Subject: Fwd: SEDGE WREN
Date: May 31 07:35:37 2003
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


And just in case the news hasn't reached Washington,
yet, here are the details and directions for the
SEDGE WREN.

Tim Rodenkirk wrote:
>
> Just back from the North Spit of Coos Bay. I saw the
> bird at 8AM. It was singing (two notes and a trill,
> matched my Stokes CD bird song perfectly which I
> played when I was out there) and would do a flutter
> flight while calling then land in the cattails,
> continue calling, and then do another fluttering
> flight. I got good looks at the barring on the wings
> and it was much paler than the Marsh Wrens in the
> vicinity (plenty of those around). I hesitate to give
> a full description here, I'll do that later. Hopefully
> Dave & Kathy can get some video!
>
> Directions:
> North of the McCullough bridge into North Bend/Coos
> Bay is a turnoff off of Hwy 101 to the west signed
> Horsfall Beach. Follow this road past the railroad
> tracks and take the left at the intersection onto
> Transpacific Lane (do not go right to Horsfall Beach).
> Follow this three miles or so and you'll see a
> flagpole at the BLM boat ramp. Continue 0.2 miles
> further and there is a 4X4 sand road on the right. If
> you don't have a good 4X4 park here. Follow the sand
> road past the open expanse of the old Weyerhaeuser
> effluent pond and into the shore pine forest. The
> shore pine forest ends when you hit the foredune at
> the ocean. The road continues south here but you
> don't go any further. There is a cattail marsh here
> with sand piled up from a mitigation project
> Weyerhaeuser did a couple years ago. Right along the
> road on the east end of the opening are some cattails
> (north side of the sand road). The bird was singing
> and fluttering around in here. The beginning of the
> sand road is 4.5 miles from Hwy 101. The walk along
> the sand road to the site is about a mile. Good luck!
>
> back to work,
> Tim R
> Coos Bay
>
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--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

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