[birding] Female Calliope stop-by, low-flying white-fronted geese

[Michael Dossett]

I had a female Calliope visit my place briefly yesterday evening around 7 or so.  Last night when I went out to get firewood at 11:40 I could hear White-fronted Geese flying over as well.  

Michael

Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla at yahoo.com


--- On Tue, 5/4/10, Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org> wrote:

> From: Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org>
> Subject: [birding] Female Calliope stop-by, low-flying white-fronted geese
> To: "MidValley Birds" <birding at midvalleybirding.org>
> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 10:15 AM
> Hi all,
> 
> This morning a female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD made two brief
> visits to our
> feeder,. While perched, her wingtips projected slightly
> past her tail,
> in contrast to the female Rufous Hummingbirds which have
> tails that
> project noticeably beyond their wings.
> 
> For some reason, around the time that she showed up there
> was a lull in
> the usual Rufous Hummingbird activity which has five of
> them contesting
> one feeder. Now that the Rufous Hummers are back, I think
> she's moved
> on. We don't have much blooming here currently, so the
> feeder is the
> only thing happening.
> 
> GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE flocks are still going by.
> Earlier this
> morning a flock of about 150 was unusually low, just above
> the treetops
> on Tampico Ridge. Perhaps they're making a refueling stop
> somewhere in
> southern Polk County.
> 
> Happy birding,
> Joel
> 
> --
> Joel Geier
> Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
> 
> 
> 
> 
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