[obol] Flicker Intergrade photos wanted

[Steve Shunk]

Birders,
I am collecting photographs of Northern Flicker intergrades (mixed
Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted parentage). I welcome any pictures you can
capture where the diagnostic features of the bird are visible.

Please send them by email, no larger than 1 Mb per message (a few pix each
message at 100-300 Kb each), along with photographer, date and location. I
will not get back to you right away after sending them, but I will give
each photographer credit when the final product is compiled.

Thanks!
Steve Shunk
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> 2. Re: Slate-colored junco (Nancy Brown)
> 3. Columbia County report (Bobbett Pierce)
> 4. Sisters Snow Geese (Steve Shunk)
> 5. Re: Falcated Duck? (Steve Engel)
> 6. Winter-time fun (Dennis P. Vroman)
> 7. Powell Butte (Mult.) N. Shrike (Tom McNamara)
> 8. Springfield Pine Siskins (Kim Boddie)
> 9. Lane Co. Northern Shrikes (Dan Heyerly)
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> 11. Falcated Duck -- yes! (Linda Fink)
> 12. Local RBA: Long-tailed duck (Jim Harleman and Kathy McNeill)
> 13. Re: Falcated Duck? (Barbara & John Woodhouse)
> 14. Burrowing Owl Gone After Sunset (Cindy Ashy)
> 15. Clarification on geese, swan IDs (Bobbett Pierce)
> 16. Clark County Long-tailed Duck (Wilson Cady)
> 17. Thanksgiving day seabird flight & comments on numbers
> (david tracy)
> 18. Siskins,etc. (Lars and Gail Norgren)
> 19. Re: Winter-time fun (Dennis P. Vroman)
> 20. Split the Kinglets? (Dennis P. Vroman)
> 21. Lane Co. Coast BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, 12/1/06 (Diane Pettey)
> 22. Re: Split the Kinglets? (Larry Mcqueen)
> 23. Kinglets (Alan Contreras)
> 24. Pine Grosbeak (maybe), NW Portland (Wink Gross)
> 25. Winter bird songs (Lars and Gail Norgren)
> 26. What is the "easiest" bird you have not seen in OR? (Hannah Fritz)
> 27. Re: What is the "easiest" bird you have not seen in OR?
> (Wink Gross)
> 28. Re: What is the "easiest" bird you have not seen in OR?
> (Phil Pickering)
> 29. Eugene siskin (Alan Contreras)
> 30. Re: Split the Kinglets? (Dennis P. Vroman)
> 31. easiest Oregon bird (Alan Contreras)
> 32. Lane Raptor Route #1 - 11/26/2006 (Anne & Dan Heyerly)
> 33. Siskins seen (Dennis P. Vroman)
> 34. Saturday morning, Eugene (Brandon Green)
> 35. Subject: Re: What is the "easiest" bird you have not seen in
> OR? (Brandon Green)
> 36. WTS & TW (mimz)
> 37. RBA LAWRENCE's GOLDFINCH jackson Co (Alan Contreras)
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> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:16:33 -0800
> From: "michel Kleinbaum" <mklittletree at comcast.net>
> Subject: [obol] Hybrid Flicker
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> An odd looking Flicker just flew off from under our suet cake.
> very gray, even on underparts, especially the sides but with a buff face,
> whiskers stripe black on top and red below , "V" nape patch was red with
> center missing. Pale salmon shafts. Michel Kleinbaum   S. Salem
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> From: Nancy Brown <brownnancy at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Slate-colored junco
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> I live in NE Portland too, and quite frequently have RED WINGED
> BLACKBIRDS on my feeders. I live across the street from the Rose City
> Golf Course and I think the proximity of the reed-filled ponds over there
> helps. I heard one last week but haven't had them in the yard since late
> summer. I love their song and always enjoy having them in my yard.
>
> Nancy Brown
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>> From: obol-request at lists.oregonstate.edu> Subject: obol Digest, Vol 38,
>> Issue 1> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:00:18
>> -0800> > Send obol mailing list submissions to>
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>> obol digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Info requested for bird
>> field guides for Belize (Ron Halvorson)> 2. Slate-colored junco (Lisa
>> Ladd-Wilson)> 3. Amberglen Park (Cliff & Joanne Weber)> 4. Trumpeter
>> Swan whereabouts, Polk County (Joel Geier)> 5. Correction on Trumpeter
>> Swan directions (Joel Geier)> 6. Tillamook West Raptor run (Barbara &
>> John Woodhouse)> 7. townsend's war
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> bler in oregon city (shawn morgan)> 8. Re: Springfield Pine Siskins
> (Larry Mcqueen)> 9. Re: Springfield Pine Siskins (pamela johnston)> 10.
> Evening Grosbeak/Varied Thrushes in my yard (Eugene)> (Matt Peterson)>
> 11. Nov. 30--Newport Burrowing Owl Still Present at Wellness> Center
> (Range Bayer)> 12. Re: Birds not seen at my feeders this season>
> (rawieland at comcast.net)> 13. Re: Springfield Pine Siskins (Tom Crabtree)>
> 14. Snowy Owl in Newport (Range Bayer)> 15. Re: Springfield Pine Siskins
> (Larry Mcqueen)> 16. Slate-colored Junco Portland Airport (David Helzer)>
> 17. Lane Co. Coast Sightings/Raptor Runs (GYRFALCON) 11/30/06> (Diane
> Pettey)> 18. Note to Junco watchers (Floyd Schrock)> 19. Re: Note to
> Junco watchers (Lars and Gail Norgren)> 20. Force Lake, Multnomah County
> 11-30-06 9:40 am to 11:00 am.> (Norman Edelen)> 21. Re: Note to Junco
> watchers (Tim Rodenkirk)> 22. Coos Birds 11/30/06 (Tim Rodenkirk)> 23.
> Re: Slate-colored junco (Brandon Green)> 24. Fwd: This mornings birds
> (Judith Hansen)> 25. Lane Coast Sighting - BAND-TAILED PIGEON, 12/01/06
> (Diane Pettey)> 26. Lane Co. Coast Sightings - ADDENDUM for 11/30/06
> (Diane Pettey)> 27. Pine Siskin (michel Kleinbaum)> 28. Vancouver, BC RBA
> for November 30, 2006 (Wayne C. Weber)> 29. From the CBC Regional Editor:
> spam filters (Mike Patterson)> 30. Newport Burrowing Owl & Aggressive
> Crows & No Snowy Owl Darn> It! (Cindy Ashy)> 31. Red/Yellow Shafted N.
> Flicker (James Hannan)> > >
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> Message: 1> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:08:36 -0800> From: "Ron Halvorson"
> <ronhalvy at clearwire.net>> Subject: [obol] Info requested for bird field
> guides for Belize> To: "Oregon Birders" <obol at lists.orst.edu>>
> Message-ID: <EPEDINJAGHLLIKNIPIGLAEDHCDAA.ronhalvy at clearwire.net>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > I'm not going to Belize
> but a friend is, who asked if I could find out any> recommended field
> guides/references for this part of the world. If you have> any info, feel
> free to reply personally. Also, any info for plant field> guides would be
> helpful as well.> > Thanks, Ron> > > > > ------------------------------>
> > Message: 2> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:11:01 -0800> From: Lisa
> Ladd-Wilson <ladwil at comcast.net>> Subject: [obol] Slate-colored junco>
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID:
> <f71077fe298ed844662d02e2c4a00f41 at comcast.net>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed> > Howdy:> This is the first year I've
> seen a SLATE-COLORED JUNCO feeding in my > backyard. No white wing bars.>
> > Another recent backyard first: A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. They're all over
> > the slough pond several miles from here, of course, but I've never had
> > one in my yard before.> > It's always exciting to add another bird to
> the Backyard List!> > Lisa> NE Portland> > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 13:40:49 -0800> From: "Cliff & Joanne Weber" <WeberHome at att.net>> Subject
>  : [obol] Amberglen Park> To: "OBOL" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>>
> Message-ID: <20061130214111.9DCE8150A3E at smtp4.oregonstate.edu>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > OBOL, hello!> > Ever on
> the look-out for nifty micro urban wetlands and birding sites, I>
> followed D.Max Smith's lead to a little park near Tanasbourne in
> Hillsboro> (see RE: The Importance of Posting + Hillsboro Birds). There
> was a pretty> good sized herd of about maybe 100 American Wigeons grazing
> on the park's> manicured grass, along with about maybe six or seven times
> that number of> Cackling Geese; and a curious little flock of about ten
> totally white> Chinese Geese.> > The little park, and it's bridged pond,
> is really cool except for one> teensy, ittsy bittsy little glitch. After
> circling the park twice, each time> careful to observe the parking signs,
> and the duck crossing signs; it became> increasingly clear to me; after
> reading the numerous Trespassing signs> posted at appropriate intervals;
> that it's totally private property> including the sidewalks so you not
> only can't walk in the park, but you> can't even walk around it. The
> park, and it's sidewalks, are designated for> the Amberglen business
> community; in the same vein as Nike's tennis courts> and work-out gyms.
