[birding] Silverton Area Birds Western Grebe

[Carl & Christine Schneiders]

Hi Birders,

I took a bike ride out to some local birding spots.  The best bird was a 
WESTERN GREBE motorless species number 102.  I found a member of this 
species last year on Oct. 6th in the same general area.  At Webb Lake there 
were 5 MALLARDS, 15 AMERICAN COOTS, 2 PEID-BILLED GREBES, 3 SAVANNAH 
SPARROWS, and 15 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES.   At Quarry Rd. ponds there were 15 
CACKLING GEESE, 12 CANADA GEESE, 5 MALLARDS, 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 1 WESTERN 
GREBE, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, 1 NORTHERN FLICKER, 1 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, 14 
EUROPEAN STARLINGS, 1 SONG SPARROW, 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, and 100 plus 
BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS.  There was also a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (first for 
the fall) in the back yard.

Matthew Schneider
Silverton, Oregon