[obol] Blue Jay at Malheur NWR HQ

[FoxSparrows at aol.com]

Got a little birding in today, maybe more tomorrow... Malheur NWR HQ was  
fairly birdy at around 1030 this morning. Highlight was a BLUE JAY.... it called  
once too, but I did see it well. since I'm from Pennsylvania, where the sound 
of  the Blue Jay is af undamentally winter sound (they call all year, of  
course, but in winter, when it is cold and there is snow on the ground and  
hanging in the trees, it just RINGS!). I think I also saw an RED FOX  SPARROW... 
can't be 100% sure, but pretty close.
 
Also saw 2 VARIED THRUSHES at Benson Pond on the Refuge.
 
Fall is absolutely stunning out here. The peak of fall leaves has passed,  
but Steens Mountain and the Pueblos were spectacular. I don't miss humidity,  
mold, long strings of cloudy days, long strings of rainy days... you get the  
picture.
 
 
Steve  Dowlan
_sagesparrow at centurytel.net_ (mailto:sagesparrow at centurytel.net) 
Hines,  Oregon
a Grand Place
in the Middle of Nowhere
on the Edge of the Great  Basin

and still  FoxSparrows, since AOL is now free!


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