Coquille Valley CBC

New compiler for CBC

2011-10-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

The new compiler for Coquille Valley is Harv Schubothe in Bandon, at ninerharv2@msn.com.

next count date

2010-10-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

The Coquille Valley CBC will be held on January 1, 2011. Details will appear here.

Coquille Valley Summary

2010-01-10T19:02:00.000-08:00

Dear Coquille Valley CBC participants:

Thank you all for participating in our 12th count. Our good weather and good turnout resulted in 145 species and over 50,000 birds, the largest numbers being waterfowl.
One new species, Heermann’s Gull, was added to our all-time list. Based on numbers at hand, we set new high record counts for 26 species: Cackling Goose (needs adjustment), Canada Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Wild Turkey, Brown Pelican, Brandt’s Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Prairie Falcon (1), Northern Harrier, Cooper’s Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Rhinoceros Auklet, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Western Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, N. Saw-whet Owl, Anna’s Hummingbird, Northern Shrike, Western Bluebird, Black-capped Chickadee, Golden-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch and House Sparrow. Common Goldeneye and Cinnamon Teal tied records.
Exceptionally low counts were recorded for White-winged Scoter, Dunlin and Wilson’s Snipe.
It was interesting to see how close estimates were for the flock of Cackling Geese that flew noisily up and down the lower valley several times. Estimates from four teams that saw it were 70, 70, 75 and 85 birds, which is pretty tight and a tribute to careful observation. I’ll adjust that to 75 in the final submission.
For the second year in a row, Red-shouldered Hawk outnumbered Red-tailed Hawk. This may be the normal state of affairs in the valley now.
The most surprising misses were Greater Scaup (10/12), Glaucous Gull (9/12), Black-legged Kittiwake (9/12), Northern Pygmy-Owl (9/12), Greater Yellowlegs (8/12) and Red Crossbill (7/12).
There are really only two significant variables on this count, other than the weather in general. These are seabirds and owls. This year we found four of the five expected owls (missing Pygmy, Barred being a sixth species probably in the circle) but for the second year in a row, seawatching was not very productive, with no tubenoses and no small alcids. For next year, we might see about staking out Pygmy and Barred Owls in the weeks before the count. Both are vocal and responsive when present.

Next year’s calendar is hard because Christmas falls on a Saturday. I have discussed count timing with Jim Rogers, whose Port Orford CBC is the senior south coast count (besides Coos Bay, which is always the first Sunday of the period) and therefore gets first choice of dates. Jim wants Sunday Dec. 26, so Coquille Valley will be held Saturday, January 1, 2011 to kick off the year right.

See you there !

Coquille Valley CBC team coverage – January 2, 2010

1. North Spit/Bullards
Jim Rogers, Stephen Brown

2. Bandon Marsh/Old Town/S. Jetty
Craig Tumer, Ron Steffens, Holly Reinhard, David Schas

3. North Bandon/seawatch
Tim Rodenkirk

4. South Bandon/Twomile
Harvey Schubothe, Kelle Schubothe, Dave Bilderback, Diane Bilderback, Neil Holcomb, Nancy Treneman

5. Nilestun Unit-Rocky Point
Dave Ledig, Alan Contreras

6. Upper North Bank Rd./winter lakes
Joe Metzler, Mike Metzler

7. Bear Creek/Prosper Bottoms
Don Munson, John Bischoff

8. Riverton/42S
Robin McCreery, Gary and Diane Cavaness

9. Fat Elk Loop
Mary Anne Sohlstrom, Patty Bernardi

10. Coquille
Lars Norgren, Romain Cooper, Christie Dunn

11. Johnson Pond/Norway Bottoms
Dave Irons, Shawneen Finnegan, Forrest English

12. Arago Loops
Bill Bridgeland, Robin Rauch, Jim Heaney

Owling:
Rodenkirk (Hwy. 42-S and side roads, maybe Twomile Rd.)
Metzler team (East Beaver Hill Rd. and adjacent areas)
Holcomb/Treneman (Twomile Road)
Schubothe (Bradley Lake)

