[obol] Fern Ridge Avocets

[Daniel Farrar]

Obol,
   Sorry for the late message (I'll use finals as my excuse), but last
Friday June 6th, while conducting marsh bird surveys I observed a pair of
AMERICAN AVOCETS SW of the observation platform in the Fisher Unit.  The
birds were east of the regular Black-crowned night heron bushes.
   Interestingly, the pair was defending territory on one of the doughnut
shaped islands.  A Great-blue Heron was nearby and both birds were
incessantly dive bombing it.  Generally when I observe this with other
species it is nest defense.  I speculated last year, so will not this time
around.

-- 
Daniel Farrar
Eugene, Oregon
jdanielfarrar at gmail.com
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