[obol] Lane Co. Northern Shrikes

[Dan Heyerly]

Obolinks,

 

Pardon the late posting, but I should get this out there before it is too
stale. Sorry this has taken so long. Some of this news is stale, but some is
very recent (today).

 

Last Sunday 11/26/2006 Anne and I ran the Lane Co. Raptor Route #1, but I am
not giving any raptor numbers in this posting. Nothing rare or unusual was
discovered. This posting will deal with NORTHERN SHRIKES. We will post the
results of the raptor survey later this evening.

 

On 11/26 we located two juv. NORTHERN SHRIKES. The first was found just west
of the hunters check station on K.R. Neilsen Rd. just east of Fern Ridge
Reservoir and west of Eugene in Lane County. K.R. Neilsen Rd. turns off of
and parallels W. 11th Ave. (heading west if you begin where the railroad
tracks pass underneath W. 11th). The check station is located right where
K.R. Neilsen Rd. makes a 90-degree turn left (south). The bird was hunting
approx. 50 yards out in the prairie.

 

The second juv. bird was located along Cantrell Rd. approximately 100 yards
west of the wooded part that envelops Cantrell Rd. just west of the Wildlife
Management Office. It was hunting along a fence line bordering a long
driveway that extended south of the road several hundred yards. At the time
we saw it the bird was close enough to the road to avoid trespassing. This
is all private land in this area (where we saw the second bird), so get
permission if you leave the road.

 

Today, 12/1/2006 I was returning to Eugene on Clear Lake Rd. and decided to
pull over and see if I could see the CATTLE EGRET that has previously been
reported in the pasture area south of the road approximately where Childers
Rd. takes off to the south. On Sunday 11/26 Anne and I did see this bird
feeding INSIDE the corral which is attached to the small barn approximately
100 yards south of the road (there is a Caterpillar tractor parked by this
little barn). It was walking around amongst the cattle that were inside the
corral feeding on hay. Today I did NOT see it.

 

HOWEVER, some movement caught my eye along the fence line right next to the
car. A NORTHERN SHRIKE! This time an adult. Three shrikes in six days. I am
not sure I saw one shrike all last winter! 

 

Good birding.

 

Dan Heyerly


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