[obol] Lane coast birds

[Alan Contreras]

Magnus Persmark and I looked for birds in coastal Lane county today.  Spent
a bit of time with Diane Pettey.

Didn't find much.  No seabird movement at all off Brays Point and Klootchman
except a heavy movement of pelicans (many were so far out on the horizon
that I started calling them Great-billed Albatross) and a steady but thin
movement of Pacific and Common Loons.

Oddly, the only alcid I saw, besides 2 Pigeon Guillemot flybys and a few
murres, was a northbound Cassin's Auklet.

Gull numbers at coastal roost sites were way down at all sites, owing mainly
to 90 percent of the Cals being gone.  Mews are building slowly.  I saw half
a dozen Bonies off Klootchman.

Hermit Thrushes seem to have arrived in numbers.  We had 4-5 around
Stonefield-Tenmile Rd and a few elsewhere.  Fox Sparrow numbers are up.  We
had only two Savannah Sparrows all day under nice conditions.  A lot of
Myrtle Warbs are in, not many Audubon's around.

One peregrine near Big Creek.

Five Band-tailed Pigeons north of Heceta Head seems a little odd - I have
seen none in north Lane Co all fall.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON

acontrer at mindspring.com
OREGONREVIEW.BLOGSPOT.COM ­ Social Commentary
CONTRERASBIRDS.BLOGSPOT.COM ­ Current Bird Photos