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Coquille Valley Summary
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
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
Monday, December 28, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Team Assignments for Jan 2, 2010 CBC
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.
