[obol] Eugene's Wednesday Birders

[Marcia F. Cutler]

A belated addendum to Dennis's and Daniel Farrer's reports.  Paula
Vanderheul and I made a brief visit to the observation platform Wednesday
afternoon.  We saw many of the birds already mentioned and in addition, the
following:

 

Whimbrel - flew by less than 100 yards from us.

Virginia Rail - Adult with 2 black chicks (about 1 week old?) along the
north edge of the mudflat/pond to the east of the pond with the observation
platform.  Great views of an uncommon sight!

 

Marcia F. Cutler

Corvallis

 

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From: obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu
[mailto:obol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis Arendt
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:16 AM
To: obolobol
Subject: [obol] Eugene's Wednesday Birders

 

Eugene's Wednesday birders went to Fern Ridge Reservoir today.  The rain and
wind kept us cleaning lenses, but the birds seemed to enjoy the weather.
Here is a list of our sightings as well as some estimates of their numbers.

 

10  Canada Goose 

1  Wood Duck 

10  Mallard 

25  Cinnamon Teal 

1  Northern Shoveler 

1  Hooded Merganser (eating a bull frog tadpole)

40  Pied-billed Grebe 

4  Western Grebe 

1  Clark's Grebe 

4  American Bittern 

12  Great Blue Heron 

5  Great Egret 

2  Black-crowned Night-Heron (sitting in the open - it was dark enough for
them)

2  Osprey 

10  Northern Harrier 

1 American Kestrel 

1  Virginia Rail (heard only)

14  Black-bellied Plover 

1  Semipalmated Plover 

2  Killdeer 

150  Greater Yellowlegs (most in the alternate plumage, but molting)

10  Western Sandpiper 

100  Least Sandpiper 

400  Long-billed Dowitcher (uncommonly large numbers)

2  Wilson's Phalarope 

20  Ring-billed Gull 

1  California Gull 

1  Caspian Tern 

20  Black Tern (several juveniles)

4  Mourning Dove 

4  Vaux's Swift 

1  Black Phoebe (near the pond by the observation platform)

2  Western Kingbird (seen in the fields about one mile east of Fern Ridge)

1  Western Scrub-Jay 

10  American Crow 

1  Purple Martin (probably more, but looking up was not easy)

60  Tree Swallow 

4  Violet-green Swallow 

75  Cliff Swallow 

25  Barn Swallow 

1  Bewick's Wren 

4  Marsh Wren 

6  American Robin 

20  European Starling 

3  Common Yellowthroat 

1  Spotted Towhee 

25  Savannah Sparrow 

8  Song Sparrow 

1  Dark-eyed Junco (not common in July at FRR)

10  Red-winged Blackbird 

5  Yellow-headed Blackbird 

10  Brewer's Blackbird 

1  Lesser Goldfinch 

6  American Goldfinch 

 

Seen by Nate Senner, Dennis Arendt, Larry McQueen and Paul Sherrell

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