[obol] BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES
Lisa Ladd-Wilson
ladwil at comcast.net
Thu Jul 10 12:12:11 PDT 2008
I have quite a few of these lovely little guys nesting around my
neighborhood. I recently bought a plastic feeder at the Back Yard
Bird Shop made specifically to hold live mealworms. Bought a bunch of
mealworms, then, too.
Wow. The chickadees really love them. I dole out about 10 worms at a
time, maybe twice or three times daily. I also make "swishing" sounds
to let the chickadees know I'm out there.
Within minutes, the parents are grabbing the worms and flying the
food back to the nest. It's wonderful. Sometimes the chickadees wait
and chirp while I dole out the worms. Very impatient little dudes.
No other birds seem interested in the worms, though. I tried putting
some out in the open, to see if robins or other birds might see the
worms and come on down. But the worms just fried in the sun.
On another note, the BUSHTITS are back at my suet feeder. They
disappeared for awhile. Now they are returning in their usual droves.
Also: The SANDY RIVER DELTA area is apparently closed again, while
work continues on the Confluence Project and the observatory. The
last time we were there, we saw a pair of fledgling RED-TAILED HAWKS
trying to figure out the whole "fly into this tree, then over there"
thing. It was great.
Lisa Ladd-Wilson
NE Portland
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> 1. Black-capped Chickadees [Foster Lake-Sweet Home] ( Betty
> Mankin)
> 2. Eugene's Wednesday birders (Dennis Arendt)
> 3. Newport: Long-billed Curlew on July 8 (Range Bayer)
> 4. Pittock, NW Portland, week ending 07/09/08 (Wink Gross)
> 5. OFO Annual Meeting MNWR Sep 12-14 (david smith)
> 6. Re: Dual Banded Bird..... (Adam Elzinga)
> 7. Re: Dual Banded Bird..... (Carlos Oldham)
> 8. Barred Owl in SE Eugene (Tom & Allison Mickel)
> 9. RBA: Portland, OR 7-10-08 (Harry Nehls)
> 10. OFO Fall Conference at Malheur - More Info Please (John Thomas)
> 11. Re: RBA: Probable ALDER FLYCATCHER along Aufderheide Dr. in
> e. Lane County today (Arch McCallum)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:00:46 -0700
> From: " Betty Mankin" <bettymkn at netscape.com>
> Subject: [obol] Black-capped Chickadees [Foster Lake-Sweet Home]
> To: <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> A pair of black-capped chicadees stopped by this morning to check
> out my feeders. I was watering nearby so they left--don't know if
> they returned. This is the first time I have seen them.
> Also, I saw a report of unusual sighting of a golden-crowned
> sparrow in the Portland area. Had one here a couple of weeks ago--
> have photos of this little guy.
>
> Still have several unidentified birds at the feeder. I am new at
> identifying birds. One is a sparrow but can't decide which kind and
> the other is about blackbird size, brown, (but who isn't) but with
> double white wing bars and white side markings on the tail.
>
> If anyone in the Sweet Home area would like to walk with a newbie
> would
> be willing to play chaffeur (sp)?
>
> Please let me know if this post does not come thru properly. I hope
> I have everything set right.
>
> Betty Mankin
> bettymkn at netscape.com
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:25:59 -0700
> From: "Dennis Arendt" <dbarendt at comcast.net>
> Subject: [obol] Eugene's Wednesday birders
> To: "obolobolobol" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> We drove to a forested area near Leaburg up the McKenzie to visit
> friends who own 170 acres of mixed woods and meadows. The area was
> very active, though the species count was low. The bird activity
> died down about 10:00. A visit to this area starting at 6:00
> instead of 7:30 would have been very beneficial. Here is our list:
>
> Turkey Vulture - a few
> Band-tailed Pigeon - one
> Rufous Hummingbird - 2 or 3 near the house
> Northern Flicker - 2 heard only
> Olive-sided Flycatcher - one making its single note call repeatedly
> Willow Flycatcher - several
> Hammond's Flycatcher - heard frequently, seen twice
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher - heard frequently, seen twice
> Warbling Vireo - heard often
> Steller's Jay - many
> Common Raven - a couple
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee - a few heard
> Winter Wren - frequently heard along Indian creek
> Swainson's Thrush - heard all morning, a few seen
> American Robin - several
> Cedar Waxwing - a few
> Black-throated Gray Warbler - a few
> Hermit Warbler - one heard
> MacGillivray's Warbler - three or four
> Wilson's Warblers - several
> Western Tanagers - several
> Spotted Towhee - two heard, one seen
> Song Sparrow - common
> White-crowned Sparrow - several
> Black-headed Grosbeak - many
> Red Crossbill - some heard
>
> George Grier, Roger Robb, Sylvia Maulding, Don Schrouder, Paul
> Sherrill, Tom Mickel, Kit Larson, Ellen Cantor, and Dennis Arendt
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> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:07:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Range Bayer" <rbayer at orednet.org>
> Subject: [obol] Newport: Long-billed Curlew on July 8
> To: "Oregon Birders OnLine " <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> Hi,
>
> Janet Lamberson saw and photographed a single LONG-BILLED CURLEW at
> Idaho Flats on Tuesday, July 8. Idaho Flats is the large embayment
> east of the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center Nature Trail.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Range Bayer, Newport
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:38:39 -0700
> From: Wink Gross <winkg at hevanet.com>
> Subject: [obol] Pittock, NW Portland, week ending 07/09/08
> To: obol at oregonbirdwatch.org
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> Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace
> to the Pittock Mansion for the week 07/03 to 07/09/08. Species in
> ALL CAPS were neither seen nor heard the previous week.
