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-RBA
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* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* March 24, 1995
* IDWA9503.24
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-birds mentioned
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BLUE JAY
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-transcript
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HOTLINE: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
Date: March 24, 1995
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Dale Goble
gobled at uidaho.edu
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This is Kas Dumroese with the northern Idaho / eastern Washington /
northeastern Oregon bird hotline for Friday, March 24, 1995.
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Phyllis Wicks reports a single BLUE JAY in her backyard on March
18. Phyllis lives on the north end of Orchard Avenue in Moscow.
Dale Goble also had a single BLUE JAY on March 21.
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Stuart Celarier and Anya Averill made a quick swing through northeastern
Oregon last weekend (March 17-19). Anya sent the following report:
We left Portland after work Friday night, got to LaGrande around
11:30 pm. Spent Saturday in the La Grande area and Sunday am around
Pendleton, stopped at Deschutes River on the way back. The weather
was cold, snowy, sunny, windy, calm, etc.
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The absolute high point for me was ACTUALLY finding the Great Gray
Owl! We were off Spring Creek Road north on I-84 from LaGrande in the
Blue Mountains. Most of the snow IS gone, though there was more
falling on Sunday am. What a beautiful bird and like many owls, we had
forever to watch him. We were wandering throught the forest keeping a
lookout and my husband located the owl. All 5 of us were able to walk
quite close and observe the owl for as long as we liked.
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I don't know what else is expected to be in the area at this time of year,
but we saw: Western Bluebird, Red Crossbill, Pileated Woodpecker,
Northern and Loggerhead Shrike, W Meadowlark, Red tail and
Roughlegged Hawks, Northern Harrier, Sandhill Crane, Ring Neck
Pheasant, Bald Eagle, Marsh Wren, Kestral, N Pintail, Gr wing teal,
Cinnamon teal, Gadwall, Common and Barrow's Goldeneye, Bufflehead,
Ruddy Duck, California Quail, Snow Goose, Ring Neck Duck, Ring Bill
Gull, etc etc.
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It was a pretty sparse weekend as far as number of birds to see --
weather maybe and maybe hitting a pocket between spring and winter.
The LaGrande area, Cold Springs and Umatilla NWRs were all very light.
But I have to say the Great Gray Owl made up for any complaints about a
slow weekend. I look forward to another weekend a few months hence
when we might find Veery, American Redstart, Gray Catbird, etc.
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Find something good this weekend and give the hotline a call!