[birding] Re: Motorless Birdathon: 109 species

[M & R Campbell]

Laurels to Don and Lisa.  It's no easy feat to find 109 species in two days 
with only a bike for transportation, especially with the gray weather.  Here 
in the the Peoria area, not that far away, 80 in one day is doing pretty 
well.

Randy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Boucher" <bouchdon at peak.org>
To: <mid-valley-nature at googlegroups.com>; "Mid Valley Birding" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:37 PM
Subject: [birding] Motorless Birdathon: 109 species


> April 25 & 26. Audubon Society of Corvallis Birdathon
>
> The human-powered Roadrunners team, consisting of Don & Lisa, pedaled, 
> hiked, bushwhacked and slopped through many miles of field, forest, wet 
> prairie, and wetlands. Cooler weather held up the migration of some birds 
> we have usually found on past Birdathons, and shorebird diversity was low. 
> But a good variety of ducks, owls, woodpeckers, and many other birds 
> boosted our numbers to 109 species for the weekend.  We enjoyed the huge 
> flocks of Greater White-fronted Geese migrating day and night, throngs of 
> warblers everywhere, beautiful flowers, and the birds' magical dawn 
> chorus.
>
> HIGHLIGHTS:
> 53rd Ave: Warbling Vireo, House Wren, Wilson's Warbler, Brown-headed 
> Cowbird
> Philomath Sewage Ponds: Northern Shoveler (hundreds) and a Norther 
> Rough-winged Swallow. In the field to the south there was a Horned Lark 
> singing and a few American Pipits flew by.
> Hwy 99W & Greenberry Rd.: Eurasian Collared-Dove
>
> Finley NWR
> North Prairie: a pair of Western Kingbirds in the SW corner in a 
> delightful camas meadow.
> McFadden Marsh: Least Sandpipers (hundreds), Sora and an American Bittern
> Pigeon Butte: Saw-whet Owl
> Mill Hill: Band-tailed Pigeon, Cassin's Vireo, Hermit Warbler
> Brown Creek (forested): Hermit Thrush, Barred Owl: You can see a video of 
> the Barred Owl calling at:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwZy8YOvpQc
>
> Worst misses: Cedar Waxwing & Vaux's Swift
>
> Floral Highlights: Tall Delphinium, Calypso Orchid, Striped Coralroot, 
> Woodland Star
>
> Panther Amanita, a beautiful springtime mushroom
>
> On Monday, after the Birdathon, we took the day off and got a Western 
> Tanager and a Hammond's Flycatcher in our motorless travels locally.
>
> Don Boucher & Lisa Millbank
> Corvallis, OR
> www.Neighborhood-Naturalist.com
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