[birding] Pyrrhuloxia Information Update

[M & R Campbell]

The Pyrrhuloxia was in our backyard, again, today.  When I restricted access to our yard, I was under the impression that it had changed its favorite scratching grounds to places easily seen from Main Street.  Since the weather has improved, it seems to be spending more time behind our house.  Myself, I have a heart as hard as an industrial diamond, and about the same size, so I don't much care if people can't burnish their 2009 lists with this bird.  Mary, though, feels bad if people come so far and then end up peering in vain toward our backyard.  So, if you are hunting for this bird and can't find it along Main Street, you are welcome to take as long a look at our backyard as you want from north of our house.  From there you can see all of our usual feeding areas, and our neighbor's, too, and I won't have to worry about finding people gazing hopefully up toward our bathroom windows and...

Our house is 29756 Main Street, in Peoria.  It's a little blue-gray job where Stark Street meets Main, beside the river.  Peoria can be found in the Delorme Atlas, p. 47 A7.  It's east of the Willamette River on Peoria Road, which runs between Corvallis and Harrisburg.  Peoria is about 9 miles south of Hwy. 34 and 12 miles north of Harrisburg.  An old church is at the south end of town, and Peoria Park (and boat ramp) is at the north end.  Main Street runs between them, along the river.  Birders are welcome to park in front of the white shop to the south of our house.


Randy

Peoria (of course)
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