[obol] Northern Bobwhite in Canby

[Jeff Gilligan]

Gerard Lillie, Owen Schmidt, (I'm forgetting who else was there...perhaps
Jim Johnson) and I heard one near the site of the territorial Blue Grosbeaks
near Brogan in Malheur County.  I suspect that Northern Bobwhite may be
about as good of a species on the state list as is Ring-necked Pheasant.
Jeff Gilligan.


On 7/3/06 9:48 AM, "Alan Contreras" <acontrer at mindspring.com> wrote:

> When I lived in Nyssa, on the Oregon-Idaho line, in 1969-70, Bobwhite were
> fairly regular in the ag lands of that area.  The last time I heard one in
> that area was probably in the late 1980s, though I don't bird there much
> anymore.  Gray Partridge were easy back then, too, and are now pretty hard for
> me to find.  I don't think I have seen one on my last 3-4 trips to Malheur
> County.  
> 
> A lot of the hedgerow country has been cleared completely off for clean
> farming, which makes life hard for chickens.  If there are still any around,
> they are probably in less developed areas northwest of Brogan or south and
> west of Adrian.  However, those are areas that I have been into in recent
> years, and have found neither species.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Prakken <randy at swiftview.com>
>> Sent: Jul 3, 2006 9:10 AM
>> To: obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
>> Subject: [obol] Northern Bobwhite in Canby
>> 
>> There is no question about it.  I have seen and heard a Bobwhite about 5
>> times 
>> during the last week in my back yard just South of Canby.  5 minutes on it
>> with the binocs at 40 feet, male on a stump calling and watching, female
>> grazing nearby.  My wife, birding much longer than me, has seen it as well.
>> 
>> My Nat Geo guide shows only one spot in Eastern Oregon and none in Idaho.
>> However, I heard them growing up in Idaho as well.
>> 
>> Do quails really move around this much or is the book out of date?
>> 
>> Randy Prakken
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> Alan Contreras - Eugene, Oregon
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