Date: 1/30/26 5:26 pm From: Ken Chamberlain <kjchamberlain74...> Subject: [RV Birds] Fwd: [obol] Call for Listing Results for 2025
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> Date: January 30, 2026 at 4:42:55 PM PST
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> Birders,
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> I will once again be compiling Listing Results for Oregon birders as of Dec 31, 2025. I’m getting a late start on this effort due to a family illness. Therefore, the window for submissions will run until March 1, 2026.
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> The categories remain the same as last year. You may submit life or year lists for the state, individual counties, various local areas, and your yard. Life list may be reported for eastern and western Oregon, birds photographed and birds audio recorded. Numbers submitted must comply with the ABA listing rules.
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> If you have reached a particular milestone, please put that in the comments at the end.
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> You may report by any one of three methods:
> Submit online at the OBA website: https://oregonbirding.org/listing/ > Fill out the attached form and return it to me by email: <paultsullivan76...> <mailto:<paultsullivan76...> > Print the attached form and return it to me by snail mail. Paul T. Sullivan, 1014 SE Rummel St, McMinnville, OR 97128
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> Thank you,
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> Paul T. Sullivan
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> Oregon Listing Results Form for 2025
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> Listing results will be compiled by Paul Sullivan for publication on the OBA website. A summary will appear in the spring issue of Oregon Birds.
> The deadline for submission of data is March 1, 2026.
> Use the form below to submit your lists as of December 31, 2025.
> Lists should conform to the ABA Listing Rules.
>
> The thresholds for publication are as follows:
>
> Oregon State Life List: 200 or more
> Oregon State Year List: 200 or more
> Life List for 18 Western Oregon Counties 200 or more
> Life List for 18 Eastern Oregon Counties 200 or more
> Oregon Motorless Life List: 100 or more
> Oregon Motorless Year List: 100 or more
> Birds Photographed in Oregon Life List: 100 or more
> Birds Recorded (Audio) in Oregon Life List: 50 or more
> Any County Life List: 100 or more
> Total County Life ticks (sum of 36 county life lists): 2000 or more
> Any County Year List: 100 or more
> Total County Year ticks (sum of 36 county year lists): 500 or more
>
> Local Circle Life List: 100 or more
> Local Circle Year List: 100 or more
> 5MR Circle Life List: 100 or more
> 5MR Circle Year List: 100 or more
> Your Favorite Refuge: 100 or more
> Your Favorite Spot: 100 or more
> Your Yard List: No limit
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> Your name *________________________________________
> Your email *________________________________________
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> Oregon State listing
> ______ Life List as of Dec 31, 2025 [threshold: 200]
> ______ Year List for 2025 [threshold: 200]
>
> ______ Life List for 18 Western Oregon Counties as of Dec 31, 2025 [threshold: 200]
> ______ Life List for 18 Eastern Oregon Counties as of Dec 31, 2025 [threshold: 200]
>
> Oregon Motorless Birding List
> ______ your Oregon motorless life list [threshold: 100]
> ______ your Oregon motorless 2025 list [threshold: 100]
>
> Birds Photographed in Oregon
> ______ Life List [threshold: 100]
> Birds Recorded (Audio) in Oregon
> ______ Life List [threshold: 50]
>
> 2. Oregon Counties listing
>
> Life Lists as of Dec 31, 2025 [threshold: 100]
>
> ______ Baker Life List
> ______ Benton Life List
> ______ Clackamas Life List
> ______ Clatsop Life List
> ______ Columbia Life List
> ______ Coos Life List
> ______ Crook Life List
> ______ Curry Life List
> ______ Deschutes Life List
> ______ Douglas Life List
> ______ Gilliam Life List
> ______ Grant Life List
> ______ Harney Life List