Coquille Valley CBC results

2010-01-10T19:01:00.000-08:00

Coquille Valley CBC results
January 2, 2010

G. White-front. Goose 17
Cackling Goose 146
Canada Goose 1756
Tundra Swan 23
Wood Duck 78
Gadwall 127
Eurasian Wigeon 28
American Wigeon 9835
Mallard 2658
Cinnamon Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 1940
Northern Pintail 7338
Green-winged Teal 1480
Canvasback 8
Ring-necked Duck 661
Lesser Scaup 52
Black Scoter 1
Surf Scoter 142
White-winged Scoter 8
scoter, sp. 30
Common Goldeneye 11
Bufflehead 464
Hooded Merganser 104
Common Merganser 6
Red-breast. Merganser 16
Ruddy Duck 61
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 98
California Quail 93
Mountain Quail 8
Red-throated Loon 11
Pacific Loon 6
Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 11
Horned Grebe 3
Red-necked Grebe 5
Eared Grebe 2
Western Grebe 14
Brown Pelican 74
Brandt's Cormorant 34
Double-crested Corm 52
Pelagic Cormorant 95
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 57
Great Egret 106
Green Heron 1
White-tailed Kite 17
Bald Eagle adult 4
Bald Eagle im 2
Bald Eagle unkn 6
Northern Harrier 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 55
Red-tailed Hawk 47
American Kestrel 22
Merlin 5
Peregrine Falcon 10
Prairie Falcon 1
Virginia Rail 13
Sora 1
American Coot 276
Black-bellied Plover 52
Snowy Plover 14
Killdeer 126
Black Oystercatcher 25
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Whimbrel 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Black Turnstone 190
Surfbird 153
Sanderling 286
Western Sandpiper 8
Least Sandpiper 303
Dunlin 201
Long-billed Dowitcher 79
dowitcher, sp. 25
Wilson's Snipe 20
Red Phalarope 1
Heermann's Gull 1
Mew Gull 440
Ring-billed Gull 8
California Gull 406
Herring Gull 9
Thayer's Gull 2
Western Gull 928
Glaucous-winged Gull 65
g.-wing. x western hyb 33
gull, sp. 83
Common Murre 400
Rhinoceros Auklet 4
Rock Pigeon 216
Eur Collared-Dove 76
Mourning Dove 137
Barn Owl 5
Western Screech-Owl 11
Great Horned Owl 10
N. Saw-whet Owl 7
Anna's Hummingbird 38
Belted Kingfisher 21
Red-breasted Sapsucker 8
Downy Woodpecker 27
Hairy Woodpecker 12
Northern Flicker 91
Pileated Woodpecker 10
Black Phoebe 135
Northern Shrike 3
Hutton's Vireo 7
Steller's Jay 268
Scrub Jay 1
American Crow 1300
Common Raven 85
Black-capped Chickad 275
Chestnut-backed Chick 187
Bushtit 87
Red-breasted Nuthatch 9
Brown Creeper 4
Bewick's Wren 16
Winter Wren 17
Marsh Wren 48
Golden-cr. Kinglet 265
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 346
Western Bluebird 37
Hermit Thrush 53
American Robin 4803
Varied Thrush 20
Wrentit 134
European Starling 3730
American Pipit 48
Orange-cr. Warbler 3
Yellow-rump. Warbler 366
Audubon's 21
Myrtle 181
Townsend's Warbler 30
Spotted Towhee 103
Savannah Sparrow 20
Fox Sparrow 543
Song Sparrow 793
Lincoln's Sparrow 19
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-thr. Sparrow 16
White-cr. Sparrow 819
Golden-cr. Sparrow 354
Dark-eyed Junco 619
Red-winged Blackbird 446
Western Meadowlark 52
Brewer's Blackbird 133
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 24
House Finch 196
Pine Siskin 317
American Goldfinch 187
House Sparrow 298

TOTAL SPECIES 145
TOTAL INDIVID. 50,133

TOTAL OBSERVERS 40
Field 33
Home 7

Post-count meeting site

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Team Assignments for Jan 2, 2010 CBC

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Subject to change as needed. First name in each team is leader and should contact other members to make needed arrangements. Names in italics are tentative.

