[obol] Gymnorhinus

[Wayne C. Weber]

Alan and Oregon Birders,

Right you are about the Pinyon Jay, Alan. I found my "life" Pinyon Jays
in 1969 on Horse Ridge east of Bend, just off US 20--  and found
my life Gray Flycatcher at the same place and time.

Despite spending quite a few days birding in Central Oregon in
subsequent years-- in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties--
including a 3-day camping visit with my family in July 2004--  I have
never succeeded in finding Pinyon Jays in Oregon again. I've seen
species that are much scarcer than Pinyon Jays in Central Oregon,
including Anna's Hummingbird, Red-shouldered Hawk, Peregrine
Falcon, Western Scrub-Jays (in Bend), even the Bend Northern
Hawk-Owl of early 2005, but the Pinyon Jays of Central Oregon
continue to thumb their noses at me. I've managed to see Pinyon Jays
a few times in other states, but would dearly love to see them in Oregon
again. Aaaarrghh!!


Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Contreras" <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: "Dan Gleason" <dan-gleason at comcast.net>; "obol"
<obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [obol] Least Bittern name


I always though Gymnorhinus, as in Pinyon jay, meant wiggle-nose, after the
frequency with which it thumbs its nose at birders seeking it.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
acontrer at mindspring.com