[birding] local bird questions

[Lisa Millbank]

I guess that Purple Martin we saw Saturday was probably an adult female; from what I just read, it says adult females have a grayish collar on the hind neck.
Lisa
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lisa Millbank 
  To: rich armstrong ; corvbird 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [birding] local bird questions


  Hi Rich and all,
  The Purple Martin we saw on the birding class field trip was just flying around with other swallows, near the blind on the Homer Campbell Trail.  The martin had the grayish collar that younger ones have.  It would be great if there was another one and they decided to nest, but we only saw the one.
  We heard an American Bittern recently at Jackson-Frazier Wetland.  Cheadle Marsh, the southwest parts of Cabell Marsh, the northern marshes at E.E. Wilson have been good spots in the past for bitterns.
  For Cassin's Vireo take a walk up Bald Hill, Mulkey Creek, Peavy Arboretum, or Mill Hill.  This year at least one has been singing his burry little song in tall Douglas-firs at Avery Park.

  Lisa
  www.neighborhood-naturalist.com

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: rich armstrong 
    To: corvbird 
    Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:20 AM
    Subject: [birding] local bird questions


    1. has anyone seen VESPER SPARROWS on fitton green?
    2. or is there any other reliable place in benton county for them?
    3. i saw report of PURPLE MARTIN at cabell. are they using the nest boxes molly put up? 
    4. has anyone checked the location off tampico rd where they nested last year?
    5. is there any other reasonable place in benton to look for AMERICAN BITTERN besides mcfaddin marsh?
    6. i think i can find tristen CASSIN'S VIREO, but if you know a good benton county spot i am interested.
    Rich Armstrong
    541-753-1978


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