> ______ Hood River Life List
> ______ Jackson Life List
> ______ Jefferson Life List
> ______ Josephine Life List
> ______ Klamath Life List
> ______ Lake Life List
> ______ Lane Life List
> ______ Lincoln Life List
> ______ Linn Life List
> ______ Malheur Life List
> ______ Marion Life List
> ______ Morrow Life List
> ______ Multnomah Life List
> ______ Polk Life List
> ______ Sherman Life List
> ______ Tillamook Life List
> ______ Umatilla Life List
> ______ Union Life List
> ______ Wallowa Life List
> ______ Wasco Life List
> ______ Washington Life List
> ______ Wheeler Life List
> ______ Yamhill Life List
>
> Total County ticks (sum of 36 county life lists)
> _______ life list [threshold 2000]
>
>
> 2025 Year Lists [threshold: 100]
>
> ______ Baker 2025 list
> ______ Benton 2025 list
> ______ Clackamas 2025 list
> ______ Clatsop 2025 list
> ______ Columbia 2025 list
> ______ Coos 2025 list
> ______ Crook 2025 list
> ______ Curry 202 list
> ______ Deschutes 2025 list
> ______ Douglas 2025 list
> ______ Gilliam 2025 list
> ______ Grant 2025 list
> ______ Harney 2025 list
> ______ Hood River 2025 list
> ______ Jackson 2025 list
> ______ Jefferson 2025 list
> ______ Josephine 2025 list
> ______ Klamath 2025 list
> ______ Lake 2025 list
> ______ Lane 2025 list
> ______ Lincoln 2025 list
> ______ Linn 2025 list
> ______ Malheur 2025 list
> ______ Marion 2025 list
> ______ Morrow 2025 list
> ______ Multnomah 2025 list
> ______ Polk 2025 list
> ______ Sherman 2025 list
> ______ Tillamook 2025 list
> ______ Umatilla 2025 list
> ______ Union 2025 list
> ______ Wallowa 2025 list
> ______ Wasco 2025 list
> ______ Washington 2025 list
> ______ Wheeler 2025 list
> ______ Yamhill 2025 list
>
> Total County Year ticks (sum of 36 county 2025 year lists): 500 or more
> _____ 2025 year list
>
> 3. Local areas listing
> Local 15-mile diameter Circle Count
> (describe your circle) ________________________________________
> (Sample descriptions: Clatsop County, from Saddle Mtn. to Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach
> Lane County, Eugene CBC circle)
>
> ______ your circle life list [threshold: 100]
> ______ your circle 2025 list [threshold: 100]
>
> 5MR Circle Count: Local 5-mile radius around a birder’s home
> (describe your circle) ________________________________________
> (Sample descriptions: Clatsop County, from Saddle Mtn. to Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach
> Lane County, Eugene CBC circle)
>
> ______ your circle life list [threshold: 100]
> ______ your circle 2025 list [threshold: 100]
>
>
> Your favorite Wildlife Refuge Life List (name the refuge)
>
> ______ Refuge #1 ______________ [threshold: 100]
> ______ Refuge #2 ______________ [threshold: 100]
>
> Your favorite birding spot Life List (name the spot)
>
> ______ Spot #1 ______________ [threshold: 100]
> ______ Spot #2 ______________ [threshold: 100]
>
> Your yard Life Lists (name nearest city)
>
> ______ Yard list #1 ______________ [No threshold]
> ______ Yard list #2 ______________ [No threshold]
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Date: 1/6/26 7:07 pm From: <anneg......> <annegoff58...> Subject: [RV Birds] January Raptor Run
We ran the run back to back with the CBC so had two full days of birding. Good times! Run was completed by Bob Hunter, Janet Kelly and Anne Goff on January 4.
The Red-tailed Hawks made a comeback after a dismal December. Also, we got to add the Osprey, which is a first for me on a winter run (perhaps other runners got one in the past). A real highlight was once again seeing the beautiful partially leucistic Red-tailed Hawk on Agate Road (between Linn and Mountain View.) This time it was soaring with two other Red-Tails and a Golden Eagle. We also found the reliable Ferruginous Hawk on Ramsey Road, posing prettily on his preferred post. However, we were completely skunked on accipiters and the Burrowing Owl seems to have disappeared from Brophy Road. Perhaps he got rained out as the fields there were super soaked.
Final count: Red-tailed Hawk: 82 American Kestrel: 53 Northern Harrier: 7 Bald Eagle: 2 adults Golden Eagle: 2 Red-shouldered Hawk: 3 Ferruginous Hawk: 1 Merlin: 1 Peregrine Falcon: 1 Osprey: 1
Happy birding.