> D_mn! It's so close to home too. I was left feeling just> about as moody
> and disappointed-looking as the water-logged Red Tail Hawk> perched on a
> street light at the corner of Amberglen Parkway and NW Gibbs> Dr. (sigh)>
> > Anyway, crying and whining aside, I'm grateful to D.Max Smith for
> posting> this little park because although we can't bird it on foot, we
> can still> bird it by car; and possibly from a sidewalk on the west side
> of Amberglen> Pkwy. The park's terrain is irregular, and some portions
> are elevated a bit,> making it difficult to see the whole area from
> Amberglen Pkwy; and I didn't> look for parking over there, so I can't
> promise you'll find a convenient> place to leave your car.> > Now that we
> know Amberglen Park is there, we'll check on it now and then and> see
> what's what. You just never know about micro sites. They attract some>
> pritt-tee interesting birds sometimes and can be quite surprising. I
> would> have to say that the Snipes and Scaups that D.Max Smith reported
> are> certainly interesting birds; and that's so ironic because we've
> sometimes> spent hours at major wetlands and never seen even one Snipe,
> yet D.Max found> three at Amberglen.> > Cliff & Joanne Weber> Beaverton>
> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Thu, 30 Nov
> 2006 13:58:43 -0800> From: Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org>> Subject:
> [obol] Trumpeter Swan whereabouts, Polk County> To: Oregon Birders OnLine
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>, MidValley> Birds
> <list at midvalleybirding.org>> Message-ID:
> <1164923923.4403.27.camel at localhost.localdomain>> Content-Type:
> text/plain> > Hello folks,> > After getting word that some birders are
> heading to the mid-Willamette> Valley looking for TRUMPETER SWANS this
> weekend, I figured I'd better> find out where the usual Airlie-area flock
> is hanging out.> > Becky and I detoured along Simpson Rd. on the way back
> from Monmouth> around noon today, and there saw 22 swans a-swimming on a
> field that> seasonally floods as a backwater of the Luckiamute River.
> From the calls> I could hear, at least some were Trumpeters. From general
> size, shape> and postures including neck-bobbing, I'd guess that most or
> all were> Trumpeters, though they were too far off to say for certain.> >
> Simpson Rd. is just south of Helmick State Park, which is west of Hwy>
> 99W about four miles s. of Monmouth (DeLorme p. 53 B7). Take the Helmick>
> SP turnoff, go south 1/2 mile past the park entrance, turn left (west)>
> onto Simpson Rd. and go about a mile, watching the north side of the>
> road until you see a large flood pond. > > This spot often gets good
> numbers of both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans> during December, along with
> hordes of shovelers, pi ntails etc. Since the> swans are far off the road,
> you will need a good scope to have any hope> of satisfying looks.> >
> Another place worth checking is the Maple Grove area (nw side of the>
> intersection of Airlie and Maple Grove roads, a few miles north of>
> Airlie). This used to be a regular spot for the Trumpeter flock, 6 or 7>
> years back. > > I have not seen Trumpeters anywhere else in the
> Airlie-Suver area this> season, except the one sighting on the pond on De
> Armond Rd. That pond> seems to draw them on first arrival in November,
> but I have seldom seen> any there later in the winter. In late December
> they start to turn up in> soggy grass fields along Airlie/Suver Rd. and
> south along the Corvallis-> Independence Hwy.> > Happy swan watching,>
> Joel> > P.S. If anyone wants to bone up on swan ID, the Trumpeter Swan
> Society> has good identification tips at
> http://www.trumpeterswansociety.org/.> > --> Joel Geier> North of
> Corvallis, Oregon> > > > ------------------------------>
>
>> Message: 5> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:08:50 -0800> From: Joel Geier
>> <joel.geier at peak.org>> Subject: [obol] Correction on Trumpeter Swan
>> directions> To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>,
>> MidValley> Birds <list at midvalleybirding.org>> Message-ID:
>> <1164924530.4403.31.camel at localhost.localdomain>> Content-Type:
>> text/plain> > Sorry, I got left and right mixed up. Those directions
>> should read:> > Simpson Rd. is just south of Helmick State Park, which
>> is west of Hwy> 99W about four miles s. of Monmouth (DeLorme p. 53 B7).
>> Take the Helmick> SP turnoff, go south 1/2 mile past the park entrance,
>> turn RIGHT (west)> onto Simpson Rd. and go about a mile, watching the
>> north side of the> road until you see a large flood pond. > > --> Joel
>> Geier> North of Corvallis, Oregon> > > >
>> ------------------------------> > Message: 6> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
>> 14:30:18 -0800> From: Barbara & John Woodhouse <jbw at pacifier.com>>
>> Subject: [obol] Tillamook West Raptor run> To: obol at lists.
>>
> oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <a05111b5dc19509dba9fa@[66.43.13.14]>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"> > Run by
> Michelle Simper> > Temperature mid 30's Miles 45.5 Time 4hrs 50 mins.> >
> Red-tail Hawks 26> A.Kestrel 3> N.Harrier 5> Bald Eagle A. 4>
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1> White Tailed Kites 8> Peregrine Falcon 2> Sharpie
> 1> Barnn Owl 1> > > Total===51> > Michelle was unable to do 2 of her
> roads as they are still flooded > and deep mud. Which may account for the
> drop in White Tailed Kites> > > ------------------------------> >
> Message: 7> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:59:46 -0800 (PST)> From: shawn
> morgan <micmorganicus at yahoo.com>> Subject: [obol] townsend's warbler in
> oregon city> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID:
> <566988.71178.qm at web53901.mail.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=iso-8859-1> > I was getting out of my car near the hospital when
> i> saw a flash of yellow in the nearby Douglas Fir. It> was a Townsend's
> Warbler in with a
> flock of> Black-capped Chickadees, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and at> least
> Golden-crowned Kinglet. Very nice.> > Shawn Morgan> Oregon City> > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 8> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 15:39:13 -0800> From: "Larry Mcqueen" <larmcqueen at msn.com>> Subject: Re:
> [obol] Springfield Pine Siskins> To: "'Alan Reid'" <areid at nu-world.com>,
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>,> "'George Grier'" <ggrier at efn.org>>
> Message-ID: <BAY109-DAV9B1575D1B529D64FF2B3ADEDB0 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Birds not seen at my feeders this
> season:> > Pine Grosbeak> White-winged Crossbill> Redpoll> Pine Siskin> >
> Larry McQueen> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 9> Date:
> Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:57:08 -0800> From: "pamela johnston"
> <pamelaj at spiritone.com>> Subject: Re: [obol] Springfield Pine Siskins>
> To: "obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <000801c714db$409fdb40$b16cf204 at yourw5st28y9a3>> Content-Type:
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>>> Same here, except for one (1) Pine Siskin, a flyover.> > Pamela
>>> Johnston> outside McMinnville, Yamhill Co.> > "Birds not seen at my
>>> feeders this season:> > Pine Grosbeak> White-winged Crossbill>
>>> Redpoll> Pine Siskin"> > Larry McQueen> > > > >
>>> ------------------------------> > Message: 10> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
>>> 15:58:10 -0800 (PST)> From: Matt Peterson <mbp1111 at yahoo.com>>
>>> Subject: [obol] Evening Grosbeak/Varied Thrushes in my yard (Eugene)>
>>> To: OBOL <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
>>> <755070.6599.qm at web31907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type:
>>> text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> > > The rain and slightly warmer
>>> weather has brought out the birds in my> yard today--I live in the
>>> River Road area of Eugene. The most exciting> bird was an EVENING
>>> GROSBEAK, a first for my yard in the five months> I've lived here.
>>> There have also been at least three VARIED THRUSHES,> two N.
