[obol] Crook Birding and WRS

[Norgren Family]

      A "really weird looking dark juvenile" shrike?
Maybe it wasn't a Northern. In the winter of  1987
there was a Brown Shrike in the vicinity of Pt Reyes,
CA. Someone gave me detailed directions on how to find
it, which I never bothered with. I have no idea what their
distinguishing marks are, but I guess it's a Far Eastern
species that could show up in Oregon.  Lars Norgren
On Mar 3, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Charles R. Gates wrote:

> David Schas and I birded Crook County today.  We did an impromptu 
> Winter
> Raptor Survey (sponsored by the East Cascades Bird Conservancy) and 
> some
> other birding as well.  Results below:
>
> Winter Raptor Survey Results
>
> Red-tailed Hawks - 29
> Ferruginous Hawks - 4
> Rough-legged Hawks - 1
> Northern Harrier - 1
> Cooper's Hawks - 1
> Bald Eagle - 22 (16 Juves)
> Golden Eagle - 2
> American Kestrel - 2
>
> Other Birds:
>
> Canada Goose
> Eurasian Wigeon - 2 at Meadow Lakes Golf Course
> American Wigeon
> Mallard
> Northern Shoveler
> Green-winged Teal
> Ring-necked Duck
> Lesser Scaup
> Bufflehead
> Common Golden-eye
> Hooded Merganzer
> Ruddy Duck
> California Quail
> Double-crested Cormorant - 11 at Houston Lake
> Great-blue Heron
> American Coot
> Killdeer
> Rock Pigeon
> Mourning Dove
> Northern Pygmy Owl - 4 at Rager Ranger Station area
> Red-breasted Sapsucker - 1 Powell Butte
> Hairy Woodpecker - 2 near Rager
> Northern Flicker
> Say's Phoebe - 1 at Prineville Sewer Ponds
> Northern Shrike - 1 very weird looking dark juvenile
> Steller's Jay
> Scrub Jay
> Clark's Nutcracker
> Black-billed magpie
> American Crow
> Common Raven
> Horned Lark - 100 at Paulina
> Mountain Chickadee
> Red-breasted Nuthatch
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Western Bluebird - 6 at Les Schwab Ranch (unusual here)
> Mountain Bluebird
> Townsend's Solitaire
> American Robin
> European Starling
> Song Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Western Meadowlark
> Cassin's Finch - 10 at Rager
> House Finch
> Red Crossbill - 50 at Rager
> Pine Siskin - 3 at Rager
> Evening Grosbeak - 30 at Rager
> House Sparrow
>
> Chuck Gates
> Powell Butte
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