[obol] Sherman County Birds

[David Bailey]

I have heard of only one other report of Hairy Woodpecker in the county 
and that also was from Moro. I have never heard of any Cassin's Finch 
reports, though I would expect them in the juniper forest remnants in 
the southern part of the county occasionally. Thayer's Gull is a very 
good find as well. All three would be fine additions to my county list 
which stands at 211. Nice birds!

David




> *Subject: Sherman County Birds*
> From: "Lethaby, Nick" <nlethaby AT ti.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:57:15 -0600
> All:
>
> Jeff Gilligan and I birded Sherman County today. Upstream and downstream of the 
> John Day Dam, we saw 5 Common and 3 Pacific Loons, a Clark's Grebe (many 
> Westerns and Horned), 2 Hooded Mergansers, 6 Barrow Goldeneyes, various other 
> common dabbling and diving ducks, and at least one 1Y Thayer's and 2+ Herring 
> Gulls, and a Sooty Fox Sparrow. 
>
>
> We then headed to Moro. In town, birds of interest included 3 Scrub Jays, a 
> Hairy Woodpecker, 4 Mountain Chickadees, 2 RB Nuthatches, a Townsend's 
> Solitaire, and a female Cassin's Finch. Around town and along hwy 96, we had 
> great looks at a nice range of Rough-legged Hawks, including a dark-phase bird. 
> We saw at least 6 birds.