>>> FLICKERS, a FOX SPARROW, and the first AM. GOLDFINCHES in a few>
>>> weeks. Lots of HOUSE FINCHES, SCRUB J
> AYS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, BC> CHICKADEES, SONG SPARROWS, and a few ROBINS. >
> > Earlier this week, a COOPERS HAWK was hanging out in yard. > > Matt>
> Eugene, OR > > > > >
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 11> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 16:03:11 -0800 (PST)> From: Range Bayer <rbayer at orednet.org>> Subject:
> [obol] Nov. 30--Newport Burrowing Owl Still Present at> Wellness Center>
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Cc: Patty Sorensen
> <pdsorensen at comcast.net>, Range Bayer> <rbayer at orednet.org>> Message-ID:>
> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0611301539450.27808-100000 at lab.oregonvos.net>>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII> > > Hi,> > Today (Nov. 30), I
> have received reports and/or photographs of the> Newport Burrowing Owl at
> the Sports Therapy & Wellness Center (see> directions below) from Chuck
> Philo, Roy Lo
> we, Betty Bahn, and Judy Butts.> It seems to be mostly near the Wellness
> Center sign.> > Cheers,> > Range Bayer> ---------- Forwarded message
> ----------> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:32:14 -0800 (PST)> From: Range
> Bayer <rbayer at orednet.org>> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Cc: Patty
> Sorensen <pdsorensen at comcast.net>, Range Bayer <rbayer at orednet.org>>
> Subject: [obol] Newport Burrowing Owl on SW 10th Street Near Les Schwab>
> > Hi,> > On Saturday, Nov. 25, Patty Sorensen saw and photographed a
> BURROWING> OWL under the large arched sign that lists the businesses at
> the> Sports Therapy and Wellness Center (111 SW 10th Street), which is
> just> north of the Les Schwab store (1155 SW Coast Highway) in Newport.
> The> Les Schwab Store is along HWY 101 (Coast Highway) just north of the>
> Yaquina Bay Bridge. She heard about it while standing in line at the>
> Craft Warehouse in Newport and an employee at the health club in the>
> Center were talking about it.> > Patty emailed me about it on Nov. 2
> 8, and at 4:35 PM today (Nov. 29),> I went to see if I could find it. From
> HWY 101, I turned onto the> one-way (northward) SW 10th Street between
> Les Schwab and the brown> Rickert Art Center and parked along the street
> behind the Art Center.> I stepped out of the car and observed the
> BURROWING OWL perched on a> curb adjacent to a narrow, nonpaved area with
> a short cypress-like> tree between the parking area and the sidewalk
> along the SW 10th. It> was at the edge of the Sports Therapy and Wellness
> Center parking lot> about 10 feet from SW 10th Street. It was about 20-40
> ft north of a> pile of tires behind a blue and white, Les Schwab
> semi-trailer. This> was closer to the tires than when Patty saw it under
> the nearby> arched business sign, another 20 ft or so farther north. The
> owl was> very tame and was about 5 ft from a parked vehicle.> > This
> seems like a very improbable place for a Burrowing Owl because of> all
> the pavement and human activity, but there it was! Perhaps the
>> pile of tires gives it ample shelter????> > Cheers,> > Range Bayer,
>> Newport> > > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 12> Date:
>> Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:09:25 +0000> From: rawieland at comcast.net> Subject:
>> Re: [obol] Birds not seen at my feeders this season> To:
>> obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID:>
>> <120120060009.25097.456F72B50004DA3C0000620922092246270B020E040A07990E9
>> D at comcast.net>> > > (Written with tongue in cheek)...> > Boy those are
>> short lists. If I listed the birds not seen at my feeder it would be
>> much longer.> > Rainer Wieland> Portland, OR> > >
>> ------------------------------> > Message: 13> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
>> 16:39:21 -0800> From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc at empnet.com>> Subject: Re:
>> [obol] Springfield Pine Siskins> To: "'Larry Mcqueen'"
>> <larmcqueen at msn.com>, "'Alan Reid'"> <areid at nu-world.com>,
>> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>, "'George Grier'"> <ggrier at efn.org>>
>> Message-ID: <20061201003922.EFA36148406 at smtp5.oregonstate.edu>>
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> s-ascii"> > Hey Larry, I've not seen 10 times the number of each of those
> that you> haven't seen. In addition to your list, I haven't seen> > Hoary
> Redpoll> Snow Bunting> Brambling> Rosy Finch> > Tom Crabtree> >
> -----Original Message-----> From: obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> [mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Mcqueen>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:39 PM> To: 'Alan Reid';
> obol at lists.oregonstate.edu; 'George Grier'> Subject: Re: [obol]
> Springfield Pine Siskins> > Birds not seen at my feeders this season:> >
> Pine Grosbeak> White-winged Crossbill> Redpoll> Pine Siskin> > Larry
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 14> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 17:00:50 -0800 (PST)> From: Range Bayer <rbayer at orednet.o
> rg>> Subject: [obol] Snowy Owl in Newport> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Cc: Range Bayer <rbayer at orednet.org>> Message-ID:>
> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0611301658370.30735-100000 at lab.oregonvos.net>>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII> > > Hi,> > Terry Morse saw a
> heavily spotted SNOWY OWL on the beach about 20-30> yards south of the
> stairs going down to the ocean beach from the Shilo Inn> (536 SW
> Elizabeth Street) in Newport at 2:30 and 4:30 today, Nov. 30.> > Cheers,>
> > Range Bayer, Newport> > > > ------------------------------> > Message:
> 15> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:58:56 -0800> From: "Larry Mcqueen"
> <larmcqueen at msn.com>> Subject: Re: [obol] Springfield Pine Siskins> To:
> "'Tom Crabtree'" <tc at empnet.com>, "'Alan Reid'"> <areid at nu-world.com>,
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>, "'George Grier'"> <ggrier at efn.org>>
> Message-ID: <BAY109-DAV32A13FD548C03A4398ADBDEDA0 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > Yea, well, I didn't want to brag.> >
> Larry> > -----Original Mes
> sage-----> From: obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> [mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Crabtree>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:39 PM> To: 'Larry Mcqueen'; 'Alan
> Reid'; obol at lists.oregonstate.edu; 'George Grier'> Subject: Re: [obol]
> Springfield Pine Siskins> > Hey Larry, I've not seen 10 times the number
> of each of those that you> haven't seen. In addition to your list, I
> haven't seen> > Hoary Redpoll> Snow Bunting> Brambling> Rosy Finch> > Tom
> Crabtree> > -----Original Message-----> From:
> obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> [mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Mcqueen>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:39 PM> To: 'Alan Reid';
> obol at lists.oregonstate.edu; 'George Grier'> Subject: Re: [obol]
> Springfield Pine Siskins> > Birds not seen at my feeders this season:> >
> Pine Grosbeak> White-winged Crossbill> Redpoll> Pine Siskin> > Larry
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 16> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 18:00:52 -0800> From: David Helzer <aphelocoma at spiritone.com>> Subject:
> [obol] Slate-colored Junco Portland Airport> To: OBOL
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <3f28d950ffb86d545965e8d1b23f6a98 at spiritone.com>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed> > Wednesday Nov 29 there was
> a female SLATE-COLORED JUNCO on the Portland > Airport airfield hanging
> out with:> > HARRIS'S SPARROW> OREGON JUNCOS> LINCOLN'S SPARROWS>
> SAVANNAH SPARROWS> WC SPARROWS> GC SPARROWS> > > Dave Helzer> Portland,
> Oregon> aphelocoma at spirito
> ne.com> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 17> Date: Thu, 30
> Nov 2006 19:31:41 -0800> From: "Diane Pettey" <surfbird at harborside.com>>
> Subject: [obol] Lane Co. Coast Sightings/Raptor Runs (GYRFALCON)>
> 11/30/06> To: "obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <015501c714f9$3883ea50$08de6ed8 at yourfsyly0jtwn>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Greetings OBOLers,> While doing our
> Raptor Run on S. Jetty Road, Florence, I watched a juvenile gray-morph
> GYRFALCON cross the deflation plain, flying north to south. While being
> harassed briefly by a Northern Harrier, then a White-tailed Kite, it
> banked, swooped and finally beat feet for Coos County (south). *Heads up
> Tim and Russ!*> > Other birds found by us and two visiting birders; Jason
> Horn from Pennsylvania and Jay Lehman from Ohio (both came to OR to see
> the Falcated Duck):> > S. Jetty Road, Siuslaw River, Florence:> > Bald
> Eagle (1 adult)> Peregrine Falcons (2)> Red-shouldered Hawk> White-tailed
> K
> ites (2)> Northern Harriers (3, two females, one male)> > On our Hwy 126
> run, from Hwy 101 in Florence to Milepost 10 on Hwy 126:> White-tailed
> Kites (3)> Red-tailed Hawk > > Also observed on the very flooded
> deflation plain were nine TUNDRA SWANS and an immature NORTHERN SHRIKE.>
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> 18> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:06:34 -0800> From: "Floyd Schrock"
> <fschrock at macnet.com>> Subject: [obol] Note to Junco watchers> To:
> "Oregon Birders" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>,>
> <YamhillBirders at yahoogroups.com>> Message-ID:
> <000a01c714fe$1a929050$0b01a8c0 at desktop>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=original> > In Feb. 2004
> I sent a note to OBOL about Dark-eyed Juncos apparently finding > food
> items in or on the clumps of moss on a Vine Maple growing in my yard. >
> Today there were several Juncos working over the moss clumps again, and I
> > still have not determined what it is they are finding there. This is
> just a > reminder to others who might be interested in working on the
> question -- > what are YOUR Juncos doing to the moss in your
> neighborhood? Tim R. > identified the moss on my tree as Orthotrichum
> consimile. Along with other > wondering, I wonder if Juncos ever pick on
> other mosses. A photo from today > is at http://empids.blogspot.com/.> >
> =====================> Floyd Schrock> McMinnville, Oregon USA>
> fschrock at macnet.com > > > > ------------------------------> > Message:
> 19> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:20:10 -0800> From: Lars and Gail Norgren
> <gnorgren at earthlink.net>> Subject: Re: [obol] Note to Junco watchers> To:
> "Floyd Schrock" <fschrock at macnet.com>> Cc: obol
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <9cb9a61fd0a0d669271fabaa49d817e8 at earthlink.net>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed> > I meant to post this when
> the feeder question first> arose. Last winter I observed juncos feeding
> in the branches> of a large Oregon White Oak at the jct of Chalmers Lane
> and> Evers Road between Roy and Verboort(Wash CO). THere were up> to
> twenty of them, spread about like kinglets on roughly the same> plane,
> maybe 3m high.I presumed they were eating something in> the lichens,
> rather than moss. Probably both classes of epiphyte> were on the branches
> in question. I assumed they were finding> some kind(s) of arthropods.
