[obol] More Lane County Dusky Flycatchers
Daniel Farrar
jdanielfarrar at gmail.com
Fri May 4 15:28:03 PDT 2007
Obol,
I was up at the Hills Creek Pond today (Lane Co) and found a DUSKY
FLYCATCHER. Also at least 3-4 N ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS. At Dexter there has
been BH GROSBEAKS for the last two days.
Daniel Farrar
On 5/4/07, DAVID IRONS <llsdirons at msn.com> wrote:
>
> In addition to the single Dusky Flycatcher that continues to be seen at
> the
> "east meadow" at Skinner Butte, Diane Pettey and I found at least two and
> likely three Dusky Flycatchers this morning near the top of Hawkins Drive
> in
> s. Eugene. The birds were in a large open area off Randy St. which goes
> e.
> off Hawkins just before you enter the "Hawkins View" neighborhood near the
> top of the hill. Go east on Randy (off Hawkiins) until the road makes a
> sharp turn to the right. Park at this corner a walk upslope (to the east)
> from the brush piles at the little dead end. There is some pink flagging
> along a small stream than comes down the hill from the northeast. There
> were at least two birds feeding low in the vegetation along this small
> stream. They were calling almost constantly as they moved about.
>
> Skinner Butte continues to be very birdy. We joined Maitreya, Barry
> McKenzie, Sylvia Maulding, Tom Mickel and a host of other birders and
> found
> the following:
>
> Warbling Vireo -- lots
> Cassin's Vireo -- at least 5
> Olive-sided Flycatcher -- 1
> W. Wood-Pewee -- 2
> Dusky Flycatcher --1 (in lower east meadow)
> Orange-crowned Warbler -- lots including at least one "gray-headed" type
> Nashville Warbler -- 4-5
> Yellow-rumped Warbler -- lots
> Black-throated Gray Warbler 10+
> Townsend's Warbler 15+
> Wilson's Warbler -- lots
> Western Tanager -- several (heard more than seen)
> Golden-crowned Sparrow -- about 4-5
> White-crowned Sparrow -- 4-5
>
> We saw two Black Terns s. of the observation platform at the end of Royal
> Ave. We saw nothing else at Fern Ridge that hasn't been widely reported
> previously.
>
> Dave Irons
> Eugene
>
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Daniel Farrar
Eugene, Oregon
jdanielfarrar at gmail.com
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