Hello Birders,

This message is forwarded to those interested in today's sighting of a
Bristle-thighed Curlew along the northern Oregon coast. Perhaps there will
be more sightings with birds that may show up in Washington like as in the
spring of 1998.

Sincerely,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan




----- Original Message -----
From: "David C. Bailey" <baileydc at pdx.edu>
To: "Oregon Birders Online" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>; "Lee & Lori Cain"
<4cains at charter.net>; "Steve Warner" <jblack at pacifier.com>; "Neal Maine"
<nmaine at pacifier.com>; "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: [obol] RBA: BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW: Sunset Beach, Clatsop
Co.!!!!!!!


> Monday 22 May 2006
> Sunset Beach, exacty1.1 mile north of the auto entrance at Sunset Beach
> 13:50-14:05 and still there when I left to alert.
>
> BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW
>
> I had wonderful views and am familiar with this species and its
> identification. Orange strongly brown-barred tail (four bars), unstreaked
> buffy pink cinnamon rump, underparts streaking from the neck stopping
> abruptly at the pectoral region, bristled thighs, upperparts spangled with
> large creamy-buff spots near as large as the warm chocolate-brown
> spots/patterning. Pinkish-buff flanks without, or very little barring, .
> The bird called in flight the characteristic "wolf-whistle." I decribed
> the whistle as a eee-ooo-wee or eee-OOO-wheep with the oo in the middle
> drawn out, decidedly not the call of the superficially similar whimbrel,
> which also shows much duller plumage and smaller marks on upperparts, more
> barring on tail and much less contrast to the light and dark markings
> throughout its plumage.
>
> The bird is hanging out around the south road entrance to the Camp Rilea
> Millitary Reservation. It is working the high area just below the
> foredune. The 30 or more Whimbrel on the beach between Gearhart and this
> spot, including just west of the B-T. Curlew are by contrast all working
> the surf-line hunting mole crabs and swalling them whole. So, be suspect
> of the curlews in the water and look for one high and dry and
> pinkish-cimmamon!
>
> I am going back now with my camera.
>
> David
>
> David C. Bailey
> Seaside, Oregon
> baileydc at pdx.edu
>
>
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