Birding the Basin

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Thanks to everyone who attending Klamath Wingwatcher's Spring Fling on Saturday. Here are recent bird sightings.

Thank you,
Cindy Deas
KLMS/KBBT/BRBT
541-892-0596

Hi all, This from Kathy Larson.Re: Chat - we saw this rather large, brightly YELLOW breasted bird hopping around on the ground in our backyard in the Moyina Heights area, Friday evening (May 23) about 5:30 pm. It was rainy & cold, and 44 degrees F. We got several good views of it, with our binoculars, since it stayed around about an hour, but flew into the trees, the several times Ron opened the patio door & poked his telephoto lens out to photo it. When it returned to the ground about 15 minutes later, it paused several times in the open, where we got a good look at the bright YELLOW front extending to under the chin, and the distinct white belly area below, contrasting with the yellow; olive greenish back; and "white spectacles." We used to see Chats when we lived it Georgia, but it is the first time in the 10 1/2 yrs. we have lived in Klamath Falls that we have seen a Yellow-breasted Chat.Kathy : )

BLACK SWIFT, 2-3, Odell Lake, Klamath Co., May 26.While returning to Klamath Falls from Portland, and finding Salt Creek Falls reststop blocked by snow, I stopped at Odell Lake at the viewpoint, roughly mid-lake along Hwy 58. I stopped there since it was late May and overcast. Steve Summers and Mike Robbins stopped at Lake Odell, during a big day I think, maybe 20 years or so ago, on a likely similar day, and observed Black Swift flying over Lake Odell. So, I tried that tactic today (actually, I've tried it several times in the past), and WHA-LA! I was able to observe at least 1 for several minutes at least twice as it traversed across the lake not far from shore. Two others pushed by once. Kevin Spencerrriparia@charter.net