> Lars Norgren MANNING OREGON> On Nov 30, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Floyd Schrock
> wrote:> > > In Feb. 2004 I sent a note to OBOL about Dark-eyed Juncos
> apparently > > finding> > food items in or on the clumps of moss on a
> Vine Maple growing in my > > yard.> > Today there were several Juncos
> working over the moss clumps again, > > and I> > still have not
> determined what it is they are finding there. This is > > just a> >
> reminder to others who might be i nterested in working on the question > >
> --> > what are YOUR Juncos doing to the moss in your neighborhood? Tim
> R.> > identified the moss on my tree as Orthotrichum consimile. Along
> with > > other> > wondering, I wonder if Juncos ever pick on other
> mosses. A photo from > > today> > is at http://empids.blogspot.com/.> >>
> > =====================> > Floyd Schrock> > McMinnville, Oregon USA> >
> fschrock at macnet.com> >> >
> _______________________________________________> > obol mailing list> >
> obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> >
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 20> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 21:28:50 -0800> From: "Norman Edelen" <piscivore at comcast.net>> Subject:
> [obol] Force Lake, Multnomah County 11-30-06 9:40 am to 11:00> am.> To:
> "Oregon Birding" <obol at lists.orst.edu>> Message-ID:
> <005301c71509$9bd8e3c0$67401418 at Norman>> Content-Type: text/pla
> in; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Hello OBOL,> > Today I stopped by Force Lake,
> the little lake behind the Multnomah County > Expo Center.> > Birds
> seen:> > Canada Goose> Mallard> Northern Shoveler> Canvasback>
> Bufflehead> Hooded Merganser> Common Merganser> Double-crested Cormorant>
> Great Blue Heron> Great Egret> (unidentified gulls overhead)> Downy
> Woodpecker> Western Scrub-Jay> Bushtit> American Robin> Varied Thrush>
> Fox Sparrow> Song Sparrow> Lincoln's Sparrow> > The three sparrow species
> were across the street in the dead and dry teasel. > Pishing brought the
> Lincoln's Sparrow up about knee high for some good clear > views of it,
> although it was skittish.> > Norm Edelen> > Portland, Oregon>
> ________________________________> > A Proud Member of> The North American
> Native Fishes Association> Over 30 years of conservation efforts, public>
> education, and aquarium study of our native fishes.> www.nanfa.org> >
> Lake Baikal Endemics Rock!> _________________________________> > > > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 21> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006
> 08:51:26 -0800 (PST)> From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit at yahoo.com>>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Note to Junco watchers> To: Floyd Schrock
> <fschrock at macnet.com>, Oregon Birders> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>,
> YamhillBirders at yahoogroups.com> Message-ID:
> <354584.83132.qm at web34209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=iso-8859-1> > Floyd,> > Looking at your photo I'd call the
> dominate moss> Orthotrichum lyelii. Orthotrichum consimile is much>
> smaller, usually forming a small clump about the size> of a penny with
> capsules often protruding. Both are> common on hardwoods particularly
> alder and vine maple.> O. lyelii may be the most common moss on young>
> roadside alders in Oregon. As for what they are> finding in the moss I'd
> suspect some small insects?> > Happy botanizing all,> Tim R> Coos Bay>
> --- Floyd Schrock <fschrock at macnet.com> wrote:> > > In Feb. 2004 I sent a
> note to OBOL about Dark-eyed> > Junco s apparently finding > > food items
> in or on the clumps of moss on a Vine> > Maple growing in my yard. > >
> Today there were several Juncos working over the> > moss clumps again,
> and I > > still have not determined what it is they are> > finding there.
> This is just a > > reminder to others who might be interested in> >
> working on the question -- > > what are YOUR Juncos doing to the moss in
> your> > neighborhood? Tim R. > > identified the moss on my tree as
> Orthotrichum> > consimile. Along with other > > wondering, I wonder if
> Juncos ever pick on other> > mosses. A photo from today > > is at
> http://empids.blogspot.com/.> > > > =====================> > Floyd
> Schrock> > McMinnville, Oregon USA> > fschrock at macnet.com > > > >
> _______________________________________________> > obol mailing list> >
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> ______________
> ______________________________________________________________________> Do
> you Yahoo!?> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.>
> http://new.mail.yahoo.com> > > ------------------------------> > Message:
> 22> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:05:29 -0800 (PST)> From: Tim Rodenkirk
> <garbledmodwit at yahoo.com>> Subject: [obol] Coos Birds 11/30/06> To:
> obol at lists.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID:
> <574015.52216.qm at web34208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=iso-8859-1> > N. Spit, Coos Bay, late PM, cloudy, 48F:> many
> ducks on the pond out there including:> 2 female REDHEADS> 1 immature
> male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (first seen over a> month ago then it
> disappeared)> > There were also a couple COMMON GOLDENYES, as well as>
> hundreds of Ring-necked Ducks, Bufflehead, and Ruddy> Ducks with a
> smattering of shovelers, canvasback,> scaup, etc. Also a couple
> BONAPARTE'S GULLS and lots> of Eared Grebes (8 on 11/29). Virginia Rails
> were> calling too.> > Happy Birding all,> Tim R> Coos Bay> > > >
> _________________________________________________________________________
> ___________> Do you Yahoo!?> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo!
