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d River Hwy (OR27). At 0.9mi we had several SAGE SPARROWS (thanks to S=
teve Dowlan for his detailed notes on this location) and an obliging SAGE T=
HRASHER. Heading further north we started seeing the first of many MOUNTAIN=
 BLUEBIRDS and TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES. Another Sage Sparrow was at about 3.0=
mi in Crook Co, where we turned around. As FERRUGINOUS HAWK was another tar=
get bird, we drove further east on US20, past Brothers, to the west end of =
the ag fields where we were greeted instantly by a gorgeous dark-morph bird=
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The remainder of the day we spent in the Prineville Reservoir area. A seemi=
ngly out-of-place&nbsp;LINCOLN'S SPARROW, a Merlin, a few Common Loons and&=
nbsp;a weird hybrid green-winged teal-type duck (which flushed way too earl=
y) were the highlights on this warm Saturday afternoon. There were just way=
 too many people, too many boats and dogs, too much loud music.&nbsp;The bi=
ggest problem was that we didn't know where to look for birds. After being =
threatened by a local on Golden Eagle Dr off Juniper Canyon Rd, we decided =
to call it a day. Dinner at Barney Prine's in Prineville was a treat.<BR>
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Early Sunday morning we found 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED and a BREWER'S SPARROW in do=
wntown O'Neil (370&nbsp;&amp; Lone Pine Rd).&nbsp;At around 8am we pulled i=
nto Smith Rock State Park. 2 PRAIRIE FALCONS, a GOLDEN EAGLE, a calling CAN=
YON WREN&nbsp;and several WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were most obliging. Lark Sp=
arrows had not arrived yet. What a neat place this is! Go early in the day.=
 The oddest sighting of the weekend was a pair of Canada Goose perched up o=
n top of one of the buttes.<BR>
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