[birding] Indigo Bunting still at EE Wilson Wildlife Area

[Jamie S.]

I just returned (2:00) from a fruitless search for the indigo bunting. Our time was limited and I have no reason to believe the bird isn't still there.  We saw lots of Amer goldfinches and a few individuals of other common species.  Thank you, Joel, Rich, and Tom for posting updates. I may try to get back out there later in the week or on the weekend.
 
A couple of notes for anyone going out:
-Contrary to the posted description, there are no obvious blackberries in the area described north of the fence. I didn't note any obvious hawthorn either, but I'm not sure what some of the taller trees are. (I called Rich Armstrong to verify that we were indeed at the correct location.)
-There is some poison oak on your right as you walk along the fence, mostly low and somewhat inconspicuous. So especially if you are wearing shorts, beware!
 
Jamie Simmons
Corvallis

--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Snetsinger, Thomas - FW <Thomas.Snetsinger at oregonstate.edu> wrote:


From: Snetsinger, Thomas - FW <Thomas.Snetsinger at oregonstate.edu>
Subject: RE: [birding] Indigo Bunting still at EE Wilson Wildlife Area
To: "MidValley Birds" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 11:54 AM




Hi All,
It took me most of an hour, but I also found the bird around 930 this morning in the same location. Many thanks to Joel for finding it and the Armstrongs for keeping the trail warm,
cheers,
Tom Snetsinger



From: list-bounces at midvalleybirding.org on behalf of Joel Geier
Sent: Wed 9/9/2009 10:38 AM
To: MidValley Birds; Oregon Birders OnLine
Subject: [birding] Indigo Bunting still at EE Wilson Wildlife Area



Hello folks,

Doug Robinson found the remarkably male INDIGO BUNTING in the same spot
as previously reported, again this morning. There is so far no
indication from either field or photos of it being a hybrid, just one
very motley looking bunting that also seems to be missing most its tail.

For any HUGOnauts or stintorians who might be en route to the Coast via
Corvallis, E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area is about 10 miles north of
Corvallis along Hwy 99W.

Turn east on to Camp Adair Rd., and park by the WW II memorial park and
gamebird pens which are on the left side, just past the entrance for the
headquarters. Walk or bicycle north past the guest hosts' RV and a big
old oak with a sign about the historic town of Wells. Then jog one block
west to get on the road that runs north from the HQ.

>From HQ go about 1/3 mile N, until you cross a ditch/canal that opens
into a big pond on the east side of the road. Continue 100 yards or so
to the south edge of an area that's signed as being closed to public
entry (on the east side of the road). Skirt east along the south
(open-to-public) side of this fence about 60-70 yards to where it
crosses a small ditch with cattails, then scan hawthorn/blackberry
clumps on north side of fence.

Happy birding,
Joel

P.S. My son Wil points out that most of the field marks described so far
would also work for Moulting Bunting, a species that is not found in
conventional field guides, but is written up in "A Field Guide to
Little-Known and Seldom-Seen Birds of North America."

--
Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis



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