[obol] Harney County arrivals

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WESTERN BLUEBIRDS appeared east of town today, and are fairly frequent on  
fence posts along Greenhouse and Hotchkiss Lanes. KILLDEER got abundant  very 
quickly over the past week, as did WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. I saw my first real  
flock of SNOW GEESE today along Hotchkiss Lane. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS are now  
common around the county. I saw a BLAK-CAPPED CHICKADEE today along highway 205  at 
the intersection of Hotchkiss Lane, alone in a wildrose hedge.
 
On Thursday, Lower Borax Lake Reservoir was full of waterfowl, including  
SNOW GEESE, CANADA GEESE, PINTAILS, BUFFLEHEAD, REDHEAD, RUDDY DUCKS, MALLARDS  
and COMMON GOLDENEYE.
 
Fields are beginning to flood east of town, although snow is till deep in  
places. This should be good water year around Burns and hines, provided we don't 
 get rain-on-snow to melt it all too fast. It is balmy and drying-out fast on 
the  Alvord Playa.  

Steve  Dowlan
Hines, Oregon
At the edge of 
Great Basin...
Where life is  good!




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