[obol] Bend Yard List

[david tracy]

I've been enjoying this thread also.  We're usually not much for  
keeping lists, but I've always kind of made a mental note whenever  
something new showed up in the yard.  So I just went to birdnotes.net  
and entered our yard list.

The final tally came to 109 and it can be seen at:

http://birdnotes.net/census/list-counts-2?locale_name=Bend%2c 
+Deschutes+County%2c+Oregon&census_id=37294&context_bar=%7b%2fcensus% 
2fenter%2dor%2dedit%2dlifelist+%7bEnter+or+edit+lifelist%7d%7d

or

http://tinyurl.com/2xutmm

We count anything seen or heard from the property since moving here  
in 1997.  There are a few species I think I can recall but am not  
100% sure about, so they were left off the list.  We live on a 1/3rd  
acre lot about a block from the Deschutes River, so there is good  
potential for adding species.  For example, I haven't really bothered  
trying to ID all the different ducks that fly over the river corridor  
nor have I spent much time looking skyward for raptors, etc.  With a  
little effort and a few more years, I think 120 or more could be  
possible.  We're fortunate that the river makes a bend around our  
neighborhood, so many times ducks and other river-following migrants  
will fly right over the house.  You can see a map of our location at:

http://maps.google.com/maps? 
f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=2121+N.W.+harriman+St,+BEnd, 
+OR&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.462243,59.326172&ie=UTF8&ll=44.070875 
,-121.309447&spn=0.016619,0.028968&z=15&om=1

or

http://tinyurl.com/35jr3g

Cool birds:  6 species of hummingbirds (including Broad-tailed  
Hummingbird, which does not appear on the Birdnotes.net list), Common  
Redpoll, all 4 zonotrichia sparrows.




david tracy
davect at bendnet.com