Birding the Basin

Hi Everyone:

Here are some hightlights.

Happy Birding!
Cindy Deas
KLMS/KBBT/BRBT
541-892-0596

Special story on a falcon from Charlotte.

http://www.falconcam.med.ualberta.ca/stories.html


Klamath Basin Bird News,

Hi,Dave Haupt mentions a somewhat rare bird for the area. Rare because they aren't normally found east of the Cascade Divide. But near the divide is a good chance of encountering one. See below.
Kevin Spencer =============
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:45:11 -0700
From: "Dave Haupt" <dhaupt@tulelake.k12.ca.us>To: <obol@oregonbirdwatch.org>
Subject: [obol] Klamath Co. BAND-TAILED PIGEONOBOL,

During a survey conducted on 23 June in the BLM forests of SurveyorMountain, an area between Keno and Ashland along the Cascade crest, Ihad a single cooing BAND-TAILED PIGEON. I got a visual on he bird,which was perched high atop a bare-limbed conifer. It postured muchwith neck extensions and head bobs and then took off. I know of nobreeding records within Klamath County, yet it's occurred in the KlamathRiver Canyon area. Other birds of note in these forests during recentsurveys include: GRAY JAY, WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER(juvenile), WINTER WREN (another species not typical of summer in theCounty), N. PYGMY OWL, and MOUNTAIN QUAIL. In this same area among anotherwise contiguous coniferous forest are some extensive spring-fedbogs of willow and bog birch which supported WILSON'S WARBLER, COMMONYELLOWTHROAT, YELLOW WARBLER, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER,LAZULI BUNTING, CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, WILLOWFLYCATCHER (gathering nest material), WARBLING VIREO, and BLACK-HEADEDGROSBEAK - a pretty nifty area birdwise. Looks like it could harborNorthern Waterthrush, Least Flycatcher, Veery, Gray Catbird, but no suchluck this time. Enjoy, Dave HauptKlamath Falls