1. North Spit/Bullards/golf course ponds

Jim Rogers, Stephen Brown, Eric Clough, Dorsey Burger?

2. Bandon Marsh/Old Town/S. Jetty

Craig Tumer, Ron Steffens, Holly Reinhard, David Schas, Jessi Leach

3. North Bandon/seawatch

Tim Rodenkirk

4. South Bandon/Twomile

Harvey Schubothe, Kelle Schubothe, Dave Bilderback, Diane Bilderback, Neil Holcomb, Nancy Treneman

5. Nilestun Unit-Rocky Point

Dave Ledig, Alan Contreras

6. Upper North Bank Rd./winter lakes

Joe Metzler, Mike Metzler, Cole Metzler

7. Bear Creek/Prosper Bottoms

Don Munson, John Bischoff

8. Riverton/42S

Robin McCreery, Gary and Diane Cavaness

9. Fat Elk Loop

Mary Anne Sohlstrom, Patty Bernardi

10. Coquille

Lars Norgren, Romain Cooper, Christie Dunn

11. Johnson Pond/Norway Bottoms

Dave Irons, Shawneen Finnegan, Forrest English

12. Arago Loops

Bill Bridgeland, Robin Rauch, Jim Heaney

Owling:

Rodenkirk (Hwy. 42-S and side roads)

Metzler team (East Beaver Hill Rd. and adjacent areas)

Clough? West Beaver Hill/Humphreys

Holcomb/Treneman (Twomile Road)

Schubothe (Bradley Lake)

Irons/Finnegan (east part of circle east of Coquille)

Contreras (Nilestun unit)

Others as available

Additional observers if available will be assigned to the Bandon or Coquille areas.

January 2, 2010 Coquille Valley CBC Areas

2009-10-27T20:28:00.001-07:00

Count Date Set

2009-09-17T19:30:00.000-07:00

The next Coquille Valley CBC will be held Saturday, January 2, 2010. Details will appear later on this site.

CBC site

2009-05-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

This site will reactivate in October, 2009 for the next CBC.

