[obol] Late Report of a Lincoln Co. Vesper Sparrow

[Darrel Faxon]

Dave,
    Vesper Sparrow used to be an annual spring migrant at my Thornton Creek 
property in the central Coast Range, but it has been about twenty years 
since I have seen one anywhere in the county.

Darrel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID IRONS" <llsdirons at msn.com>
To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:39 AM
Subject: [obol] Late Report of a Lincoln Co. Vesper Sparrow


> Greetings All,
>
> Today I exchanged the E-mails pasted below with Nate Senner from Eugene. 
> He
> was unsure how rare Vesper Sparrow was for Lincoln Co., so he did not post
> this last Saturday when he found the bird.  Thought I would pass this 
> along
> in the event the bird is still around.
>
> Dave Irons
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for the note.  That is what I figured, but I couldn't remember
> if during post-breeding dispersal the occasional bird showed up on the
> coast or not.  In case you want to pass this along to any birders up
> in Lincoln County, on the off chance that the bird is still around,
> here are some more detailed location notes:
>
> Walking west from the Rogue Brewery parking lot and turning onto the
> Jetty Road (I forget its real name), you pass by a dirt pull out on
> the right (north) and then one on the left (south).  Just west of the
> south dirt pull out I observed 1 Vesper Sparrow in the grass about 10
> feet off of the south side of the road.  The bird was very cooperative
> and sat still in front of me for a couple of minutes before flying a
> couple of yards further off of the road (i.e. south).  So I got
> excellent looks at the white eye-ring, lack of yellow/orange lores
> (i.e Savannah Sparrow), conspicuous malar stripe, and obvious white
> outer retrices while the bird was in flight.  I observed the bird at
> around 5:00 pm and watched it for a couple of minutes before moving
> on.
>
> Let me know if you would like any further documentation, etc.  Sorry
> that I didn't notify anyone sooner.
>
> Good birding,
> Nate
> On 7/17/07, DAVID IRONS <llsdirons at msn.com> wrote:
> Nate,
>
> A Vesper Sparrow is a very good bird for Lincoln Co.  I have nearly 250
> species on my county list for Lincoln (used to bird there a lot when I 
> lived
> in Portland) and Vesper Sparrow is not among them.  I know that Jeff
> Gilligan found one near the Hatfield Marine Science Center many moons ago
> (1970's I think).
>
> Thanks for the report,
>
> Dave
>
>
>>From: "Nathan Senner" <nathan.senner at gmail.com> To: llsdirons at msn.com
>>Subject: Vesper Sparrow Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:49:09 -0700
>>
>>Dave,
>>
>>I was up in Newport for the day on Saturday (doing the tourist thing
>>mostly) and walked along the south jetty for a while in the late 
>>afternoon.
>>  In some grass along the south the side of road in the dune area I ran
>>into a Vesper Sparrow.  Having not birded Lincoln county before, I am not
>>exactly sure how rare you might consider this, but it was certainly not a
>>bird that I was expecting.  Other than that, things were pretty quiet. 
>>Not
>>much happening at Yaquina Head--no puffins or shearwaters, just 2 Cassin's
>>Auklets.  No surfbirds or turnstones were in yet, although 10 Whimbrel and
>>50+ Westerns flew by along the jetty.
>>
>>Anyway, just thought I would pass that along in case it was of interest.
>>
>>Good birding, Nate
>
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