[obol] Gr. White-fronted Geese Migrating

[Don Albright]

I heard two separate flocks of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE flying over my
house in the wee hours of Tuesday morning as well.  I live on Chehalem
Mountain just north of Newberg, in Yamhill County.

The past two mornings a WILSON'S WARBLER has been singing from the brush
near the house.

GREAT HORNED OWLS and a BARN OWL were heard just after dark last night.  My
wife Lory heard a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL calling about three nights ago.

Don Albright
Newberg, Oregon
donalbri at teleport.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve McDonald" <bigrocketman3 at webtv.net>
To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:24 AM
Subject: [obol] Gr. White-fronted Geese Migrating


>
>      At 1:47 am Tuesday, a large flock of Gr. White-fronted Geese was
> heading north over the Eugene area.  These are the first I've heard this
> season.  Another flock of small-type Canada/Cackling Geese came over
> soon after and I believe they were migrating and weren't birds wintering
> here.  The Cackling Geese (tavernii and minima) that winter here, are
> stll mostly present, but might leave anytime.
>
>      The Varied Thrushes that had stuffed themselves for an
> unprecedented 4 months at my feeders, suddenly left on April 10.  I
> imagine they will return next Fall------how could they pass up the
> unending feast they were provided?  Almost all of the large junco
> contingent also left about 3 days later, as well as all types of
> sparrows except the ever-present House Sparrows.  This year, there were
> no hummingbirds that I saw at my two large camelia trees and only one at
> the flowering red currants.  Usually, there's many of several species
> squabbling over them.  No doves have been around and so the accipters
> haven't been coming, either.
>
>      This last Sunday, I saw a dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers making their
> way through maple and fir trees, just south of where they were reported
> by someone else, near the Weyerhaeuser Logging Road.
>
>      I recently discovered an Osprey nest high in a giant dead
> cottonwood, next to the Willamette River, about a mile south of the
> Dorris Filbert Ranch Park.  It's located along a narrow trail that
> branches off the wider forest trails they've built there.  A bikepath is
> proposed through here to Clearwater Park and preliminary clearing and
> ribbon-marking of the route has been done.  It's a nice journey for
> finding birds and wild plants.  I spotted a large Bobcat streaking
> across the trail ahead and found tracks of otters, Coyotes, Cougars,
> deer and elk on sandy  riverbanks.  Visit my Flickr photo album to see
> some pictures of my excursion there and many other bird shots.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/22121562@N00/
>
> Steve McDonald
>
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