[birding] Re: [OBOL] Mt Angel Abbey Lazuli Bunting & Whoop Whoop at Malheur FSLast Week

[Matthew]

Hi Birders,

I biked out to Mt. Angel Abbey this afternoon.  I found the male LAZULI 
BUNTING at the base of the hill.  It was singing and I think there was a 
female hiding in some of the thicker vegetation so there may be a pair 
breeding there.  I also found the other species John mentioned except for 
the Hermit Warblers (I'm not exactly sure where he saw them) and the 
Bullock's Oriole.  There also were 3 TURKEY VULTURES, 4 RED-TAILED HAWKS(I 
think there is a pair breeding on the hill), 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 1 
CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE(the first individual of this species that I've 
seen this year although I had heard 1 in February), a family of 3 DARK-EYED 
JUNCOS 1 adult and 2 juveniles, and gobs and gobs of a GOLDFINCHES both 
LESSER and AMERICAN.

Matthew Schneider
Silverton, Oregon
gaviaimmer at live.com

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From: "John Thomas" <johnpam at mtangel.net>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 7:37 PM
To: <obol at oregonbirds.org>
Subject: [OBOL] Mt Angel Abbey Lazuli Bunting & Whoop Whoop at Malheur 
FSLast Week

> Dog walk on Abbey Hill yesterday and today yielded no L Buntings  until I 
> turned to go home at base of hill today and saw one sitting on the wire 
> fence that surrounds the abbey.  Other birds up there included many 
> Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, some Hermit Warblers , Western 
> Tanager, and Bullock's Orioles along with more common "backyard" birds. 
> Swainson's Thrush now building and starting to sing as well as whistle and 
> whit. Very nice.
>
> OR Gardens had a Green Heron down at the far pond by the maintenance road 
> very late yesterday. The dog and I were checking out the YB Chat report 
> but I guess they did move on to Sandy River Delta. Would have been a nice 
> addition to Marion Co list.
>
> John Thomas
> Silverton, OR
>
> PS:  On brief visit last week to Malheur NWR, I heard a double "whoop 
> whoop" repeated at about 1 AM at the Field Station on Thursday night. It 
> did not seem to fit any GH Owl calls we have heard here and
> we have heard many in their repertoire. I surmised it was a Long Eared Owl 
> or Flam but after playing all the perturbations on the Cornell owl CD, I 
> still do not "exactly" hear what I heard but it was through a trailer
> window. It was one or the other, pretty sure. Nothing else fits. In 
> retrospect, should have got up and played the Flam and then the Long Eared 
> to see if there was a response. Oh well....
>
> PS 2 : We were quite impressed with the porcupine at Hq, the mink on the 
> CPR, the beaver at Benson Pond, what looked like a Pygmy Rabbit at Hq (too 
> small to be cottontail- even young- we have them here), antelope, deer, 
> and the
> MOUNTAIN GOAT we saw near Bend while looking for Prairie Falcons at Dry 
> Canyon going home.  I guess we missed that news. A Mountain Goat in 
> central Oregon? But we missed the cougar. Maybe a good thing? -JT
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