[birding] no Gnatcatcher

[rich armstrong]

paula vandehuel & i looked without sucess for the gnatcatcher from about 
625 to 725 this evening. no sounds or sights at all.
Rich Armstrong
541-753-1978
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich armstrong" <richarmstrong at comcast.net>
To: "corvbird" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:52 AM
Subject: no Gnatcatcher


>i stupidly didn't get out to the place until about 8 am. in 3 1/2 hours i 
>did not see or hear a gnatcatcher.
> Rich Armstrong
> 541-753-1978
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <willwright26 at q.com>
> To: "Rich Hoyer" <calliope at theriver.com>; "OBOL" 
> <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>; "Mid-Valley Birding List birding" 
> <list at midvalleybirding.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [birding] Corvallis Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
>
>
>> Doug Robinson and myself relocated Rich's gnatcatcher this morning around 
>> 7:30.  Very near Rich's balloon, except on the west side of the trail. 
>> It was chasing a jay in the crown of an oak.  Not singing, but mewing.
>>
>> ---Will Wright
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Rich Hoyer" <calliope at theriver.com>
>> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:25 PM
>> To: "OBOL" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>; "Mid-Valley Birding List birding" 
>> <list at midvalleybirding.org>
>> Subject: [birding] Corvallis Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
>>
>>> Friday, May 15
>>>
>>> I just returned from a jog up the Dixon Creek trail in northern 
>>> Corvallis where I found a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. It was calling on its 
>>> own, but I pished and whistled to get a visual on it in case my ears 
>>> were fooling me. Incidentally, a Western Screech-Owl started calling 
>>> back almost instantaneously. The gnatcatcher popped into sight within  a 
>>> few seconds, so I was able to continue on my jog. Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher 
>>> was unrecorded in Benton County as of 1999 (that's the  latest edition 
>>> of Birds of Benton County I have). Does anyone know of  records since 
>>> then?
>>>
>>> The trail begins as a very wide sidewalk on the east side of the 
>>> Timberhill Athletic Center, and where the pavement ends, the trail 
>>> crosses Dixon Creek over a nice bridge. The bird was about 750 yards  up 
>>> the trail beyond the end of the paved portion. The first part of  the 
>>> trail is rather wet and muddy in a couple of spots but soon turns  to 
>>> very nice gravel and then is tarp-lined. Beyond that it becomes  dirt. 
>>> The trail crosses the the first side creek, then a smaller wet  ditch, 
>>> and then the gnatcatcher was calling about 20 yards above this  second 
>>> ditch and about 30 yards off to the east.
>>>
>>> I created a Google map with a blue marker where the bird was.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/pvl5zc
>>>
>>>
>>> Good Birding,
>>>
>>> Rich
>>> ---
>>> Rich Hoyer
>>> Tucson, Arizona
>>>
>>> Senior Leader for WINGS
>>> http://wingsbirds.com
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