> Mail beta.> http://new.mail.yahoo.com> > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 23> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006
> 09:19:16 -0800 (PST)> From: Brandon Green <bjgreen34 at yahoo.com>> Subject:
> Re: [obol] Slate-colored junco> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Message-ID: <20061201171916.75489.qmail at web60824.mail.yahoo.com>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > > I've seen about two or
> three Slate-Colored Juncos in my yard over the past 9 months. In
> contrast, they were the only juncos that I ever saw back in the Midwest.>
> > Still waiting (impatiently) for Pine Siskins to visit my thistle
> feeders...> > Brandon> Eugene> > -----> > > Subject: Slate-colored junco>
> From: Lisa Ladd-Wilson <ladwil AT comcast.net>> > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006
> 13:11:01 -0800> > Howdy:> This is the first year I've seen a
> SLATE-COLORED JUNCO f
> eeding in my > backyard. No white wing bars.> > Another recent backyard
> first: A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. They're all over > the slough pond several
> miles from here, of course, but I've never had > one in my yard before.>
> > It's always exciting to add another bird to the Backyard List!> > Lisa>
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> 24> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:26:51 -0800> From: Judith Hansen
> <judie310hansen at comcast.net>> Subject: [obol] Fwd: This mornings birds>
> To: Obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <488026C0-E116-4A1B-986E-66630DFCF50E at comcast.net>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed> > A friend of
> mine who lives in Eugene regularly birds around Delta > Ponds and sent me
> this report - Judie Hansen, Eugene> > >> > In addition to t he usual
> heron, mallards, Canada geese, grebes, > > robins, jays, and assorted
> small birds I can not as yet identify, > > there were probably 100 double
> crested cormorants hanging around > > the southern-most Delta pond, near
> the northwest corner of the > > Valley River Center parking lot when I
> took my morning walk. At > > one point they were swarming around like a
> flock of starlings. > > Quite a sight.> >> > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 25> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006
> 09:58:21 -0800> From: "Diane Pettey" <surfbird at harborside.com>> Subject:
> [obol] Lane Coast Sighting - BAND-TAILED PIGEON, 12/01/06> To: "obol"
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <008901c71572$4ccd81a0$18de6ed8 at yourfsyly0jtwn>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Greetings OBOLers,> A BAND-TAILED
> PIGEON dropped in to our front yard and is presently feeding on cracked
> corn we put out for the Mt. Quail. The pigeon is a juvenile.> regards,>
> Diane Pettey> Heceta Beach, OR (north of
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> 26> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:03:37 -0800> From: "Diane Pettey"
> <surfbird at harborside.com>> Subject: [obol] Lane Co. Coast Sightings -
> ADDENDUM for 11/30/06> To: "obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>>
> Message-ID: <00a301c71573$06c75ea0$18de6ed8 at yourfsyly0jtwn>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Of interest to the
> dove-lovers in OBOL-land...> On Rhododendron Drive power lines (in
> Florence), we estimated the MOURNING DOVE population to be over 75. > >
> On the North Jetty of the Siuslaw river, a flock of BLACK TURNSTONES
> (60-ish) and SURFBIRDS (15) were present. No Rock Sandpipers yet.>
> regards,> Diane Pettey> Heceta Beach, OR (north of Florence)>
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> 27> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:27:30 -0800> From: "michel Kleinbaum"
> <mklittletree at comcast.net>> Subject: [obol] Pine Siskin> To:
> <obol at lists.orst.edu>> Message-ID:
> <003801c71576$6296e950$658fab43 at michel1927>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1"> > A Pine Siskin showed up at our feeder yesterday,
> first of the season.> This is the 4th seen here since May 2005. 3 visited
> our feeder in two visits last February.> A White-throated Sparrow has bee
> seen daily since last Thursday.> Michel Kleinbaum S. Salem>
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> 28> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:55:46 -0800> From: "W
> ayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>> Subject: [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for
> November 30, 2006> To: "BIRDWEST" <BIRDWEST at listserv.arizona.edu>> Cc:
> OBOL <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <046901c7157a$5252cce0$6500a8c0 at bc.hsia.telus.net>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > This is Wayne Weber with the
> Vancouver Natural History Society's> Rare Bird Alert for Thursday,
> November 30, sponsored in part by> Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
> Vancouver and North Vancouver.> > The RBA telephone number is (604)
> 737-3074.> > > RARE BIRD ALERT for a WESTERN SCRUB-JAY in North Surrey.>
> > Out-of-town RARE BIRD ALERTS for a LESSER BLACK-BACKED> GULL at
> Penticton in the B.C. Interior and a FALCATED DUCK near> Eugene, Oregon.
> The BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER in Nakusp, BC> was last reported on November
> 25, and the TROPICAL KINGBIRD> in Seattle, WA on November 24.> > >
> Sightings for Thursday, November 30> > On the White Rock waterfront,
> sightings included 11 EARED GREBES,> 25 0 HORNED GREBES, and 2 WESTERN
> MEADOWLARKS.> > Six PINE GROSBEAKS were seen in Vancouver near the
> intersection of> Angus Drive and 33rd Avenue.> > Three more PINE
> GROSBEAKS were seen flying over 21st Avenue at 153A> Street in South
> Surrey.> > Out of town, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen and>
> photographed along the Okanagan Lake beach at Penticton in the> Okanagan
> Valley. This may be the same bird seen previously at Vernon.> > Also, the
> FALCATED DUCK was still being seen regularly at the Coburg> exit from
> Interstate 5 near Eugene, OR. For updates on this bird, check the> OBOL
> E-mail group or phone the Portland RBA at (503) 292-0661.> > > Sightings
> for Wednesday, November 29> > A WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was reported for the
> second day in the> 13100 block of 107A Avenue in Surrey, but was not
> reported until> Thursday.> > In Delta, the GYRFALCON was relocated on a
> telephone pole along> 112th Street south of Highway 10. Three SHORT-EARED
> OWLS> were seen along 36th Avenue wes
> t of 72nd Street, and a SNOWY OWL> was seen along the Roberts Bank coal
> port jetty, also in Delta.> > Two COMMON REDPOLLS were seen on the west
> side of the> Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver.> > >
> Sightings for Tuesday, November 28> > A WESTERN SCRUB-JAY was reported in
> the 13100 block of 107A> Avenue in Surrey.> > Another SNOWY OWL was
> reported along 33A Avenue near 41st Street in> West Delta.> > A PINE
> GROSBEAK was seen near Hillside Baptist Church in the Lynn> Valley
> district of North Vancouver.> > Four ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS were attending a
> feeder in the 14900> block of 24th Avenue in South Surrey.> > In White
> Rock, a SNOW BUNTING was seen at 15425 Columbia.> > A SHORT-EARED OWL and
> 3 MOURNING DOVES were seen along> 180th Street south of Highway 10 in the
> Cloverdale area of Surrey.> > > Sightings for Monday, November 27> > Five
> PINE GROSBEAKS were seen near the intersection of 116th> Street and 96th
> Avenue in North Delta.> > At the foot of 72nd Street on Bound
> ary Bay in Delta, sightings included> 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 8 WESTERN
> MEADOWLARKS, a late> LEAST SANDPIPER, and an equally late RED KNOT.> >
> Six TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in an unusual location, off the> Dundarave
> pier in West Vancouver.> > A male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was reported from
> the 3800 block of> Trinity Street in North Burnaby.> > Four PINE
> GROSBEAKS were seen near the intersection of 154th> Street and 20A Avenue
> in South Surrey.> > > Sightings for Sunday, November 26> > Four PINE
> GROSBEAKS were seen in South Surrey near the intersection> of 128th
> Street and 18th Avenue.> > > Sightings for Saturday, November 25> > In
> Delta, along the Boundary Bay dyke east of 72nd Street, an AMERICAN>
> BITTERN was flushed from the north side of the dyke, and a SNOWY OWL> was
> seen outside the dyke on logs. Also seen in the area were an immature>
> NORTHERN SHRIKE, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 2 WESTERN> MEADOWLARKS, 8
> YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a> LAPLAND LONGSPUR, and 5 EURASIAN WIGEON. At
> the foot of
>> 96th Street, 15 BRANT were a bit unusual.> > At Point Roberts,
>> Washington, an EARED GREBE, 2 MARBLED> MURRELETS, and 75 LONG-TAILED
>> DUCKS were noted.> > At the Roberts Bank coal port jetty in Delta, a
>> MARBLED GODWIT was> seen near the base, and 23 BLACK TURNSTONES farther
>> out.> > At Brunswick Point, near the west end of River Road in Delta,>
>> 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS and 12 WESTERN SANDPIPERS were> reported.> > In
>> Blaine, WA, the SNOWY OWL was still present on the marina> breakwater.>
>> > At Sea Island in Richmond, a male AMERICAN KESTREL and an> immature
>> NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen near the junction of> Ferguson and McDonald
>> Roads.> > > Sightings for Friday, November 24th> > In the 10300 block
>> of 208th Street in Langley, sightings included> a GREAT HORNED OWL, a
>> EURASIAN WIGEON, a EURASIAN> GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a WHITE-THROATED
>> SPARROW.> > The SNOWY OWL was seen again on the marina breakwater at>
>> Blaine, WA.> > > Sightings for Thursday, November 23> > A GYRFALCON was
>> reported from
> an unspecified locality on the north side of> Boundary Bay in Delta. This
> bird covers a wide area, at least from 88th> Street> east to 112th. Also,
> an immature GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in a gull flock> near the intersection
> of Highway 10 and 72nd Street in Delta.> > The BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was
> still present at Nakusp in the BC> Interior, where it has been seen
> almost daily by several observers.> > In Seattle, WA, the TROPICAL
> KINGBIRD which has been present since> November 16 was seen again just
> south of Magnuson Park. For updates on> this bird, check the TWEETERS
