[obol] Willamette Pass

[Schrouder Don]

	Yesterday, (Friday 06/01/07) Sylvia Maulding and I took a half day  
trip up the Willamette Pass area to check out some year birds. At  
Salt Creek Falls we had 6 BLACK SWIFTS above the ridges to the west  
at 7:20 am. The Little Deschutes River crossing at Hwy 97 had a  
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH singing from the top of a snag. No CATBIRD  
response at that location.
	At Davis Lake we had a family of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS working  
the area at the intersection of Rd 850 and the old Lava Bed  
Campground Rd. We had two adults, male and female, and one juvenile  
male with one unknown in a nest. The nest is located about 100 yds  
south of the intersection on the east side about 7 feet off the  
ground and only 20-30 feet from the road. Also found were a pair of  
HAIRY WOODPECKERS, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, HOUSE WREN, WESTERN TANAGER,  
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER etc.
	The road into Gold Lake is now open and available. The road into  
Waldo Lake is still blocked by snow approximately 4 miles from Hwy 58.

					Don Schrouder
					birdmandon at clearwire.net