[Umpqua Birds] Re: High-Rise Canada Goose
- From: Beth Brown <birdbrainbrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:09:46 -0700
About 10 days ago in a field in Lookingglass I saw 5 or 6 W. Bluebirds hovering
( kiting?) about 6 feet in the air, the dropping down close to the ground.
They'd do this repeatedly eventually landing in the grass for a brief moment
than doing it again. I was wondering if this was sort of mating display? They
did not seem to be fighting each other or catching insects for food.
Beth Brown
Some people are so poor the only thing they have is money.
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:59:17 -0700
Subject: [Umpqua Birds] High-Rise Canada Goose
From: matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx
To: umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Off and on for the last several weeks there has been a Canada Goose on top of
an "Osprey" platform on a utility pole north of Melrose Road on the west side
of the South Umpqua River. They have done that sort of thing around here for
decades, but it still surprises me when I see it. There used to be a pair that
would raise young in a nest on the very top of a very large diameter
Douglas-fir snag just west of Garden Valley Road on the south side of the North
Umpqua River (Brown's Bridge), between Umpqua Basin Water office and the river.
Seems that some time ago the snag fell down, or was taken down or something.
Some years the Osprey would nest in the snag and some years the Canada Geese
would nest there. I don't know if they every managed to "share" it in a single
year.
In other news from our homestead...
*Hairy Woodpecker has flown over while working outside the last couple days.
*Yellow-rumped Warblers are singing and moving through
*A Sharp-shinned Hawk flew by today; we get more Cooper's than Sharpies.
Good Birding,
Matt
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