[obol] Lane Coast birds

[Alan Contreras]

Spent the day birding coastal Lane Co, partly with Diane "Longsquaw" Pettey,
Daniel Farrar and Lydia Cruz.

Started on the north coast for a change, arriving there about 7:45.  It made
a huge difference to be at the coastal passerine sites at dawn instead of my
usual early afternoon.

Stonefield Beach willows had three Yellow Warblers, an Orange-crown and an
empidonax (probably Willow, though the photos make me wonder), not counting
all the usual birds found there in winter, and across the hwy on Tenmile Rd
there were six Gray Jays (not usual there), Annas hummer and other local
talent.

Bob Creek had a TROPICAL KINGBIRD which cooperated for other observers later
in the morning.  I was busy mentally classifying it as the Florence bird
moving up the coast when I stumbled into a second one a mile south at the
little store and cabin complex just north of Stonefield Beach.  Weird to see
three of them in less than a week.

Heavy movement of pelicans and Heermann's Gulls all day.  Klootchman
overlook offered a lot of loons (all three species on the water and in
flight), plenty of murres, about ten Rhinos, six Marbled Murrelets and a
stead flow of Sooty Shearwaters.  I saw no pinkfoots today, Daniel saw one.

A few bonies and one kitti were southbound.

Baker Beach Rd offered a Black Phoebe, Red-shouldered Hawk and V Rails.

The dog pond had a Merlin.  The dike had a Yellow Warbler, lots of rumps and
a close flyover calling Lapland Longspur.  The plain had about 100 Least, 1
Semi Plover and I Western Sandpiper.  No bellies or Dunlin at all. Very few
pipits.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON

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