[obol] Eugene Birders & another theft at Royal

[Dennis Arendt]

Obolers,

The Eugene Wednesday birders went to Fern Ridge Reservoir, parking at the end of Royal Avenue.  To prevent thieves from being tempted, both of our vehicles were left unlocked and any valuables were removed.  However, this did not stop thieves from taking the catalytic converter from underneath the Nissan pickup.  They did a very neat job of cutting it from the exhaust pipe.  The good morning of birding was not spoiled by this event (mainly because we were finished when the theft was discovered).  The little four cylinder Nissan engine sounded like a drag racer all the way home.

 

An early arriving Tundra Swan, a flying Black-crowned Night-Heron, a couple of not very cooperative Semipalmated Sandpipers and two "heard only" Short-billed Dowitchers make up the best of today's birding.   The same two Black Phoebes were at their locations: the little pond near the platform and edge of Redhead Pond.  The complete list seen by Tom Mickel, Dennis Arendt, Paul Sherrell, Don Schrouder, Sylvia Maulding, Fred Chancey and Dave Jones is printed below. 

 

Canada Goose 

Tundra Swan - one lone bird

Wood Duck - very common 

Gadwall - a few 

Mallard - very common 

Blue-winged Teal - a few

Cinnamon Teal - several 

Northern Shoveler 

Ruddy Duck 

Ring-necked Pheasant - heard 

Pied-billed Grebe - lots of striped faced youngsters 

Western Grebe 

American White Pelican 

American Bittern - one flying by 

Great Blue Heron 

Great Egret 

Black-crowned Night-Heron - one flying from one bush into another 

Turkey Vulture 

Osprey 

Red-tailed Hawk 

Semipalmated Plover - getting common 

Killdeer 

Black-necked Stilt - scattered family groups 

Spotted Sandpiper - several 

Greater Yellowlegs 

Semipalmated Sandpiper - one or two 

Western Sandpiper - common 

Least Sandpiper - common 

Short-billed Dowitcher - heard twice, one was seen by Tom 

Long-billed Dowitcher - a hundred or so 

Ring-billed Gull 

California Gull 

Black Tern 

Virginia Rail - three heard 

American Coot 

Mourning Dove 

Vaux's Swift 

Belted Kingfisher 

Black Phoebe - two 

American Crow 

Purple Martin - only a couple 

Tree Swallow 

Violet-green Swallow 

Cliff Swallow 

Barn Swallow 

Black-capped Chickadee 

Marsh Wren 

European Starling 

Savannah Sparrow 

Song Sparrow 

Red-winged Blackbird 

Yellow-headed Blackbird - still several around 

Brewer's Blackbird 

Brown-headed Cowbird - a couple 

American Goldfinch  
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