CBC Results

2009-01-10T12:03:00.000-08:00

Species/Team TOT - 11yrMED* - 11yrHIGH - YrsSeenOf11

G. White-front. Goose 26 - 5 - 26 - 3
Emperor Goose 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Cackling Goose 14 - 14 - 14 - 1
Canada Goose 982 - 348 - 1174 - 11
Snow Goose cw - 1 - 1 - 1
Tundra Swan 80 - 53 - 113 - 10
Wood Duck 33 - 33 - 84 - 11
Gadwall 84 - 66 - 140 - 11
Eurasian Wigeon 25 - 3.5 - 25 - 10
American Wigeon 14477 - 2007 - 14477 - 11
Mallard 3072 - 1041 - 3072 - 11
Cinnamon Teal 3 - 3 - 4 - 6
Northern Shoveler 2259 - 565 - 2259 - 11
Northern Pintail 11427 - 2694 - 11427 - 11
Green-winged Teal 1855 - 797 - 2283 - 11
Canvasback 97 - 6 - 97 - 8
Ring-necked Duck 1162 - 230 - 1178 - 11
Greater Scaup 168 - 10.5 - 168 - 10
Lesser Scaup 248 - 24 - 424 - 11
Surf Scoter 85 - 100 - 452 - 11
White-winged Scoter 3 - 20 - 152 - 11
Common Goldeneye 1 - 4 - 11 - 7
Bufflehead 655 - 235 - 655 - 11
Hooded Merganser 130 - 59 - 173 - 11
Common Merganser 6 - 6.5 - 45 - 10
Red-breast. Merganser 10 - 17 - 56 - 11
Ruddy Duck 594 - 114 - 594 - 11
Wild Turkey 77 - 24 - 77 - 5
California Quail 233 - 83 - 233 - 11
Red-throated Loon 8 - 8 - 167 - 11
Pacific Loon 9 - 9 - 60 - 11
Common Loon 2 - 7 - 18 - 11
Pied-billed Grebe 18 - 28 - 116 - 11
Horned Grebe 2 - 4 - 12 - 11
Red-necked Grebe 3 - 1.5 - 6 - 10
Eared Grebe 1 - 1 - 34 - 8
Western Grebe 33 - 33 - 255 - 11
Brown Pelican 38 - 2.5 - 38 - 4
Brandt's Cormorant 24 - 7 - 29 - 11
Double-crested Corm 59 - 59 - 112 - 11
Pelagic Cormorant 54 - 60 - 141 - 11
Great Blue Heron 57 - 35 - 67 - 11
Great Egret 78 - 71 - 223 - 11
White-tailed Kite 25 - 13 - 25 - 11
Bald Eagle adult 12 - 2.5 - 12 - 10
Bald Eagle im 1 - 2 - 3 - 6
Northern Harrier 31 - 14 - 31 - 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 - 4 - 13 - 11
Cooper's Hawk 4 - 3 - 4 - 10
Red-shouldered Hawk 62 - 14 - 62 - 11
Red-tailed Hawk 52 - 40 - 52 - 11
American Kestrel 22 - 19 - 37 - 11
Merlin 5 - 4 - 6 - 11
Peregrine Falcon 7 - 4 - 8 - 11
Prairie Falcon 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Sandhill Crane 1 - 1.5 - 2 - 2
Virginia Rail 14 - 14 - 35 - 11
American Coot 407 - 580 - 3705 - 11
Black-bellied Plover 32 - 106 - 198 - 11
Snowy Plover 14 - 14 - 26 - 11
Killdeer 1421 - 171 - 1421 - 11
Black Oystercatcher 24 - 20 - 55 - 11
Spotted Sandpiper 9 - 4 - 10 - 11
Greater Yellowlegs 2 - 3.5 - 12 - 8
Lesser Yellowlegs CW - - -
Whimbrel 1 - 3 - 7 - 11
Black Turnstone 118 - 180 - 270 - 11
Surfbird 60 - 60 - 221 - 11
Red Knot - - 0 - 0
Sanderling 417 - 255 - 1651 - 11
Western Sandpiper 2 - 22 - 195 - 11
Least Sandpiper 200 - 144 - 410 - 11
Dunlin 713 - 1742 - 4900 - 11
Long-billed Dowitcher 141 - 95 - 397 - 9
Wilson's Snipe 516 - 63 - 516 - 11
Bonaparte's Gull 1 - 6 - 29 - 6
Mew Gull 7 - 182 - 781 - 11
Ring-billed Gull 20 - 41 - 1125 - 11
California Gull 15 - 16 - 200 - 11
Herring Gull 10 - 26 - 182 - 11
Thayer's Gull 1 - 3 - 18 - 11
Western Gull 2349 - 860 - 2349 - 11
