Fwd: [eBird Alert] Jackson County Rare Bird Alert <daily>

[Jeffrey Tufts]

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Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Jackson County Rare Bird Alert <daily>
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*** Species Summary:

- Cackling Goose (1 report)
- Greater Scaup (1 report)
- Lesser Scaup (4 reports)
- Northern Goshawk (1 report)
- Black-billed Magpie (1 report)
- Horned Lark (2 reports)

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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 09:47 by Norman Barrett
- Medco A Mudflats, Lost Creek Reservoir, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.677783,-122.6475454&ll=42.677783,-122.6475454
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150491387
- Comments: "Single very small goose in flock of Canadas. Much shorter neck and small bill."

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 09:47 by Norman Barrett
- Medco A Mudflats, Lost Creek Reservoir, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.677783,-122.6475454&ll=42.677783,-122.6475454
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150491387
- Comments: "Male.  Rounded head peaked at back. Forehead sloped."

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (7)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 08:20 by Karl Schneck
- Howard Prairie Circuit, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.2136437,-122.3994541&ll=42.2136437,-122.3994541
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150520666

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (7)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 08:20 by Harry Fuller
- Howard Prairie Circuit, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.2136437,-122.3994541&ll=42.2136437,-122.3994541
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150507295
- Comments: "north end of Hoiward Prairiw Lake"

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (8)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 09:00 by Andrew Donnelly
- Howard Prairie Lake, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.2325847,-122.4014282&ll=42.2325847,-122.4014282
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150511491
- Comments: "These were Lesser Scaup based on head shape (distinctly peaked), and is the expected species here."

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) (10)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 10:35 by Emmalisa Whalley
- Howard Prairie Lake Resort, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.2393049,-122.411111&ll=42.2393049,-122.411111
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150494335
- Comments: "Seen on the water"

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 08:20 by Harry Fuller
- Howard Prairie Circuit, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.2136437,-122.3994541&ll=42.2136437,-122.3994541
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150507295

Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 09:03 by Emmalisa Whalley
- Dead Indian Memorial Rd., Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.2477898,-122.5097103&ll=42.2477898,-122.5097103
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150484676
- Comments: "Seen at gravel pit"

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) (7)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 09:48 by Janet Kelly
- Agate Lake, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.4099597,-122.7708006&ll=42.4099597,-122.7708006
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150493350
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small flock moving around on the easterly flats, near the old dock. Loosely associating with Pipits. Photos."

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2023 09:47 by Norman Barrett
- Medco A Mudflats, Lost Creek Reservoir, Jackson, Oregon
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.677783,-122.6475454&ll=42.677783,-122.6475454
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150491387
- Comments: "In with small patch of Pipits. 50% larger. More upright posture. Gray body, white belly and chest witb black chest band. See photos."

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