> E-mail group.> > > Sightings for Wednesday, November 22> > A SNOWY OWL
> was seen outside the dike at Brunswick Point,> beyond the west end of
> River Road in Delta.> > PINE GROSBEAKS were reported from two more
> localities.> Three females were seen in the 1200 block of Durant Drive
> in> Coquitlam, and 2 were seen in the Lynn Valley district of North>
> Vancouver.> > Out of town, the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was> se
> en again at the mouth of Vernon Creek in Okanagan Landing,> near Vernon. A
> second-year ICELAND GULL was also reported> from Maude Roxby Park in
> Kelowna.> > Near Eugene, Oregon the drake FALCATED DUCK was seen again>
> at the ponds near Exit 199 off Interstate Highway 5, where it has> been
> for more than a week. For updates on this bird, check the> OBOL E-mail
> group.> > > No sightings reported for Tuesday, November 21> > > Sightings
> for Monday, November 20> > An immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was dining on an
> AMERICAN> ROBIN near the parking area at the Alaksen National Wildlife
> Area> in Delta, and at least 150 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen in> fields
> along Westham Island Road.> > > Sightings for Sunday, November 19> > In
> Seattle, Washington, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was seen for the fourth> day in
> a row at Building #11 in Magnuson Park on Lake Washington.> For further
> details on this bird, check the TWEETERS E-mail group.> > A SNOWY OWL was
> seen for the second day in a row on the> marina bre akwater at Blaine,
> WA.> > A BROWN PELICAN was briefly seen flying south from Lions Bay,> and
> probably the same bird was seen flying eastward along> the West Vancouver
> shoreline toward the Lions Gate bridge.> > Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen
> at the Serpentine River> mouth in Surrey, about 200 m east from the
> railway trestle, at> a locality where 1-3 Avocets have wintered in
> previous years.> This locality can be accessed from Mud Bay Park, off>
> Colebrook Road in Surrey.> > In the Boundary Bay area of Delta, a
> GYRFALCON was seen along> Hornby Drive near 112th Street, and a BARN
> SWALLOW nearby. At the> foot of 72nd Street, a PALM WARBLER was seen
> along with 20 Yellow-> rumped Warblers.> > The year-long drought of PINE
> SISKINS has ended, with a flock of 200> seen in the 17300 block of 27A
> Avenue in south Surrey.> > > If you have any questions about birds or
> birding in the Vancouver> area, please call Peter at 604-736-0991, Viveka
> at 604-531-3401,> or Larry at 604-465-1402. Thank you for calling the
> Vancouver> Rare Bird Alert, and good birding.> > For further information
> about birding in the Vancouver area, log> onto the Vancouver Natural
> History Society's website at> www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/> > > > > >
> ------------------------------> > Message: 29> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006
> 11:10:20 -0800> From: Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com>> Subject:
> [obol] From the CBC Regional Editor: spam filters> To: Obol
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <45707E05.5C0EDE2E at pacifier.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=us-ascii> > The CBC season is approaching any many of you may be
> sending> out queries to CBC compilers or the Regional Editor. If you>
> belong to a service that has an email address approval feature,> please
> make sure that you pre-approve the addresses before you> send a query.> >
> On more than one occasion this year, I have attempted to answer> queries
> only receive a bounced message alert and instructions> on how to gain
> approval by filling ou t an application. I get> way too many queries from
> people to be filling out address approval> requests and will not do so. I
> don't think any compiler running> a CBC should have to out these forms,
> either.> > If you belong to a service with one of these filters, please>
> be curtious and pre-approve any address to which you send a> CBC query.
> Or be prepared to have your questions go unanswered.> > -- > Mike
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 30> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006
> 11:18:09 -0800 (PST)> From: Cindy Ashy <tunicate89 at yahoo.com>> Subject:
> [obol] Newport Burrowing Owl & Aggressive Crows & No Snowy> Owl Darn It!>
> To: OBOL <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <589414.28489.qm at web51809.mail.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=iso-8859-1> > Hello All,> > This morning I checked all the dunes,
> roof tops, tree tops, sign posts, and> beaches between south South Beach
> SP and Nye Beach and could not locate our> early
> Christmas gift from Santa's Winter Wonderland.> > In the middle of all
> this I swung by the Wellness Center and right where> everyone has
> reported just under the big sign was the Burrowing Owl....but not>
> looking very happy because this over-sized crow....so big it made the owl
> look> like a dwarf....kept harrassing the heck out of the owl....it would
> kinda> spread out its wings and crouch down and squawk at it almost right
> in its> face...then fly up a few feet and appear like it was going to
> land on the owl's> head and at the last minute land just to the side of
> the owl...and switching> sides back and forth....then a smaller crow
> buddy landed on top of the sign and> the two crows seemed to talk back
> and forth for a while and then the smaller> crow began to spend a lot of
> time lining itself up with the owl just right> (this is a very tall sign
> and the crow was standing on the top) to defecate on> the owl....the
> feces bomb flew but barely missed and the owl looked straight up> at the
> crow and the large crow at the bottom seemed to "fuss" at the smaller>
> crow for missing....so the small crow looked down several times and
> seemed to> try to line up with the owl just right again....I mean it was
> quite obvious> what it was doing....it would move just slightly one way,
> look down, and then> move slightly the other way....finally, it defecated
> again, this time just> barely missing to the other side of the owl....the
> larger crow really put up a> fuss this time and after all the squawking
> seemed to flew away in disgust...the> little crow stayed and gave it one
> more try but barely missed again...and then> flew away leaving the owl
> looking really miserable.> > Cindy Ashy> > > >
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> ------------------------------> > Message: 31> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006
> 11:28:10 -0800
> (PST)> From: James Hannan <jhannan29 at yahoo.com>> Subject: [obol]
> Red/Yellow Shafted N. Flicker> To: OBOL Postings
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>> Message-ID:
> <20061201192810.21621.qmail at web30708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> Content-Type:
> text/plain; charset="us-ascii"> > A male N. Flicker visited my suet
> feeder and water in the Rock Creek area of NW Portland. It appeared to be
> consistent with all the other male Red Shafted birds that frequent the
> area with the exception of a red nape stripe and a brownish face.> >
> James Hannan> jhannan29 at yahoo.com> > > >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:29:23 -0500
> From: "Bobbett Pierce" <ensatina3 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [obol] Columbia County report
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
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>
> I took the bird route to the town of St. Helens (from my home in Warren)
> in Columbia County, about 5 miles one way.  Nothing to get excited about,
> actually pretty slow.  Highlights: Scappoose Bay (from car) a dozen T.
> SWANS, several dozen C. GEESE, 2 EGRETS; Millard Road field: hundreds of
> C.
> GEESE grazing with the cattle; Col. River waterfront: 100 GULL sp. out on
> Sand Island, scattered WESTERN GREBES in river, a few D-C CORMORANTS on
> pilings, a G.B. HERON resting on an osprey nest, a female C. MERGANZER;
> overlooking Dalton Lake next to Col. River: surprising absence of ducks
> may be due to new homes being built near this previously isolated lake --
> hammering.  Beaver have cut a lot of trees on water's edge.  At least
> there was a flock of G-C KINGLETS and a BROWN CREEPER nearby.  Cold and
> foggy. Lona Pierce
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:01:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Steve Shunk" <steve at paradisebirding.com>
> Subject: [obol] Sisters Snow Geese
> To: obol at lists.orst.edu
> Cc: COBOL at lists.oregonstate.edu
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>
> Hello all,
> Kris and I just added a new bird to our yard list, when we first heard
> then saw a small flock of about 8 SNOW GEESE flying approximately northeast
> a couple miles west of our house.
>
> It seems there are records into mid-December for the region, but I think
> this is still pretty late. We had a single bird on the Sisters CBC one
> year. Steve Shunk
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:37:51 -0800
> From: "Steve Engel" <sengel at audubonportland.org>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Falcated Duck?
> To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Message-ID: <200612012337.kB1NbI411755 at broadway.hevanet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="windows-1250"
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>
> Just wondering if anyone has seen the Falcated Duck in the Coburg area
> recently?  Thanks.
>
> Steve Engel
> Adult Education Coordinator
> Audubon Society of Portland
> 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland, OR 97210
> EMAIL:  sengel at audubonportland.org
> web:  www.audubonportland.org
> PHONE:  503-292-6855 x 119 (main)  971-222-6119 (direct)
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:11:31 -0800
> From: "Dennis P. Vroman" <dpvroman at budget.net>
> Subject: [obol] Winter-time fun
> To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Message-ID: <001101c715a6$6e7cde20$4a371c40 at Warbler>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
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>
> Greeting me at our door when we got back from Grants Pass was Volume 11
> of "Handbook of the Bird of the World."  If you have never seen any
> Volumes of this series that is supposed to cover all the World's birds,
> then you should attempt to find a copy to look at.
>
> Check web page:  http://www.hbw.com/
>
>
> What a great treat to review on those not so great winter days.