Glaucous-winged Gull 504 - 341 - 622 - 11
g.-wing. x western hyb 140 - 142 - 502 - 11
Black-legged Kittiwake CW - 2 - 85 - 9
gull, sp. 801 - 801 - 1373 - 11
Common Murre 4336 - 606 - 4336 - 10
Rhinoceros Auklet 1 - 1 - 3 - 7
Rock Pigeon 89 - 89 - 130 - 11
Eur Collared-Dove 19 - 19 - 19 - 1
Mourning Dove 80 - 46 - 165 - 11
Barn Owl 8 - 3 - 8 - 7
Western Screech-Owl 8 - 7.5 - 10 - 10
Great Horned Owl 8 - 4 - 8 - 11
Northern Pygmy-Owl 2 - 2 - 6 - 9
Barred Owl 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
N. Saw-whet Owl 1 - 1.5 - 3 - 6
Anna's Hummingbird 26 - 5 - 26 - 11
Belted Kingfisher 21 - 21 - 35 - 11
Red-breasted Sapsucker 6 - 2 - 10 - 11
Downy Woodpecker 12 - 14 - 30 - 11
Hairy Woodpecker 14 - 12 - 22 - 11
Northern Flicker 134 - 112 - 160 - 11
Pileated Woodpecker 10 - 6 - 18 - 11
Black Phoebe 100 - 46 - 145 - 11
Say's Phoebe 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Northern Shrike 2 - 1 - 2 - 4
Hutton's Vireo 5 - 10 - 19 - 11
Steller's Jay 258 - 194 - 333 - 11
Scrub Jay 6 - 3 - 11 - 10
American Crow 1916 - 721 - 1916 - 11
Common Raven 56 - 52 - 74 - 11
Black-capped Chickad 247 - 137 - 247 - 11
Chestnut-backed Chick 204 - 118 - 204 - 11
Bushtit 66 - 56 - 122 - 11
Red-breasted Nuthatch 22 - 17 - 115 - 10
White-br. Nuthatch 2 - 2 - 2 - 1
Brown Creeper 2 - 3.5 - 10 - 10
Bewick's Wren 22 - 23 - 60 - 11
Winter Wren 22 - 67 - 112 - 11
Marsh Wren 102 - 56 - 149 - 11
Golden-cr. Kinglet 98 - 310 - 489 - 11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 312 - 255 - 532 - 11
Western Bluebird 37 - 10 - 37 - 3
Hermit Thrush 95 - 73 - 178 - 11
American Robin 8223 - 2813 - 8223 - 11
Varied Thrush 159 - 159 - 331 - 11
Wrentit 125 - 111 - 153 - 11
European Starling 4100 - 2746 - 8231 - 11
American Pipit 155 - 34 - 363 - 11
Orange-cr. Warbler 5 - 2 - 6 - 10
Yellow-rump. Warbler 242 - 282 - 601 - 11
Audubon's 84 - 24 - 84 - 3
Myrtle 82 - 82 - 311 - 3
Townsend's Warbler 51 - 42 - 92 - 11
Com. Yellowthroat 1 - 1 - 1 - 2
Green-tailed Towhee - 1 - 1 - 1
Spotted Towhee 133 - 96 - 174 - 11
Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 - 1 - 1
Savannah Sparrow 15 - 17 - 53 - 10
Fox Sparrow 623 - 319 - 623 - 11
Song Sparrow 1161 - 671 - 1161 - 11
Lincoln's Sparrow 61 - 20 - 61 - 11
Swamp Sparrow 8 - 7.5 - 26 - 10
White-thr. Sparrow 12 - 7 - 12 - 11
White-cr. Sparrow 651 - 603 - 983 - 11
Golden-cr. Sparrow 295 - 125 - 295 - 11
Dark-eyed Junco 1086 - 839 - 1351 - 11
Red-winged Blackbird 338 - 240 - 376 - 11
Western Meadowlark 91 - 65 - 105 - 11
Brewer's Blackbird 267 - 416 - 1067 - 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 49 - 14 - 70 - 11
Purple Finch 14 - 6 - 19 - 11
House Finch 201 - 196 - 330 - 11
Red Crossbill 24 - 15 - 65 - 7
Pine Siskin 300 - 110 - 2307 - 11
Lesser Goldfinch 4 - 5 - 24 - 4
American Goldfinch 22 - 22 - 103 - 11
House Sparrow 124 - 112 - 207 - 11
- - 0 -
TOTAL SPECIES 148 - 148 - 159 -
TOTAL INDIVID. 73415 - 32283 - 73415 -

