[birding] Robison Road

[rich armstrong]

1. gail andrews, marcia cutler & i birded robison road from 10-11 or so.
2. we looked around both yellow metal barns and did not find any say's 
phoebes.
3. the barn almost to the polk line (which i assumed he meant) had flocks of 
BLUEBIRDS, YELLOW-RUMPS, AMERICAN PIPITS, & MEADOWLARKS, but no phoebe.
4. a NORTHERN SHRIKE was on military road just south of robison.
5. the most interesting sighting was a WHITE-TAILED KITE that appeared to be 
in completely immature plumage - brown on head, almost all brown back, dark 
gray brown on wings and tail. i certainly did not expect a kite presumably 
born last summer to retain immature plumage until now. i hope doug or joel 
or someone will comment on this. the bird was maybe 100 yards into polk 
county.
6. there were at leasat 6 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, lots of kestrals, harriers, 
and red-tails.
7. there was a good sized flock of white-crowned sparrows along robison and 
a sharp plumage RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER as well.
8. there were zero gulls at the dump, which seems to be the norm this year.
9. we looked in a tree cavity on e e wislon where gail had seen a schreech 
owl, but no owl today.
Rich Armstrong
541-753-1978
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William L. Griffiths" <bmg1969 at mac.com>
To: <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 7:24 PM
Subject: [birding] E.E. Wilson - Robison Road


> We arrived at E.E. Wilson at 7:15am this morning and the YB Sapsucker was 
> in its tree. The light wasn't optimal but the bird was very vocal which 
> made it an easy identification. It stayed in its tree for about 10 minutes 
> and then crossed the road for about 2 more minutes. We didn't see it after 
> it crossed the road but could hear it close by before we lost contact. 
> E.E. Wilson had the regulars including a brief look at swamp sparrow 
> through binos and scope. Fox and GC sparrows also found.
>
> Robison Road produced two Say's Phoebes and 5+ Western Bluebirds at the 
> yellow (metal) barn on south side of road. Lots of raptors and other 
> common species including white-tailed kite. 35 total species in 3 hours.
>
> Bill Griffiths and Paul Jaussi
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