[obol] Ankeny NWR Western Kingbird 4/26/08

[Stephen Ladd-Wilson]

we saw a pair of Western Kingbirds at the Sandy River Delta yesterday 
evening.

Lisa and Stephen Ladd-Wilson, Portland, Ore.
On Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008, at 15:38 US/Pacific, Roy Gerig wrote:

> I don't recall hearing of any WESTERN KINGBIRDs yet this year, and 
> this seemed a bit early:  There was a WEKI at Ankeny NWR south of 
> Salem on Saturday, 4/46 around noon in about the same tree where a 
> Northern Shrike was often seen during the past winter, along Wintel 
> Road.
>  
> Try this for yourself if you ever get the chance:  Yesterday near 
> Turner on a WRP that I monitor birds on, a NORTHERN FLICKER was 
> drumming on the metal plate atop a 75' tall hollow steel power pole.  
> It sounded pretty good, like a jazz drummer - soft, metallic and 
> jingly - so I went over and pressed my ear against the pole.  I loved 
> that powerful soft sound.  The entire 2250 lbs. of steel just rang 
> inside like a giant bell.
>  
> Roy Gerig, Salem OR
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