Post by Dave on Jul 23, 2014 20:43:27 GMT -8
Hello Birders,
Since my brother was heading back to China today, he wanted to slip in some quick local birding so we headed up the canyon at 6am and birded around North Bend. We logged the following 44 species. We also possibly detected a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. We heard a bird calling clearly from the forest on the other side of the field by the first right hand turn near the clinic along Chaumox Road around 7:20am. We both knew it was something different and I had never heard the deep low unique call before. We matched the call on my app and it was a perfect Yellow-billed Cuckoo call. We even played the call, stopped, and then the perfect match call would come from the mixed woods across the small field. I tried to project the call the best I could with the hope of coaxing the bird out into the open for a view or even a photo, but I never saw it. It did move a few times, but always stayed in the woods. The sound seemed to come from about halfway up the tall cottonwoods but the leaves were thick and I can't confirm it with a view. Eventually it stopped calling and we dragged ourselves away.
The small abandoned field was fenced and appeared as private property so it was a real test of my birding ethics to stay on the road as I will admit I certainly was itching to get in that wooded area!
I did try recording the sound of it calling on my brother's phone but since it was across the field the quality is poor with lots of general noise, but I can email it to you if you are interested and if you put in some ear buds you may be able to pick up the sound half-decently.
I realize posting a 'heard-only' sighting is kind of sketchy but if anyone is in the area in the next while I would hate for you not to know about this bird in the area.
North Bend, Fraser Valley, CA-BC
Jul 23, 2014 7:05 AM - 10:53 AM
Protocol: Traveling
9.5 kilometer(s)
44 species
Bald Eagle 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 16
Black Swift 7
Vaux's Swift 1
Rufous Hummingbird 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
Willow Flycatcher 1
Western Kingbird 7 Mainly near first field once across the tracks. Photographed
Eastern Kingbird 2
Cassin's Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Steller's Jay 5
American Crow 2
Common Raven 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
Veery 1
American Robin 12
Varied Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 7
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2 Seperate locations. Photographed
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Gray Warbler 3
Spotted Towhee 16
Chipping Sparrow 25 Scattered throughout the area. Many young birds.
Savannah Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Western Tanager 4
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 21
American Goldfinch 2
Evening Grosbeak 6
View this checklist online at ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19199041
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Red-eyed Vireo were numerous
Distant picture of a Gray Catbird
American Redstart
Western Kingbird
Since my brother was heading back to China today, he wanted to slip in some quick local birding so we headed up the canyon at 6am and birded around North Bend. We logged the following 44 species. We also possibly detected a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. We heard a bird calling clearly from the forest on the other side of the field by the first right hand turn near the clinic along Chaumox Road around 7:20am. We both knew it was something different and I had never heard the deep low unique call before. We matched the call on my app and it was a perfect Yellow-billed Cuckoo call. We even played the call, stopped, and then the perfect match call would come from the mixed woods across the small field. I tried to project the call the best I could with the hope of coaxing the bird out into the open for a view or even a photo, but I never saw it. It did move a few times, but always stayed in the woods. The sound seemed to come from about halfway up the tall cottonwoods but the leaves were thick and I can't confirm it with a view. Eventually it stopped calling and we dragged ourselves away.
The small abandoned field was fenced and appeared as private property so it was a real test of my birding ethics to stay on the road as I will admit I certainly was itching to get in that wooded area!
I did try recording the sound of it calling on my brother's phone but since it was across the field the quality is poor with lots of general noise, but I can email it to you if you are interested and if you put in some ear buds you may be able to pick up the sound half-decently.
I realize posting a 'heard-only' sighting is kind of sketchy but if anyone is in the area in the next while I would hate for you not to know about this bird in the area.
North Bend, Fraser Valley, CA-BC
Jul 23, 2014 7:05 AM - 10:53 AM
Protocol: Traveling
9.5 kilometer(s)
44 species
Bald Eagle 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 16
Black Swift 7
Vaux's Swift 1
Rufous Hummingbird 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
Willow Flycatcher 1
Western Kingbird 7 Mainly near first field once across the tracks. Photographed
Eastern Kingbird 2
Cassin's Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Steller's Jay 5
American Crow 2
Common Raven 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
Veery 1
American Robin 12
Varied Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 7
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2 Seperate locations. Photographed
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Gray Warbler 3
Spotted Towhee 16
Chipping Sparrow 25 Scattered throughout the area. Many young birds.
Savannah Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Western Tanager 4
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 21
American Goldfinch 2
Evening Grosbeak 6
View this checklist online at ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19199041
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Red-eyed Vireo were numerous
Distant picture of a Gray Catbird
American Redstart
Western Kingbird