>
>
> ...also, only 5 more Volumes to go, Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:13:36 -0800
> From: "Tom McNamara" <tmacport99 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [obol] Powell Butte (Mult.) N. Shrike
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
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>
> Annet and I found an adult Northern Shrike up on Powell Butte this
> afternoon.  It was just NW of the intersection of the Goldfinch &
> Meadowland
> trails.  Parking lot signage seems bogus (obsolete?) ---the area is on the
>  grassy plateau on the western downslope from the old orchard. First of
> the winter for moi. good birding, Tom
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:50:44 -0800
> From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie at bendnet.com>
> Subject: [obol] Springfield Pine Siskins
> To: "OBOL sightings" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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>
> Looking at all the messages on Springfield Pine Siskins reminds me of a
> Pine Siskin Story I heard several years ago.  I was attending an
> Elderhostel in Nebraska to observe the Sandhill Crane migration and one
> of our speakers was a bird bander from Omaha.  She (can't remember her
> name) told us she banded a Pine Siskin at her home in Omaha and the bird
> was found dead in the Eugene/Springfield area a week later.  That bird
> covered a lot of ground, west instead of south.
>
> kim boddie Bend
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:04:19 -0800
> From: "Dan Heyerly" <dan at heyerly.com>
> Subject: [obol] Lane Co. Northern Shrikes
> To: "obol" <obol at lists.orst.edu>
> Message-ID: <000001c715ad$cc065100$6400a8c0 at Dan>
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>
> 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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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:14:03 -0800
> From: "Jim Johnson" <jt_johnson at comcast.net>
> Subject: [obol] Short-eared Owls, Vancouver Lake, WA
> To: "'obol'" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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>
> Must be a good year for SHORT-EARED OWLS around here. During a late
> afternoon walk through state and county lands just southeast of Vancouver
> Lake, I saw at least six Short-eareds hunting over fields east of La
> Frambois Road. To get to the area take La Frambois Road toward Vancouver
> Lake and park at the first pull-out/gate on the right after the first
> cattle guard. There is a sign just off the road that says "South Vancouver
> Lake
> Wetland Restoration". Walk around the north end of the "restored" wetland
> and follow the track that parallels a set of high-tension power lines.
>
> The owls were flying over and feeding in fields which were mowed this
> fall, but have had some regrowth since then--the veg is still pretty
> short. There were lots of Great Blue Herons in these fields and a few
> Northern Harriers
> feeding here also, so the rodent population must be pretty good. I could
> see some owls from La Frambois Road, but they were distant. One flew high
> overhead as I walked home on the road.
>
> There is also a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK hanging out just east of the owl fields
>  toward Fruit Valley Road (near the large white petroleum tanks), and I
> had an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in the roadside vegetation on La Frambois
> Road
> near the sewage ponds.
>
> For those who are map literate and have respectable bandwith, this URL
> will show you where the Short-eared Owls were feeding:
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=45.66109&lon=-122.7057&size=m&u=5&dat
> um= nad83&layer=DRG. GPS users can get the coordinates from the URL or
> from the site.
>
> Jim Johnson
> Vancouver, Washington
> jt_johnson at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:17:16 -0800
> From: Linda Fink <linda at fink.com>
> Subject: [obol] Falcated Duck -- yes!
> To: obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Message-ID: <4570D41C.7020200 at fink.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>
> 5 of us piled into the Woodhouses trusty stationwagon and drove to
> Coburg today to the nice RV park with its very nice managers who told us
> exactly where to park and walk and that everyone today had seen the
> Falcated Duck. It was, indeed, on the pond with a wonderful variety of
> other waterfowl and also many (50?) Dowitchers. What a lovely bird is that
> Falcated Teal/Duck. Be sure to stop at the registration office
> first and sign in. And buy something so they want us to keep coming.
>
> At a quick stop at Ankeny on the way home we saw a Say's Phoebe and a
> Red-shouldered Hawk. Also white birds -- Snow Geese, Tundra Swans, and
> Great Egrets -- and a couple white-headed birds (Bald Eagles). A jillion
> Dunlin were doing their aerial maneuvers, along with two flocks of
> Dowitchers. Lots of other birds as well -- the usual.
>
>
> A great day with great friends.
>
>
> Linda Fink
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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>
> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:15:21 -0800
> From: "Jim Harleman and Kathy McNeill" <mchar5 at msn.com>
> Subject: [obol] Local RBA: Long-tailed duck
> To: "OBOL" <obol at lists.orst.edu>
> Message-ID: <BAY116-DAV13C2319E92409F37FF243885D90 at phx.gbl>
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>
> Jim Hostick and Keiko Thurston found a female LONG-TAILED DUCK just above
> the dam at Lost Creek reservoir today.  This is a Jackson County first.
>
> Good birding,
>
>
> Jim Harleman
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> Message: 13
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:27:14 -0800
> From: Barbara & John Woodhouse <jbw at pacifier.com>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Falcated Duck?
> To: "Steve Engel" <sengel at audubonportland.org>,
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Message-ID: <a05111b67c19694b76f6e@[66.43.13.14]>
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>
> We saw the Falcated Duck this morning on the front pond, the people
> in the office say he is staying around this year.
>
> Barbara Woodhouse
> Tillamook
>
>
>
>
> At 3:37 PM -0800 12/1/2006, Steve Engel wrote:
>
>> Just wondering if anyone has seen the Falcated Duck in the Coburg area
>> recently?  Thanks.
>>
>> Steve Engel
>> Adult Education Coordinator
>> Audubon Society of Portland
>> 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland, OR 97210
>> EMAIL:  sengel at audubonportland.org
>> web:  www.audubonportland.org
>> PHONE:  503-292-6855 x 119 (main)  971-222-6119 (direct)
>>
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>
> Message: 14
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:56:58 -0800 (PST)
> From: Cindy Ashy <tunicate89 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [obol] Burrowing Owl Gone After Sunset
> To: OBOL <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
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>
> Thought I'd mention that the Burrowing Owl seen below the Wellness sign
> this morning and this afternoon was gone about an hour after
> sunset.....maybe off hunting...seems an awfully odd daytime roost....but
> is quite convenient to show to out of town guests :-)
>
> Cindy Ashy
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:38:34 -0500
> From: "Bobbett Pierce" <ensatina3 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [obol] Clarification on geese, swan IDs
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
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>
> Sorry for my lazy identifications on the Columbia County Report.  I will
> write out the names from now on.  C. GEESE are Cacklers, which I hear far
> more than any other geese around here.  The flock of a couple hundred I
> saw on Friday were a tightly packed uniform group of smallish geese
> grazing. Not Duskies.  Sometimes we get interesting mixed flocks of all
> colors and sizes of subspecies, which are fun to study a bit more.  The
> dozen T. SWANS are Tundra, going by sound and what settles into Scappoose
> Bay every winter,
> up to 75 or so.  I hear them sometimes all night long out of my bedroom
> window in winter and wonder when they ever sleep. To rule out a stray
> Trumpeter or two I would have to study them with my scope, which I didn't
>  do.  I guess that's how we miss the rarer species.  I know that
> Trumpeters
> are sometimes seen in the county, usually up at Trojan just south of the
> town of Rainier, so it wouldn't be out of the question. Lona Pierce,
> Warren
>
>
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> Message: 16
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:21:00 -0800
> From: Wilson Cady <gorgebirds at juno.com>
> Subject: [obol] Clark County Long-tailed Duck
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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> The female LONG-TAILED DUCK at the Washougal Sewage Lagoons
> (milepost 17.5 Highway 14) was still present on Friday, Dec. 1st, and
> easily visible from the wide road shoulder. There were three SHORT-EARED
> OWLS working the fields south of the highway at milepost 18.8. Watch for
> them about halfway across the field where they occasionally perch on the
> clumps of blackberries.
>
> Wilson Cady
> Washougal, WA
>
>
>
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> Message: 17
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:15:22 -0800
> From: david tracy <davect at bendnet.com>
> Subject: [obol] Thanksgiving day seabird flight & comments on numbers
> To: Obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> Hi All,
>
>
> The huge numbers I reported on the Thanksgiving flight justifiably
> raised a few eyebrows among our more veteran, salt encrusted coastal
> observers.  I've reconsidered the extrapolated timed-count of Loons,
> specifically Pacific Loons and think a more appropriate number to report
> would be in the neighborhood of 200,000 Pacific Loons.  The methodology
> was hardly systematic, but I think it may be possible 500,000 loons flew
> by at the high end.  But again, with no way to characterize the error,
> especially retroactively, who knows for sure.
>
> One big source of the error is no doubt my lack of experience with
> timed seabird counts.   Another problem is that timed counts are difficult
> to perform when unfathomable numbers keep streaming by. You think, I'll
> count X number of seconds and see how many birds fly by... then you get to
> two and have already lost count when you see several strings of like
> 50-100 birds passing in a few seconds.   Then
> you take this number and apply some multiplier to get a minute or hourly
> average.  Several times, especially when the count would pick up after a
> squall passed, it was nearly impossible to keep in your head an estimate
> of numbers and still get a feel for the mix of species.  This can bring
> one to the point of frustration if your trying to be anything close to
> accurate.  The cool thing was how impressive the number of birds was and
> how they just kept going during the daylight hours, except for the rain
> squalls.
