[obol] Audubon Birding Weekend trip to Wallowa county

[Paul T. Sullivan]

OBOL:

Report of the Audubon Birding Weekend trip to Wallowa county, Jan. 13-15, 
2007.

# Species seen: 57

Highlights:
FERRUGINOUS HAWK - over OK Gulch, 1/14
BLACK MERLIN - in Enterprise all 3 days, twice seen eating another bird
GRAY PARTRIDGE - 2 sightings by the cars at the back of the caravan on Golf 
Course & Leap Rds, 1/14
WILD TURKEY - 130 below Wallowa, 1/15
N PYGMY OWL - 1 N of Enterprise, 1 at the E edge of Joseph (also seen by 
Steve Dowlan), 1/13
N SHRIKE - 3 on 1/13, 1 on 1/14
BOHEMIAN WAXWING - 250 in Enterprise
CEDAR WAXWING - 6 in Enterprise
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW - 3 along Golf Course Rd, 1/13; 2 groups of 20-30 E of 
Enterprise, 1/14
LAPLAND LONGSPUR - 2-4 along Golf Course Rd., all 3 days

Not seen:
Sharptailed Grouse, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Snow Bunting, Common Redpoll

Quote of the weekend: "It's warming up.  It's 2." (Linda Sewell)

Late on Sunday afternoon we were up on the slope near Ferguson Ridge 
(temp -7) when the sun set.  The eastern horizon was an intense indigo blue, 
with a layer of pink above it, all atop the Seven Devils in Idaho, with the 
Wallowas above us.  At dawn on Monday, out on Golf Course Rd., we saw the 
same layering of colors in the west as the sun rose over the Seven Devils, 
with the Wallowas again in front of us to the south.  What can I say?

The next trip will go to Curry county on Feb. 17-18.

Paul T. Sullivan
Audubon Birding Weekends
(503) 646-7889
http://www.audubonportland.org/trips_classes_camps/adult_programs/birding_weekendsfolder/index_html