Backyard Birding
Fourteen weeks have passed since this project started, and in the past seven days, 62 reports came in from 15 species. Some migratory species are still going strong, but we are also seeing an uptick in owl sightings, and I'd like to keep that going.
The observation of the week without a doubt goes to @shearwater13 for finding one of our rarest species. This amazing raptor is the Boreal Owl, seen in Columbia County, Washington. This observation in every way makes me envious since I found one myself last year in Oregon (the first sighting in the Oregon Blues since 2001) but my Boreal only sang twice, or in other words, no way I could make an RG iNat sighting. Future observers swung by and were also unsuccessful in getting a recording of the skewing owl. But this observation, surpasses all of my expectations and hopes. And now I'm itching to do some owling!
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Thank you! Good luck on future owl searches.
I checked eBird and the OBRC, and couldn't find anything mentioning a sighting in the Oregon Blues since 1992. However, I know some don't record their sightings publicly.
@shearwater13 Everyone who heard my Boreal after hid their checklist from the public to prevent disturbing the bird. It was done under the request of the county eBird reviewer. I didn't think that was the right way to go, so I give a rather obscured location on eBird but because I didn't "hide" it, it was declined in the review process, so it doesn't show up in the public outputs. Here's the link to the list:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S95464233
Nice find! Did anyone see it? I understand hiding/obscuring the location. Unfortunately photographers will stalk sensitive owl species.
I know Dave Trochlell, Nolan Clements and Mark Ludwick got to hear it skew but nobody saw it. I also think some people out west like Joshua Little and Ken Chamberlain drove out to try their luck but missed it.
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