[birding] Airlie CBC Rough-legged Hawks, Winter Wrens, G-c Kinglets, and bluebirds

[Joel Geier]

Hi folks,

I'm looking at the preliminary data from Paul Adamus' compilation of the
Airlie-Albany CBC here, and thought these numbers might be of interest
based on recent comments:

 18 Rough-legged Hawks
 51 Winter Wrens
293 Golden-crowned Kinglets

The Rough-legged Hawk tally is a very healthy number for this area. At
one point in the day, my daughter Martha and I had three in our sights
simultaneously, just half a mile up the road from where we had just left
a fourth hovering over a grass field.

The Winter Wren and Golden-crowned Kinglet totals do seem a bit low for
this count circle, though access to habitat was limited by snow (state
forest lands) and flooding (bottomland forests).

176 Western Bluebirds was an encouraging tally. 13 of the 15 sectors
reported at least one bluebird.

Happy birding,
Joel

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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis