[birding] RE: list Digest, Vol 39, Issue 8
kathy
kathy at fiznet.com
Fri Jun 19 13:40:33 PDT 2009
I've been seeing a bird I cant identify. It is about the size of a medium
duck, but it is very willowy. It has a body kind of like a dove, but its
wings a V shaped, long and pointy. I've never seen them here before. I saw
them out south Corvallis were we live and then again today at Bald Hill Park
while we were doing trail maintenance for Windermere's community service
day. Any ideas?
Kathy Frieze
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time (Linda Fink)
2. Willamette Valley Birding Trail brochure now available on the
web (joel)
3. Finley Barred owls (Molly Monroe)
4. Bald Hill Park Vesper Sparrow - Tampico Road Nighthawk
(Randy and Pam Comeleo)
5. Re: Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time (willwright26 at q.com)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:42:20 -0700
From: Linda Fink <linda at fink.com>
Subject: Re: [birding] Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time
To: "Jamie S." <woodpecker97330 at yahoo.com>
Cc: MidValley Birds <list at midvalleybirding.org>
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I find differentiating
> hermit/Tonwsend's/black-throated gray songs to be confusing at times.
> (If I'm offbase here, someone will chime in!) Same for hermit and
> Swainson's thrush songs.
Amen! I'm so glad the recordings say that some of those 3 warbler's
songs simply cannot be distinguished by ear. Eleanor Pugh even has a
recording of one Hermit song that is every bit as buzzy as any
Black-throated Gray song. Frustrating.
Also, Varied Thrush have one call note very similar to (in my ear) the
Hermit Thrush call note.
If only they all stuck to one song and one call note different from
everyone else's!
Linda Fink
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:25:01 -0700
From: joel <joel.geier at peak.org>
Subject: [birding] Willamette Valley Birding Trail brochure now
available on the web
To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
Cc: Central Oregon Birders <cobol at lists.oregonstate.edu>, MidValley
Birds <list at midvalleybirding.org>
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Hello Birders,
On behalf of the Willamette Valley Birding Trail steering committee, I'm
very pleased to inform you that a web version of the Willamette Valley
Birding Trail guide is now available at:
http://www.oregonbirdingtrails.org/willamettevalley.htm
This is an initial version of the Trail Guide and website. We very much
look forward to comments and corrections from you, as birders who are
familiar with many of the sites listed in the Trail Guide. SO PLEASE,
SEND ME YOUR COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS AS YOU TRY THIS OUT IN THE
FIELD!!!
A full revision is planned prior to printing in late July, with
additional content on bicycle-birding routes, winery tours, and other
attractions along the Birding Trail. The website will also be improved
by adding supplementary content, including more information about our
sponsors who have supported the publication of this guide.
Many of you have played key roles in the development of this guide. We
could not have reached this point without your help. We especially wish
to thank the many volunteers who helped by nominating and visiting
sites, photographers who donated their beautiful photographs, and our
financial sponsors who are listed at:
http://www.oregonbirdingtrails.org/wvsponsors.htm
On the volunteer end, I'd like to single out a few individuals in
particular. But I'm going to hold off since it's been a long day and I'm
afraid of leaving someone out by accident -- look for that on another
day. I do look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions on how
we can improve both the Trail Guide and this website, during the coming
month.
Thank you and happy birding,
Joel
b-
Joel Geier
Project Coordinator
Willamette Valley Birding Trail
38566 Hwy 99W
Corvallis, Oregon 97330-9320
tel +1 541 745-5821
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:03:58 -0700
From: Molly Monroe <monroemolly at hotmail.com>
Subject: [birding] Finley Barred owls
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Banding season is in full swing again and has allowed me to once again
confirm nesting of Barred owls at Finley. This time they are in the Brown
Creek area on the NW corner of the refuge. I heard a juv begging at sunrise
and Joan saw the adult. This is a typical location for them, nice big maples
mixed in with old oaks and encroaching firs with lots of wet habitat in the
vicinity. Highlights of the banding season so far are a pair of Cassin's
Vireos, a pair of MacGillivray's warblers, and an increase in Orange-crowned
warblers.
The neatest part of this project is that the oak restoration at Pigeon Butte
is being paid off by an increase in white-breasted nuthatches, spotted
towhees and Western bluebirds (observed, not captured). For three seasons
now, we've had a Western wood-pewee nesting right above our station at
Pigeon Butte and the sounds she makes coming and going from the nest are
precious. We are constantly teased by a nearby Yellow-breasted Chat and
Western Meadowlark.
Have a great weekend,
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:52:00 -0700
From: "Randy and Pam Comeleo" <rottyler at peak.org>
Subject: [birding] Bald Hill Park Vesper Sparrow - Tampico Road
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A VESPER SPARROW was again singing near the Bald Hill Farms ramada at 6:30
this evening in Bald Hill Park, Corvallis. Wednesday evening at 8:30 we
heard a COMMON NIGHTHAWK near the 100 Road entrance to Dunn Forest off
Tampico Road. At 9:30 we had three GREAT HORNED OWLS perched on telephone
wires along Tampico Road.
Randy and Pam Comeleo
Corvallis
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:55:45 -0700
From: <willwright26 at q.com>
Subject: Re: [birding] Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time
To: "Jamie S." <woodpecker97330 at yahoo.com>, "MidValley Birds"
<list at midvalleybirding.org>
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Hi Jamie,
You have the same question as others about the Townsend's. Doug
Robinson says they even mimic each others songs. I'm going back up tomorrow
to see if I can get visuals on Townsend's.
--Will
From: Jamie S.
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:14 PM
To: MidValley Birds ; willwright26 at q.com
Subject: Re: [birding] Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time
Sounds like a fun time! Wish I'd been there instead of at the office!
Townsend's warblers shouldn't be here this time of year; they've left
for their nesting grounds (in the Cascades?). I find differentiating
hermit/Tonwsend's/black-throated gray songs to be confusing at times. (If
I'm offbase here, someone will chime in!) Same for hermit and Swainson's
thrush songs.
The Frittilaries sound cool!
Jamie
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From: willwright26 at q.com <willwright26 at q.com>
Subject: [birding] Re: Mary's Peak Prime Time
To: "MidValley Birds" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 1:48 PM
Hello Birders,
Today from 9 to Noon I birded Mary's Peak. I actually started
stopping and listening a few curves above Botkin Rd. It was fascinating to
note the changes in birds from the lower elevations to the higher. Also,
those birds that occurred in all elevations.
This was an excellent opportunity to work on birding by ear, and
many of the species I noted were not seen. Carrying the ipod and referring
to it whenever there was something questionable was key.
At the junction of Hwy 34 and Mary's Peak Rd., and a few stops
before, and a few after:
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rufous Hummingbird
Pacific Slope Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Evening Grosbeak
Midway up the road, where it dips down after climbing, and
there is some old growth next to the road:
BT
Pigeons
Rufous Hummingbird
Pacific Slope Flycatcher
Hammonds Flycatcher
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglets
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Junco
Pine Siskins
Red Crossbills
At the campground just below the parking lot at the top, in
addition to most of the last list:
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Sooty Grouse (3 calling)
White-crowned Sparrows
Near the top seemed to be where more of the Hammond's and less
of the P. Slope occurred.
Mostly Townsend's and fewer of the Hermit, and no BT Gray
detected at the summit.
Robins and Winter Wren from top to bottom.
No Warbling Vireo up high. Brown Creeper a conspicuous miss.
The wildflowers (Iris, Daisy, Indian Paintbrush, Penstemon,
etc.) are spectacular right now, and the meadow at the top
looks like a moving carpet of orange from the thousands of
Frittilary Butterflies. A nice trip to take ASAP.
---Will
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