[obol] K-Falls, 2/2/07

[Julie Van Moorhem]

Hi Folks,

Friday morning on my way out to bird, I was greeted at the gas  
station with "Did you hear the news?  Did you hear the good news?"   
When I replied that I hadn't , the attendant gushed, "The groundhog  
didn't see his shadow!  We're going to have an early spring!"  Good  
news, indeed.

I headed off to do a little birding other than raptor surveys--every  
once in while you have to look at the other ones, too.  I headed out  
Old Fort Rd. north to Algoma Rd. and on to Haglestein Park.

Highlights of the day:  WHITE-HEADED WOODEPCKER on Hunter's Ridge Rd.  
along with a DOWNY WOODPECKER, and PYGMY NUTHATCH.  TOWNSEND'S  
SOLITAIRE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and 12 RED CROSSBILLS were found in  
different areas along Old Fort Rd.

I spotted 3 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS in a large flock of Starlings, Red- 
winged Blackbirds, and Brewer's Blackbirds.

I spent two years in K-Falls before I spotted an American Dipper last  
November in Collier State Park where I had looked many times.  Friday  
I saw 2 AMERICAN DIPPERS in Haglestein Park.  A VARIED THRUSH (male)  
worked the edge of the pond and a couple of PINE SISKIN cavorted with  
LESSER GOLDFINCH.  3 female HOODED MERGANSERS, some LESSER SCAUP and  
COMMON GOLDENEYE AND BUFFLEHEAD swam in the canal beside the park.

It was a gorgeous day here in the Basin--warm for January and lots of  
sun.

Good birding y'all,
Julie Van Moorhem
Klamath Falls