>
> I'm now a big fan of using video to estimate count numbers by holding
> my camera up to the scope in video mode.  I can review the numbers of birds
> in slow motion and the camera registers the time to a tenth of a second.
> Plus, my new still camera is much more sensitive than my
> older miniDV video camera and the zoom combination with the scope is
> extraordinary. I hope to be more prepared in the future should I be so
> lucky to witness another one of the "mega-flights" that sometimes occurs
> along our coast in the fall.  I'd also encourage any of you who might get
> out to the headlands this time of year to be aware of how spectacular the
> flights can be when the weather turns foul with a S-SW component to the
> winds.
>
> Many thanks to Phil Pickering, Mike Patterson and David Fix for their
> comments & helpful discussion.
>
> david tracy davect at bendnet.com
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 18
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:13:21 -0800
> From: Lars and Gail Norgren <gnorgren at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [obol] Siskins,etc.
> To: obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> The final entry of this week's Vancouver BC RBA
> refers to the year long drought of PINE SISKINS ending with a sighting of a
> flock of 200 birds. I have seen them in modest numbers here in nw
> Washington
> County since late Sept as a consequence of bird
> counts I've made in the neighborhood. Inclement weather and increased
> workload means that I largely ceased the transects and point counts , so
> for about a month I detected no Siskins. Then we got a sunny day last week
>  and I counted 150 PINE SISKINS on my usual 1 hr transect. Most were in a
> single flock, which as with the Vancouver, BC flock strikes me as
> unusually large. Fewer birds, but still a large flock, passed my house the
> same day. I have not noticed any this week. PINE GROSBEAKS are prominent on
> this week's Vancouver RBA, possibly the most mentioned species. I tried
> for the same species on my lunch break at Wink Gross' neighborhood in the
> West Hills of POrtland. Jeff Gilligan commented on
> the Boreal feel to his successful trip to Larch Mountain (Mult. Co) in
> search of PINE GROSBEAKS. What a contrast Wink's regular habitat provides!
> I have always thought
> of the Portland Hills as a monolith of mature Doug-firs with the all too
> infrequent Chestnut-backed chickadee or kinglet. What I found was a very
> birdy neighborhood, no doubt assisted by its southerly aspect and varied
> exotic flora. AS soon as I parked the car I saw 3 BAND-TAILED PIGEON, only
> the second time I've seen them in Portland in December in 28 yrs. I saw no
> pine grosbeaks, so concentrated on the Hummingbirds. I saw four and heard
> more. I presume they were all Anna's, which I have tended to take for
> granted and ignore. A female in the heart of a Deodar(Old World cedar) sat
> in one spot for a long while, making a constant chipping sound. It seemed
> to have some fine fiber protruding sideways from its beak. Could it be
> gathering nesting material? Why would it sit in one place with same for
> several minutes at a stretch? I have yet to detect this species within 20
> miles of my home in western Washington Co.. Greg Gillson recently brought
> it to our attention that they have only been on the Forest Grove CBC the
> last three years. Their mention on this week's Vancouver RBA shows that
> they still have novelty value up there. 300 miles north of Portland or 30
> miles west we encounter a similar biological boundary. The most intriguing
> entry for me in BC this week was a SCRUB JAY, whose breeding range ends
> 3km east of my house. The SCRUB
> JAY in Sisters this week was probably my favorite posting of the
> week. From many list members' perspective this is probably a trash bird.
> Thank you one and all for reporting various near extra-limital
> sightings of this fascinating species . I wonder how many have been
> detected north of the Canadian border to date. I reiterate Bill Clemmons'
> plea for people to post things. It doesn't have to be a Falcated Duck to
> be newsworthy. The continued range expansion of Scrub Jays and Anna's
> Hummingbirds should be
> documented. Their abundance in many of Oregon's backyards does not change
> the fact that history is in the making. From a scientific point of view
> things like this are far more important than all the year's Asian vagrants
> combined.  Lars Norgren MANNING OREGON
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 19
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 07:49:43 -0800
> From: "Dennis P. Vroman" <dpvroman at budget.net>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Winter-time fun
> To: "Jeff Harding" <jeffharding at centurytel.net>
> Cc: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
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>
> Jeff and Others that like Ruby-crowned Kinglet feet,
>
>
> Jeff ask (hope he's OK with me sending a copy to OBOL) about the
> illustrations of "our" Kinglets (my assumption here) in Volume 11 of HBW.
>
>
> There's a couple of photos of Ruby-crowns and both should birds with
> dark-colored feet (according to the photo captions, both were taken of
> eastern birds).  However, the drawings of both the Golden-crowned and
> Ruby-crowned Kinglets do show birds with yellowish feet.  There's two
> photos of Golden-crowned birds, but the feet don't show in on and are in
> deep shadows in the other, so you can not tell about their feet.
>
> So, it does appear that eastern Ruby-crowns do indeed have dark feet.
> Just knew the western birds were special!
>
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> Dennis,
>
>
>
>
> I see this volume covers Regulidae - Do they have yellow feet in the
> illustrations?
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> From: obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu
> [mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis P. Vroman
>  Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:12 PM
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
> Subject: [obol] Winter-time fun
>
>
>
>
> Greeting me at our door when we got back from Grants Pass was Volume 11
> of "Handbook of the Bird of the World."  If you have never seen any
> Volumes of this series that is supposed to cover all the World's birds,
> then you should attempt to find a copy to look at.
>
>
>
> Check web page:  http://www.hbw.com/
>
>
>
>
> What a great treat to review on those not so great winter days.
>
>
>
>
> ...also, only 5 more Volumes to go, Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
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> Message: 20
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 07:56:24 -0800
> From: "Dennis P. Vroman" <dpvroman at budget.net>
> Subject: [obol] Split the Kinglets?
> To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> Regarding the color of Ruby-crowned Kinglet feet...does it all indicate
> that the eastern and western birds have differing DNA?  Should they be
> split and renamed?  It appears they can be somewhat easily IDed by foot
> color.
>
> Dennis
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> Message: 21
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 08:23:37 -0800
> From: "Diane Pettey" <surfbird at harborside.com>
> Subject: [obol] Lane Co. Coast BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, 12/1/06
> To: "obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> Greetings OBOLers,
> I received a call of a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE (male) hanging out at Baker Beach
> Campground, north of Florence, OR, yesterday afternoon. It was feeding in
> a myrtle tree behind the western-most picnic table in the campground. It
> was observed for a few minutes before it flew up and southwest, not to be
> relocated. regards, Diane Pettey
> Heceta Beach, OR (north of Florence)
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> Message: 22
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:56:25 -0800
> From: "Larry Mcqueen" <larmcqueen at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Split the Kinglets?
> To: "'Dennis P. Vroman'" <dpvroman at budget.net>,
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> Dennis,
>
>
>
>
> We can't go that far, although I recognize your message is
> tongue-in-cheek. Of course there is genetic difference, but even if there
> is foot color difference between eastern and western r-c kinglets, which I
> don't think has been established, it would be variation statistically
> showing favor toward either dark or yellow, probably by region (or
> population).   It's my impression that this variation carries across the
> country; that it's not so discreet.  There might be more yellow-footed in
> the west, but this is my speculation - I have no real data.
>
>
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
>
> From: obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu
> [mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis P. Vroman
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 7:56 AM
> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
> Subject: [obol] Split the Kinglets?
>
>
>
>
> Regarding the color of Ruby-crowned Kinglet feet...does it all indicate
> that the eastern and western birds have differing DNA?  Should they be
> split and renamed?  It appears they can be somewhat easily IDed by foot
> color.
>
>
>
> Dennis
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> Message: 23
> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:07:26 -0800
> From: Alan Contreras <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>
> Subject: [obol] Kinglets
> To: obol <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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> I am doing some research on Oregon populations of both Ruby-crowned
> Kinglet
> and Brown Creeper.  I'll look into the foot color issue.  When I have
> enough information in hand I'll post something.
>
> Female Anna's Hummer using my birdbath today - hovers at one side and
> then drags its body across, deeper and deeper like a pontoon plane
> landing, turns around, stops briefly under the dripper and reverses the
> process back to the edge, where it perches and dips its head.  An
> interesting process.
>
> --
> Alan Contreras
> EUGENE, OREGON
> acontrer at mindspring.com
>
>
> ?Undue neglect, or fear, of subspecies is not only unscientific, it can
> hamper rational efforts to conserve biological diversity...and to
> understand bird movements.?
>
> -Allan R. Phillips, in Why Neglect The Difficult?, Western Birds
> 6(3)69-86
> (1975)
>
>
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