TOTAL OBSERVERS 45 30 45

Summary of CBC Results

2009-01-10T11:58:00.000-08:00

January 10, 2009

Dear Participant:

The Coquille Valley Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, January 3, 2009 for the first time since 2000. Good weather and an excellent observer turnout produced a total of over 73,000 birds, nearly twice our previous record high, of 148 species, which is our average species variety. In the 1991-2000 count era, we averaged 29 observers in the field; this count had 43.

Emperor Goose, Barred Owl, Prairie Falcon, Say’s Phoebe and White-breasted Nuthatch were unusual new birds for the count, in addition to Eurasian Collared-Dove (a dubious Plump ’n’ Tasty that has invaded Oregon in recent years) and Cackling Goose, split from the larger Canada Goose a few years ago. The owl has moved into southwestern Oregon recently and we can hope to find it in the future. A count-week Lesser Yellowlegs would have been considered extraordinary 15 years ago but has become semi-regular in winter in SW Oregon and we hope for it in the future.

Other noteworthy species seen on fewer than half of previous counts included Common Yellowthroat (2nd record), Sandhill Crane (2nd record), White-fronted Goose, Brown Pelican (including some tired or injured birds), Northern Shrike, Lesser Goldfinch, Western Bluebird (seems to be increasing). The presence of 5 Western Scrub-Jays around Norway suggests that they may be expanding. There was also one in Bandon.

Our worst misses were Green Heron, Glaucous Gull, Black Scoter and Sora, all of which we expected to find but which are present in very small numbers. The heron and gull may well not be in the count area now, though a Glaucous Gull was in the Bandon area in late November. The scoter has been increasingly hard to find in recent years, with most concentrating some way north of Cape Blanco and on the northern Oregon coast. The Sora is undoubtedly in the circle – next year we’ll need to find out which marshes they are in ahead of time. The count had never previously missed Ruddy Turnstone, but that species has also become hard to find in Oregon in winter.

Other birds that are undoubtedly in the circle include Ruffed Grouse and Mountain Quail; we need to think about ways to get them next year.

The big news is the exceptional number of high counts. We set records for an amazing 35 species, not counting the new birds. We also tied two previous records and came close to breaking a few more. The huge numbers were the waterfowl, where wigeon and pintail in particular obliterated previous highs. The spreadsheet shows all of these as well as some previous years’ data.

A few highs are worth special comment. 25 White-tailed Kites is nearly twice the average, and their presence in such numbers may explain in part why they are somewhat hard to come by farther north on the coast this year. The fact that 29 Northern Harriers is also double the usual number suggests that perhaps the valley has an unusually good supply of voles and other prey items this year.
The fact that 62 Red-shouldered and 52 Red-tailed hawks are both record high counts may add some weight to that theory, though Red-shouldered has a somewhat different prey base. Barn Owl is always in the valley, but the 8 we found this year is twice the average and was generated by only two owling teams and a drive-by, not including the Norway area, which is know to have some. I wonder if the recent severe flooding will disarrange the food supply sufficiently to affect these raptors.

Three species, Killdeer, Wilson’s Snipe and American Robin, all set exceptional record highs probably related to the recent freeze and snow inland.

There were a few odd low counts that I think are worth mentioning. The strikingly empty ocean, which probably cut our count by three or four species, produced only 3 White-winged Scoters, which is quite strange. The fact that a large observer turnout on a nice day found only three Sharp-shinned Hawks on a day that many sparrow species had record highs seems a little odd.

The sizable numbers of Herring and Thayer’s Gulls that had been in the estuary for two days before the count simply went away. Three teams looked in vain and found only a handful; just one Thayer’s. Mew and Ring-billed were also down, but I saw many Ring-billed outside the circle near Myrtle Point on January 1, suggesting that the low was a flood-related event. Western Gulls seemed to be everywhere in numbers. Toward the end of the day, huge numbers of gulls were flying down the river. Some of these undoubtedly came from the pastures around Myrtle Point. Next year we might station someone at a convenient choke-point, perhaps Rocky Point, to count this gull-stream.

I was astonished that only five Hutton’s Vireos were reported on a nice day with so many observers in the field. I don’t know quite what to make of the remarkably low count of 22 Winter Wrens (five teams had none at all!), by far the lowest we have ever found. This seems likely to relate to a genuine lack of birds, for whatever reason. Golden-crowned Kinglets were also low, for a bird that should have been fairly obvious to active field teams.

Enjoy the attached results. Our tentative date for next year is Saturday, January 2, subject to date selection by the more senior south coast counts.

Thanks again to Bandon Marsh NWR for hosting, and to the amazing potluck crew !

Preliminary count results

2009-01-05T17:46:00.000-08:00

The count found 148 species and about 73,000 birds. Full results will be posted here in mid-January.

Post-count meeting site

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Coverage Areas - Jan 3 2009 - click map to enlarge

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Team Assignments - CV CBC Jan 3 2009

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Coquille Valley CBC team coverage updated Dec 29

NOTE: there is no meeting scheduled on the morning of the count. Bandon-area teams may want to meet members at the Price-N-Pride supermarket on 101 in Bandon at 7:00 or so for convenience.