>
> Additional information about my dogwalk, including an archive of
> weekly summaries and a checklist, may be found at
>
> http://www.hevanet.com/winkg/dogwalkpage.html
>
> We did the walk 4 days this week.
>
> Species # days found (peak #, date)
>
> Cooper's Hawk 1 (2, 7/3)
> RED-TAILED HAWK 2 (2, 7/8)
> Band-tailed Pigeon 4 (6)
> Mourning Dove 4 (3)
> Vaux's Swift 3 (10, 7/8)
> Anna's Hummingbird 4 (5)
> Rufous Hummingbird 3 (4)
> Red-breasted Sapsucker 4 (4, 7/8)
> DOWNY WOODPECKER 2 (1, 7/7 & 9)
> Northern Flicker 4 (3)
> Pileated Woodpecker 1 (2, 7/3)
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4 (4, 7/7)
> Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 (1, 7/8 & 9)
> Violet-green Swallow 4 (20, 7/8)
> Barn Swallow 1 (2, 7/8)
> Cliff Swallow 1 (2, 7/8)
> Bewick's Wren 4 (1)
> Winter Wren 4 (3)
> Swainson's Thrush 3 (2)
> American Robin 4 (12)
> Bushtit 4 (24, 7/7)
> Black-capped Chickadee 4 (25, 7/7)
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 (10)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 (10, 7/3)
> Brown Creeper 2 (3, 7/7)
> Steller's Jay 3 (3)
> Western Scrub-Jay 4 (4)
> American Crow 4 (7, 7/7)
> CASSIN'S VIREO 1 (1, 7/8)
> Hutton's Vireo 3 (2)
> Purple Finch 4 (6, 7/7)
> House Finch 3 (8, 7/8)
> Pine Siskin 3 (5)
> American Goldfinch 4 (7)
> Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (1, 7/7)
> Black-throated Gray Warbler 4 (3, 7/7)
> Wilson's Warbler 4 (4, 7/9)
> Western Tanager 4 (2)
> Spotted Towhee 4 (10)
> Song Sparrow 4 (15)
> Dark-eyed Junco 4 (15)
> Black-headed Grosbeak 4 (5, 7/9)
> BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD 1 (1, 7/9)
>
> In the neighborhood but not found on dogwalk: Western Screech-Owl
>
> Misses (birds found at least 3 days during previous 2 weeks but
> not found this week): Warbling Vireo, Yellow-rumped Warbler
>
> Wink Gross
> Portland
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:52:31 +0000
> From: david smith <smithdwd at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [obol] OFO Annual Meeting MNWR Sep 12-14
> To: "obol at oregonbirdwatch.org" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> OBOLtonians and OFOites,
> Mark your calenders for the Oregon Field Ornithologists Annual
> Meeting at the Malheur Field Station during Fall Migration(12-14
> Sep). A loose schedule will allow lots of birding and non birding
> options. A Saturday night program and dinner will be the
> centerpiece of the weekend. Meals and lodging will need to be
> booked through MFS; the OFO conference registration will be out
> early August. Any more volunteer tour coordinators would be
> appreciated; several have offered. David Smith
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:16:17 -0700
> From: "Adam Elzinga" <adamelzinga at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Dual Banded Bird.....
> To: "OBOL (Postings)" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> Charles,
>
> Do you happen to live near Springbrook Park in Lake Oswego?
