[obol] Weekend in Oregon

[Michael Austin]

I visited your state this past weekend & found your listserv to be an 
invaluable resource in locating target species.  Your state certainly has a 
very active cadre of knowledgable birders.  Anyway, it's payback time for 
me.

Brief highlights of my northwestern Oregon odessey were:

FALCATED DUCK at Coburg both the evening of December 1st & the morning of 
the 2nd
Adult male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER at the south town limits of Lincoln City 
December 2nd.
Immature SNOWY OWL on the south jetty of Newport harbor, much harassed by 
the gulls whose cries brought its presence to my attention December 2nd.
A roadside covey of 6 MOUNTAIN QUAIL on Johnson Road in extreme northeastern 
Washington Co. as described by Greg Gillson in March 2004 on December 4th.
The maturing EMPEROR GOOSE at Warrenton-Astoria Airport at sundown on 
December 4th.

Mike Austin
Friendswood, TX

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