Refuge Closing dates (was Re: [obol] Sept. 30, 2006 )

[MARCIA CUTLER]

Just a note that unlike the 2 other Willamette Valley Refuges that Roy 
visited and Ridgefield NWR, access to the trails at Finley NWR is open until 
October 31st.

Marcia F. Cutler
Corvallis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Gerig" <roygerig at hotmail.com>
To: <obol at lists.orst.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:37 PM
Subject: [obol] Sept. 30, 2006


> The last day the 2 local wildlife refuges are open until May 1, I spent 
> most of the day walking around Baskett Slough and Ankeny NWR near Salem.
>
> At BSNWR, I covered most of the available shorebird habitat, and saw 80 
> LONG BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 1 LEAST SANDPIPER. 
> There were 5 AMERICAN PIPITS at Morgan Lake, and 12 GREATER WHITE FRONTED 
> GEESE with a couple hundred giant CANADA GEESE and a few CACKLING GEESE.
>
> There was a pod of 9 TURKEY VULTURES, plus 3 others, and several hundred 
> VIOLET-GREEN and BARN SWALLOWS in about equal numbers.  In one view I saw 
> 20 GREAT EGRETS and 23 GREAT BLUE HERONS.
>
> At Ankeny I saw 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and the 
> BLACK PHOEBE that has been reported, and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK being 
> chased by a female COOPER'S HAWK.  Also 2 WILSON'S SNIPE.
>
> Roy Gerig, Salem OR
>
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