[obol] FW: Fern Ridge Whimbrel

[Alan Contreras]

FYI

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Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
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Another Independent for Obama/Richardson in Œ08


------ Forwarded Message
> From: Bruce Newhouse <newhouse at efn.org>
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:11:14 -0700
> To: Alan Contreras <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>
> Subject: Re: Fern Ridge Whimbrel
> 
> Hi, Alan!
> 
> I've been off OBOL for awhile, so if you could forward, we would sure
> appreciate it!
> 
> Steve Gordon, Neil Bjorklund and I all saw a WHIMBREL on the east side
> of the dike road about 1/4 mile south of the viewing platform accessed
> to the west, then south, from the end of Royal Avenue at Fern Ridge
> Reservoir late this morning.  The bird was slowly moving through the
> patches of rushes about 400 feet or so east of the dike, about 400 feet
> south of the upland habitat "island."  This possibly is the same bird
> reported by Daniel Farrar on July 6.
> 
> Another bird was farther to the east and more elusive, and it had a bill
> that either was long and straight, or possibly was slightly upturned.
> 
> Bruce Newhouse in Eugene
>