Birds and Other Items of Interest

Hi Everyone:

Once again, I've been pretty busy so I got a little behind on postings. Please see new items below.

Thank you,
Cindy Deas
KLMS/KBBT/BRBT
541-892-0596
Hi all, Normally I don't send these things out to you, but this one is really something. There are other videos that can be seen at this site. Some of them are pretty good.Charlotte Annhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=DwepjctCkL0

Hi all, This From Dave Haupt. No mention as to where in Tulelake it was seen, but they have been seen in town before.Charlotte AnnSubject: G-t Grackle, TulelakeA singing male Great-tailed Grackle was present in the town of Tulelake yesterday. Tulelake is in California, ~ 6 miles south of the Oregon border. There were several present in late fall/winter this year - could be a straggler that might want to breed nearby - it's only a matter of time. Also a movement of Savanna Sparrows among others.Dave HauptKlamath Falls

4-23-08
Hi all,
Yesterday morning, I drove down the south part of Unit 4 on Lower Klamath refuge by taking the main entrance road, going left at Intersection B and continuing well past Intersection E. Just to the north the quarry, there is a dirt road that go off to the left. Some of you were there on the last Audubon field trip. An immature male Peregrine Falcon was first seen chasing blackbirds on the hill and a little later, heading off toward the Sheepy East Unit. I would imagine that from there, it worked its way up towards White Lake. While waiting for the visitor center to open, I scoped the Great Horned Owl in the hole on the cliff. The female had a fairly large prey item that she was feeding to at least two young. My best guess was that it was formerly a live coot. Behind the center, a flycatcher appeared in the closest tree. It was there for quite some time, giving excellent looks, but it still was not an easy identification for those of us seeing it. The bird most like it in the field guides was Dusky Flycatcher. A male Rufous Hummingbird was there as well. Bonaparte's Gulls were seen in breeding plumage at the Tee intersection at the end of the English Channel on the Tule Lake tour route. At the parking area at Captain Jack's Stronghold another flycatcher was seen, It looked identical to the one seen at the visitor center.Charlotte Ann

Hi all,
The Lower Klamath refuge is working its long range plans. If any of you want to be part of a group that will present ideas for non-consumptive use on the refuge please contact me. I will be working on a list of ideas that I think will make Lower Klamath and the other local refuges more birder friendly. Even if you do not wish to take an active part in this, please send me any ideas you think should be incorporated into the refuge's planning. A few of my ideas include a lower speed limit, mileage markers, getting heavy trucks off the tour routes, more attention to the habitat requirements of birds other than the hunted ones, walk-in observation blinds and other lots of things I could list. I am certain that every one of you has other good ideas that you believe should be incorporated in future planning. It will be a while before public input is asked by the refuge, but by then, we should be well prepared to submit our thoughts. I would like to see a core group of four or five folks gathering ideas for submission, but any level of help would be greatly appreciated. If any of you have other contacts beyond the 40 or so folks on this e-mailing list, by all means contact them for any ideas they might have. Once we get a core group, we should have a brainstorming meeting. I hope to hear from many of you with your suggestions for improving non-consumptive use on the refuge.
Charlotte Ann