>
> We are doing research on juvenile survival of Spotted Towhees in an
> urban park (Springbrook) and have a color banded population. Not
> sure, but from your description it could be one of our banded
> fledglings. Each of our birds is given 3 color bands and 1 aluminum
> (2 bands per leg), perhaps you couldn't see them all or this is
> something else completely.
>
> Some of our juveniles wear a radio transmitter backpack, but we have a
> hard time keeping tabs on the ones that don't so it would be nice to
> know where you saw this mystery bird.
>
> -Adam
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Carlos Oldham <chopping1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> We had a sparrow-type bird appear at the ground feeder last night
>> at our
>> home in Lake Oswego. It had a pink band on the left leg and a
>> light blue
>> band on the right leg. By the time I retrieved my bins, the bird
>> had flown
>> the coop, so I never got a good view. I think there was a central
>> chest
>> spot, but this bird was much grayer and larger than our typical Song
>> Sparrows......
>>
>> Help, please.....
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Charles (Carlos) Oldham
>>
>> ps--Thanks to Darlene Betat at the Back Yard Bird Shop for
>> suggesting we put
>> out "no melt" suet at this time of year, as we've been swamped
>> with Downy
>> Woodpeckers.
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:30:16 -0700
> From: "Carlos Oldham" <chopping1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Dual Banded Bird.....
> To: "'Adam Elzinga'" <adamelzinga at gmail.com>, "'OBOL \(Postings\)'"
> <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> Hi Adam~~~
>
> I think you hit the jackpot! I do live near Springbrook Park, just
> across
> Country Club Road, and the juvenile Spotted Towhee in Sibley is
> very similar
> to the bird we saw.
>
> My posting was a poor one. I'm actually most interested in
> understanding
> the significance of the banding and the research behind it. Sounds
> like you
> might be just the person to help with that.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Charles Oldham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obol-bounces at oregonbirdwatch.org
> [mailto:obol-bounces at oregonbirdwatch.org] On Behalf Of Adam Elzinga
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:16 AM
> To: OBOL (Postings)
> Subject: Re: [obol] Dual Banded Bird.....
>
> Charles,
>
> Do you happen to live near Springbrook Park in Lake Oswego?
>
> We are doing research on juvenile survival of Spotted Towhees in an
> urban
> park (Springbrook) and have a color banded population. Not sure,
> but from
> your description it could be one of our banded fledglings. Each of
> our
> birds is given 3 color bands and 1 aluminum
> (2 bands per leg), perhaps you couldn't see them all or this is
> something
> else completely.
>
> Some of our juveniles wear a radio transmitter backpack, but we
> have a hard
> time keeping tabs on the ones that don't so it would be nice to
> know where
> you saw this mystery bird.
>
> -Adam
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Carlos Oldham <chopping1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> We had a sparrow-type bird appear at the ground feeder last night at
>> our home in Lake Oswego. It had a pink band on the left leg and a
>> light blue band on the right leg. By the time I retrieved my bins,
>> the bird had flown the coop, so I never got a good view. I think
>> there was a central chest spot, but this bird was much grayer and
>> larger than our typical Song Sparrows......
>>
>> Help, please.....
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Charles (Carlos) Oldham
>>
>> ps--Thanks to Darlene Betat at the Back Yard Bird Shop for suggesting
>> we put out "no melt" suet at this time of year, as we've been swamped
>> with Downy Woodpeckers.
>> _______________________________________________
>> obol mailing list
>> obol at oregonbirdwatch.org
>> http://oregonbirdwatch.org/mailman/listinfo/obol
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>>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:16:26 -0700
> From: "Tom & Allison Mickel" <tamickel at rio.com>
> Subject: [obol] Barred Owl in SE Eugene
> To: "OBOL" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> OBOL,
>
> This morning on my walk from the house up to and along the
> Ridgeline Trail,
> I had an adult Barred Owl and two fledged young. The owls were a
> couple
> hundred feet down the connecting trail to Canyon Way/Martin St from
> the Fox
> Hollow parking lot. This is an area where Barred Owls have nested
> in the
> past.
>
> Tom Mickel
> Eugene
>
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:36:30 -0700
> From: Harry Nehls <hnehls at teleport.com>
> Subject: [obol] RBA: Portland, OR 7-10-08
> To: obol <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
> Message-ID: <C49B889E.7050%hnehls at teleport.com>
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>
> - RBA
> * Oregon
> * Portland
> * July 10, 2008
> * ORPO0807.10
>
> - birds mentioned
>
> Trumpeter Swan
> Brown Pelican
> Heermann?s Gull
> Ring-billed Gull
> California Gull
> Long-eared Owl
> Black-chinned Hummingbird
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
> Red-eyed Vireo
>
> - transcript
>
> hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
> number: 503-292-6855
> To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 <hnehls at teleport.com>
> compiler: Harry Nehls
> coverage: entire state
>
> Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report.
