[obol] Lots of Birds, Lane County

[Roger & Betty Robb]

This morning I birded between Fern Ridge and Junction City and found large numbers of birds.  At the Fern Ridge Dam were 450 COMMON MERGANSERS and 600 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS.  At the end of Starlite Lane in Alvadore I found a flock of 400 KILLDEER along with hundreds of DUNLIN.  At the corner of Alvadore Road and Franklin Road was a flock of apx 4,000 gulls.  These were mostly RING-BILLS and about 600 MEW GULLS.  There were also CALIFORNIA GULLS and a couple GLAUCOUSED-WINGED and likely something better I didn't find through the rain showers.  Just west on Franklin was another flock of about 500 gulls of similar composition.

I also found 2 EURASIAN WIGEON at Kirk Pond, and a SHORT-EARED OWL and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Washburne Lane near Junction City.

Roger Robb
Springfield, OR
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