[birding] Good Linn Co. Cascade Birds (too long)

[Joel Geier]

Hello folks,

Noticing this line at the bottom of Randy Campbell's posting:

> Every bird mentioned in this post was found, or not, using only human
> power (230 miles by bike, 47+ miles on foot.)

I realized I'd have to update the "motorless listing" page:

http://www.oregonbirds.org/Listing/motorless.html
> 
Remarkably, only three of the bird species that Randy found on his
Cascades bike-n-hike were new additions to this page. The combined list
for birders keeping motorless lists in 2009 is now at 240 species.

Randy has found 191 of those species himself. I believe that he found
all of those while sticking to Linn County (even shunning the Wrentits
that are waiting for him just across the river in Benton Co.).

Now that we've seen that a birder who lives on the banks of the
Willamette River can venture out on an extended weekend, and find
Black-backed & Three-toed Woodpecker plus Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
without burning any fossil fuels .... what else is possible?!? 

This certainly broadens the imagination. Thanks for that, Randy!

Happy birding,
Joel

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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis