[birding] Re: Robison Road

[rich armstrong]

that is what i get for typing toooooooooooooooooooo fast. i obviously  meant 
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER  sorry if i got your blood going.
Rich Armstrong
541-753-1978
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich armstrong" <richarmstrong at comcast.net>
To: <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:12 PM
Subject: Robison Road


> 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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