[obol] 2nd Try Re: Late Report of a Lincoln Co. Vesper Sparrow

[Range Bayer]

Hi,

   [I tried sending the following this afternoon, but it apparently did
not go through.]

   Since 1992, reports of Vesper Sparrows in Lincoln County from the
newsletter of Yaquina Birders and Naturalists (use "Search" link at top
of http://www.orednet.org/~rbayer/lincoln/bird.htm [all lower case
letters] to search for Lincoln County records since 1992) are:

1)  One at Cutler City on 6/24/1999 by Phil Pickering.

2)  "An unseasonable VESPER SPARROW at the Salmon River on 7/28/2000 was
closely observed to be sure it was not a more likely and similar-appearing
fledgling Dark-eyed Junco (Phil Pickering)."

    Prior to 1993, we had 25 semimonthly periods with Vesper Sparrow
records (see below).  Records in June and July are listed as
hypothetical because of concern that fledgling Dark-eyed Juncos may
have been misidentified as Vesper Sparrows.  Vesper Sparrow reports have
become rarer in Lincoln County since 1992.

   For Lincoln County Semimonthly Records Compiled through 1992 at
http://www.orednet.org/~rbayer/lincoln/bird.htm#pooled:

A=1-15th of month, C=Confirmed, h=hypothetical, U=unconfirmed, X=unknown
date, Z=16th-end, *=no records (placeholder to show absence in a year),
?=unknown if present
------------------------------------------------------
Year |First|Last |Ja|Fb|Mr|Ap|My|Jn|Jl|Ag|Sp|Oc|Nv|De
1926 |07/04|07/04|..|..|..|..|..|..|h.|..|..|..|..|..
1941 |05/26|05/26|..|..|..|..|.C|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1968 |06/23|06/23|..|..|..|..|..|.h|..|..|..|..|..|..
1969 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1970 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1971 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1972 |04/12|04/12|..|..|..|U.|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1973a|04/12|04/13|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1973b|09/02|09/27|..|..|..|U.|..|..|..|..|UU|..|..|..
1974 |09/30|09/30|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|.U|..|..|..
1975 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1976 |04/Z |04/Z |..|..|..|.U|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1977 |09/X |09/X |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|.U|..|..|..
1978 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1979 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1980 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1981a|04/07|04/09|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1981b|08/X |08/X |..|..|..|U.|..|..|..|.h|..|..|..|..
1982a|01/02|01/02|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1982b|06/03|06/20|U.|..|..|..|..|hh|..|..|..|..|..|..
1983 |06/05|07/19|..|..|..|..|..|h.|.h|..|..|..|..|..
1984a|06/16|06/16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1984b|08/11|08/11|..|..|..|..|..|.h|..|h.|..|..|..|..
1985 |04/28|04/28|..|..|..|.U|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1986 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1987 |05/02|05/03|..|..|..|..|U.|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1988 |04/07|05/04|..|..|..|C.|U.|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1989 |*    |*    |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..
1990 |06/21|06/21|..|..|..|..|..|.h|..|..|..|..|..|..
1991 |08/09|08/09|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|U.|..|..|..|..
1992 |09/17|09/17|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|.h|..|..|..
Year |First|Last |Ja|Fb|Mr|Ap|My|Jn|Jl|Ag|Sp|Oc|Nv|De


Darrel Faxon's 1973-1991 records are available at
http://www.orednet.org/~rbayer/lincoln/bird.htm#thornton_creek

During 1973-1991, Darrel had Vesper Sparrow records in April and Sept.
1973, Sept. 1974, and April 1981.

Cheers,

Range Bayer, Newport, Oregon


On Tue, July 17, 2007 11:39 am, DAVID IRONS said:
> 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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