> This report
> was made Thursday July 10. If you have anything to add call Harry
> Nehls at
> 503-233-3976.
>
> On July 6 a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was photographed at Malheur NWR.
> It could
> not be relocated.
>
> The shorebird migration is now well underway. CALIFORNIA and RING-
> BILLED
> GULLS are now moving westward toward the coast. Large numbers of BROWN
> PELICANS and HEERMANN?S GULLS are now gathered in the Brookings area.
>
> On July 4 a TRUMPETER SWAN was photographed at the Nehalem Sewage
> Ponds.
> RED-EYED VIREOS were reported during the week at Grand Island,
> south of
> Dayton, near Mist, and at Eagle Creek near Bonneville Dam.
>
> On July 3 a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD visited a feeder near
> Washougal. On
> July 8 two young LONG-EARED OWLS were seen at Snagboat Bend NWR
> south of
> Corvallis.
>
> That?s it for this week.
>
> - end transcript
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:46:05 -0800
> From: "John Thomas" <johnpam at mtangel.net>
> Subject: [obol] OFO Fall Conference at Malheur - More Info Please
> To: "david smith" <smithdwd at hotmail.com>, <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> To book a place to stay around the loose schedule, when is
> registration? Is
> this going to be the evening of Sept 12th? Also, any ideas if
> Sunday, Sept
> 14th is going to be a full day or is that when most everybody heads
> out and
> home? I have been on the OFO website but not much more info yet.
>
> Thanks for any information as trying to book a spot and attempting to
> roughly pin down what is going on. (ie: Do we need to book for
> nights of
> Sept 12, 13, 14 or just the first two nights?) Looking forward to the
> conference!
>
> John Thomas (& Pam Reid)
> Silverton
>
>
> From: obol-bounces at oregonbirdwatch.org
> [mailto:obol-bounces at oregonbirdwatch.org]On Behalf Of david smith
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:53 AM
> To: obol at oregonbirdwatch.org
> Subject: [obol] OFO Annual Meeting MNWR Sep 12-14
>
>
> OBOLtonians and OFOites,
> Mark your calenders for the Oregon Field Ornithologists Annual
> Meeting at
> the Malheur Field Station during Fall Migration(12-14 Sep). A loose
> schedule
> will allow lots of birding and non birding options. A Saturday
> night program
> and dinner will be the centerpiece of the weekend. Meals and
> lodging will
> need to be booked through MFS; the OFO conference registration will
> be out
> early August. Any more volunteer tour coordinators would be
> appreciated;
> several have offered. David Smith
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:24:34 -0700
> From: Arch McCallum <archmcc at qwest.net>
> Subject: Re: [obol] RBA: Probable ALDER FLYCATCHER along Aufderheide
> Dr. in e. Lane County today
> To: David Irons <llsdirons at msn.com>,OBOL <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
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> I visited this spot yesterday. The directions are excellent. I didn't
> get there until 1130 on a warm day, so I didn't expect much, but it
> seemed from Dave's description like a decent place for an Alder to
> breed in OR, and I have been wanting to check it out. Just where the
> alder bushes spread out (see Dave's description below), I found a
> Willow Flycatcher giving a whit call and foraging actively. I would
> guess this was a male with a mate on a nest nearby. I got good looks
> at this bird and it seemed like a typical Oregon wifl: weak wingbars,
> essential no eyering, and brownish mantle. I think most of us would
> notice a slight difference (brighter wingbars and eyering, a bit of
> green in the dorsal coloration) if we got a good look at an Alder
> in OR.
>
> I went upstream toward the Landis Cabin without hearing many birds. I
> was able to pish up a Song Sparrow, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, a Yellow
> Warbler, and a Warbling Vireo. This may have started a second Willow
> Flycatcher whitting out in the alders, which were extensive at this
> location.
>
> At this point I was reminded that Dave's observation, despite being
> on 18 June, was similar to Randy Moore's last year in late May: a lot
> of birds in a small area, all vocalizing. I went to Randy's location
> twice a few days later, and there were no Traill's Flycatchers in
> evidence at all. That suggests a concentration of migrants. On the
> other hand, there is enough habitat at Dave's site to accommodate all
> the birds he saw, in breeding territories, and it is easy to imagine
> most of them being silent at noon. So, I don't know. I'd like to go
> back to this lovely spot at dawn or dusk. If anyone is up that way,
> drop by. For those who have never driven this rd (FS 19 or
> Aufderheide Drive), it is a wonderful byway. Paved all the way, much
> smoother than most Eugene streets, under an uninterrupted canopy of
> tall mixed conifers. There is a slew of Forest Service campgrounds on
> that road. I think we will try a camping trip up there.