1. North Spit/Bullards
Dave Lauten, Stephen Brown, Madeleine Vander Heyden

2. Bandon Marsh/Old Town/S. Jetty
Jim Rogers, Stephen Holt, Sean Vierra, KC Childs

3. Central Bandon
Alan Contreras, Craig Tumer,

4. South Bandon/Twomile
Dave Bilderback, Diane Bilderback, Neil Holcomb, Nancy Treneman, Harvey Schubothe, Kelle Schubothe

5. Nilestun Unit/Seven Devils
Kathy Castelein, Dave Ledig

6. North Bank Rd.
Joe Metzler, Cole Metzler, Mike Metzler

7. Bear Creek/Prosper Bottoms
Don Munson, John Bischoff,

8. Riverton/42S
Tim Rodenkirk, Romain Cooper

9. Fat Elk Loop
Mary Anne Sohlstrom, Tom Winters,

10. Coquille/Winter Lakes
Robin McCreery, Diane Cavaness, Christie Dunn, Holly Reinhard

11. Norway Bottoms
Dave Irons, Lars Norgren, Karl Fairchild, Jessi Saar

12. Arago Loops
Judy Meredith, Sheran Wright, Terry Wahl, Peter Low, Howard Horvath, Mary Oppenheimer

Owling:
Tim Rodenkirk (Hwy. 42-S and side roads)
Metzler team (East Beaver Hill Rd. and adjacent areas)
others TBA

Count date and basic information

2008-12-03T10:23:00.000-08:00

Coquille Valley CBC is Saturday, January 3. Signup in advance is required, as there will not be a morning meeting.

Tides:

Low: 2.4 feet, 10:48 a.m.
High: 5.2 feet, 4:20 p.m.

Alan’s cell phone on count day is 541-510-6161. I will probably be staying at the La Kris Inn on Hwy 101 in Bandon, 541-347-3610.

Post-count meeting will start at 4:30 (5:00 or so if sunny) and run til about 6:00. It will be located at the Bandon Marsh NWR headquarters building on lower North Bank Road. This is uphill on a gated paved road just east of the new parking area a little over a mile east of the 101 junction. We expect to start the countdown before 5:30. Scan for Short-eared Owls when you get there.

Food (subspecies yet to be determined) will be provided at the meeting.

Missable Birds
Years found (of 10)

Red-necked Grebe 9
Green Heron 9
Tundra Swan 9
Eurasian Wigeon 9
Greater Scaup 9
Black Scoter 9
Common Merganser 9
Bald Eagle 9
Cooper's Hawk 9
Glaucous Gull 9
Black-legged Kitti 9
Common Murre 9
Western Screech-Owl 9
Scrub Jay 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch 9
Brown Creeper 9
Orange-cr. Warbler 9
Savannah Sparrow 9
Swamp Sparrow 9
shearwater, sp. 8
Sora 8
Long-billed Dowitcher 8
Ancient Murrelet 8
Northern Pygmy-Owl 8
Eared Grebe 7
Canvasback 7
Redhead 7
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Cedar Waxwing 7
Common Goldeneye 6
Semipalmated Plover 6
Rhinoceros Auklet 6
Barn Owl 6
Palm Warbler 6
Red Crossbill 6
Clark's Grebe 5
Brant 5
Cinnamon Teal 5
Mountain Quail 5
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Pigeon Guillemot 5
N. Saw-whet Owl 5
Short-t. Shearwater 4
American Bittern 4
Rough-legged Hawk 4
Ruffed Grouse 4
Wild Turkey 4
Rock Sandpiper 4
Marbled Murrelet 4
Short-eared Owl 4
Brown Pelican 3
Harlequin Duck 3
Ring-necked Pheasant 3
Northern Shrike 3
Lesser Goldfinch 3
Northern Fulmar 2
Cattle Egret 2
Black-cr. Night Heron 2
G. White-front. Goose 2
Golden Eagle 2
Willet 2
Short-b. Dowitcher 2
Red Phalarope 2
Barn Swallow 2
Western Bluebird 2
Nashville Warbler 2
Evening Grosbeak 2

Finding these is a priority for all teams !

Species found once are not shown

Coquille Valley CBC Circle

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