Birds] Re: Fords Pond
- From: Jim Scott <cascaderamblings@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Umpqua Birds <umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 14:26:20 -0700
Mark, my wife and I were probably the ones you saw, we were there at the
same time and saw you at a distance. We had the same luck, no RED-NECKED
GREBE or YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. We did scare up a pair of RING-NECKED
PHEASANTS with chicks, and three SPOTTED SANDPIPERS with chicks, plus heard
but did not see the YELLOW BREASTED CHAT and MEADOW LARKS. Jim Scott
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mark Hamm <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I checked out Fords Pond Saturday morning, I did not see a RED-NECKED
> GREBE, nor a YELLOW-HEADED BB. However I did run into a fellow from
> Missouri, on his way from Portland
> to Nevada. He stopped specifically at Ford's Pond to see the TRICOLORED
> BB. He said he thought he heard a YHBB as he turned form Hwy 138 onto
> Church Rd. When I checked this area later I still had no luck.
>
> I did see the TRICOLORED BLACK BIRD COLONY, it was on the 2nd island. I
> didn't see any on the 1st island. I also saw a WHITE-TAILED KITE hunting in
> the SW corner of the south pond.
>
> I saw at least 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. 3 along the northern shore of the
> large pond and 3 on the northern shore of the smaller southern pond.
>
> Other birds of note;
>
> Bald Eagle
> on large douglas fir at south end (left before Kite appeared)
> Common Yellowthroat
> Cedar Waxwing
> Cinnamon Teal
> Purple Martin
> Meadow Lark
> heard but not seem
> Yellow Breasted Chat
> heard but not seen
>
> There were two other birders out there I never got to talk to, maybe they
> saw the grebe or yellow-headed bb.
>
> Mark
>
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Jim Scott
Cascade Ramblings
PO Box 672
Elkton, OR 97436
541-670-9189
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