Klamath Falls CBC and update
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Kevin Spencer
Dec 21, 2009, 10:33:13 PM12/21/09
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Hello,
Saturday, December 19th, was the Klamath Falls Christmas Bird Count. It was
hard to believe that it was "winter". It was so nice I saw some boys playing
basketball outside wearing tank-tops! Some areas had slow starts with some
thick fog. I was up higher and it got up to nearly 50 degrees.
With one feeder watcher still left to report, the tentative species total is 110.
Some of the highlights include: American White Pelican-3, Red-shouldered Hawk-4,
Chukar-1, Western Bluebird-35, Purple Finch-1, Greater Scaup-1, Northern
Mockingbird-2 (same ones as last year, and thought to have possibly bred),
Hermit Thrush-5, White-headed Woodpecker-2, Northern Goshawk-1 (seen along Hill Road at base of Stukel Mountain), Horned Lark-1, Rock Wren-1, Black Phoebe-1, California Towhee-4, Glaucous-winged Gull-3, Virginia Rail-2, and Sora-1 ( seen
along Wingwatchers Trail and really emphasizes the sunny day). Common Goldeneye had a high number with over 2200 seen, mostly at Lake Ewauna. Mountain Quail: twelve seen at a feeder. The only Hairy Woodpecker came from a feeder watcher. Misses included: Winter Wren, with woodpecker numbers noticeably low in all of the areas.
Saturday, December 19th, was the Klamath Falls Christmas Bird Count. It was
hard to believe that it was "winter". It was so nice I saw some boys playing
basketball outside wearing tank-tops! Some areas had slow starts with some
thick fog. I was up higher and it got up to nearly 50 degrees.
With one feeder watcher still left to report, the tentative species total is 110.
Some of the highlights include: American White Pelican-3, Red-shouldered Hawk-4,
Chukar-1, Western Bluebird-35, Purple Finch-1, Greater Scaup-1, Northern
Mockingbird-2 (same ones as last year, and thought to have possibly bred),
Hermit Thrush-5, White-headed Woodpecker-2, Northern Goshawk-1 (seen along Hill Road at base of Stukel Mountain), Horned Lark-1, Rock Wren-1, Black Phoebe-1, California Towhee-4, Glaucous-winged Gull-3, Virginia Rail-2, and Sora-1 ( seen
along Wingwatchers Trail and really emphasizes the sunny day). Common Goldeneye had a high number with over 2200 seen, mostly at Lake Ewauna. Mountain Quail: twelve seen at a feeder. The only Hairy Woodpecker came from a feeder watcher. Misses included: Winter Wren, with woodpecker numbers noticeably low in all of the areas.
Two count week species so far: Double-crested Cormorant and Dunlin.
Kevin Spencer
Klamath Falls, Oregon
rrip...@charter.net
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