[obol] [COBOL] Bend CBC

[DAVID IRONS]

Costa's Hummingbird has occurred previously on an Oregon CBC.  A male was at 
Barb Griffin's feeder in N. Bend a couple years ago and was recorded on the 
Coos Bay CBC.  One in Bend during winter is  pretty amazing nevertheless.

Dave Irons


>From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc at empnet.com>
>To: "COBOL" <cobol at lists.oregonstate.edu>,<obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
>Subject: Re: [obol] [COBOL] Bend CBC
>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:32:24 -0800
>
>Frigid temperatures for the Bend CBC held on 12/16 did not prevent a
>dedicated group of participants from recording the second highest number of
>species tallied in the 39 years of operation.  The 94 species recorded was
>second only to the 98 seen in 2001.  A number of count rarities and some
>amazing numbers of certain species made this a truly memorable count.
>
>Totally unprecedented was a female Costa's Hummingbird, thoroughly
>documented by Dave Tracy's excellent video.  I suspect this is a first for
>any Oregon Christmas count.  Although no other count firsts were recorded, 
>a
>number of species made only their second appearance included Snow Goose,
>Ferruginous Hawk, Bewick's Wren, and Purple Finch,  Other unusual sightings
>included 2 Cackling Geese, an Anna's Hummingbird, and a White-throated
>Sparrow.
>
>All time high numbers were counted for a number of species:  Cackling
>Goose - 4; Bufflehead - 190; Cooper's Hawk - 9; Red-tailed Hawk - 74;
>American Kestrel - 30; Mourning Dove - 826 (!); Northern Flicker - 225;
>Western Scrub Jay - 120 [as recently as 2000 only 10 were recorded]; Varied
>Thrush - 71 (including 8 males in one yard) and 24 Lesser Goldfinch.
>
>In general, warmer weather species prevailed (2 Hummingbirds, Bewick's 
>Wren,
>Varied Thrush, Lesser Goldfinch.  Irruptive winter finches were scarce.
>There were only 2 Pine Siskins, 82 Red Crossbills and 25 Evening Grosbeaks.
>Only 120 Cedar Waxwings were counted this year, compared to 1387 last year.
>
>Thanks to all intrepid counters and feeder watchers for contributing.
>
>
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