>
> Oh yes, as I returned to my car, a Willow Flycatcher had begun
> singing from the tops of the tallest conifers, at a fast pace. You
> never can tell about these guys.
> Also heard: MacWarb and Sw. Thrush.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Arch McCallum
> Eugene
>
> At 06:56 AM 6/18/2008 +0000, David Irons wrote:
>> Greetings All,
>>
>> Today, while birding along Aufderheide Dr. in e. Lane County, I had
>> a "Traills" (Willow/Alder) type flycatcher that was giving a sharp
>> "pip" or "peep" call note that sounded like that of an Alder
>> Flycatcher. There was also a Willow Flycatcher at the same site and
>> a couple more at nearby Box Canyon Station, all of which were
>> uttering the standard softer "whit" call note of that species. The
>> call note of the bird in question had sharp quality sort of like a
>> loud version of a Hammond's Flycatcher call note. I listened to the
>> wav. file of the Ingram Island Alder Flycatcher, found last year by
>> Randy Moore, and the sound file of the call notes of that bird sound
>> very similar to what I heard today. There were at least two
>> "Traill's" Flycatchers at this site, along with a Dusky Flycatcher.
>>
>> To reach the site from the Willamette Valley, take Hwy 126 east from
>> Springfield about 40 miles until you pass the town of Blue
>> River. Continue a few more miles and turn right (south) at the sign
>> for Cougar Res./Aufderheide Dr. From there, follow the signs up
>> Auderheide Dr., which wraps around the west side of Cougar Res. and
>> follows the south fork of the Willamette
>
> actually, s frk of McKenzie R.
>
>> River for many miles. You will go about 29 miles on Auderheide Dr.
>> and then turn left on F.S. Rd. 1958. If you reach the spot where
>> snow is still blocking the road, you've gone about 1/2 mile too
>> far. There is a sign at this intersection that says "Crossing
>> Way." This road immediately opens into a meadow that has a small
>> boggy creek running through it. There is a dense low alder thicket
>> all along the creek. Park by the creek and walk about 100-150
>> meters to the south until the boggy area fans out and the vegetation
>> is a little taller. Today, all the flycatchers were feeding, and
>> calling right at the north edge of where the thicket broadens
>> out. I took dozens of images of "Traill's" Flycatchers, and I may
>> have images of the bird that was giving the Alder-like call
>> note. Incredibly, neither of these birds ever sang a full "fitz
>> bew" or "fee-beo" song. They did chase each other around some and I
>> heard some agitated chatter, but otherwise only single call notes
>> were heard. It was about 3:30-4:00PM when I was there, so these
>> birds may sing more in the AM.
>>
>> This area is sort of miniature version of the Salt Creek Bog
>> opposite the Waldo Lake turnoff on Hwy 58 east of Oakridge. It
>> extends further to the south, all the way to Box Canyon Station,
>> which is about 1/2 mile further south on Aufderheide Dr. My
>> original intention was to drive all the way through to Hwy 58 at
>> Westfir, but Aufderheide Dr. is still blocked by snow just a few
>> hundred yards beyond the parking area for Box Canyon Station (there
>> is an old cabin here). I birded all along this boggy area and found
>> the following species:
>>
>> Willow Flycatcher -- several based on call notes
>> Dusky Flycatcher -- one at F.S. Rd. 1958 and one at Box Canyon
>> Station
>> Yellow Warbler -- both sites
>> Yellow-rumped Warbler (auduboni) -- both sites
>> MacGillivray's Warbler -- one at Box Canyon Station
>> Lincoln's Sparrow -- 2-3 at Box Canyon Station
>> Song Sparrow -- both sites
>> Dark-eyed Junco -- both sites
>>
>> I have to work the next several days and will not have a chance to
>> get back up there at an earlier hour. Since both Alders and Willows
>> are late migrants, and neither of these birds were singing, it is
>> conceivable they are migrants, but it looks like good nesting
>> habitat. If you have a tape/iPod/CD player, I would take along
>> Northern Waterthrush recordings and play them. This spot looks
>> great for that species as well.
>>
>> Dave Irons
>> Eugene, OR
>>
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