Anne
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Date: 1/6/26 3:14 pm From: Kent Patrick-Riley <kentpr675...> Subject: Re: [RV Birds] Huge numbers of robins on the Medford CBC, with a request
Ya,Pepper has the physique of Robin Hood, I more like Friar Tuck!
> On Jan 6, 2026, at 3:01 PM, Pepper Trail <pepper.trail...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Kent. So it sounds like the birds you saw were mostly leaving from the trees along the river and heading away from you downriver - not flying overhead, but away to the west or northwest. Is that right? If so, that suggests that the dawn birds we saw passing overhead at Gold Ray were most likely from the same roost as the evening birds. That's great information.
>
> By the way, the spot we parked is a small (but safe) paved pullout on the left just after the Bear Creek bridge (coming from I-5). Very close to your ODFW spot (which is on the right), but perhaps offering a more open view of the sky.
>
> Thanks again,
> Pepper
>
> On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:12:16 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
>> Here is the satellite image as it was too big for the other email.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:10:21 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
>>> I just returned from going to the spot on Bear Creek and Kirtland Road suggested by Pepper. I arrived later than I wanted -- about 7:25 AM - as the traffic was heavy on Kirtland & I had trouble finding the pull-out. I sat in my car for a few minutes looking around and only saw a few robins in the nearby trees and flying low. But when I got out and looked up, I saw a wide river of robins flying "downstream" about 100 feet above and 1/4 mile wide. There were too many robins to count. From 7:30-7:40 it was a continuous robin stream. Then the numbers started to dwindle and the robins began flying higher - around 200-300 feet. Small flocks began landing, resting, and then taking off, some flying within 25 feet. By 8:00 the flight was pretty much over. But while it lasted, it was as impressive as Pepper suggested - definitely worth seeing. Here's some directions to visit the spot where I was - coming north on I-5, take the Blackwell road exit and turn right and follow it for about 1.5 miles as it becomes Kirtland Road. You will pass a big industrial area on the left about 1/8 mile before the bridge over Bear Creek. Just after crossing the bridge, there is a quick turnout on the right -- an access parking point to Denham Wildlife area. I attached a general map and a satellite image to help locate it. I'm unsure if its the same spot as Pepper recommended, but it works.
>>>
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Date: 1/6/26 3:12 pm From: Kent Patrick-Riley <kentpr675...> Subject: [RV Birds] Re: Huge numbers of robins on the Medford CBC, with a request
Some were fairly low (<100 feet) that I could see were taking off from the
trees and gaining altitude. But lots were 150-200+ feet high and looked
like they were coming from far off and "headed for Dodge". And they were
all flying upstream East/Southeast, not downstream to the west. I saw the
spot on the opposite side of the road (its also evident in the photograph)
but at 7:25 am the traffic was heavy both behind me at and towards me I
didn't want to stop to make a left and hold up traffic while waiting for
opposing traffic to clear. I think that your spot, however, would be better
- I was tempted to go down a ways and turn around and come back to it.
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 3:01:15 PM UTC-8 Pepper Trail wrote:
> Thanks, Kent. So it sounds like the birds you saw were mostly leaving
> from the trees along the river and heading away from you downriver - not
> flying overhead, but away to the west or northwest. Is that right? If so,
> that suggests that the dawn birds we saw passing overhead at Gold Ray were
> most likely from the same roost as the evening birds. That's great
> information.
>
> By the way, the spot we parked is a small (but safe) paved pullout on the
> left just after the Bear Creek bridge (coming from I-5). Very close to
> your ODFW spot (which is on the right), but perhaps offering a more open
> view of the sky.
>
> Thanks again,
> Pepper
>
> On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:12:16 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
>
>> Here is the satellite image as it was too big for the other email.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:10:21 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
>>
>>> I just returned from going to the spot on Bear Creek and Kirtland Road
>>> suggested by Pepper. I arrived later than I wanted -- about 7:25 AM - as
>>> the traffic was heavy on Kirtland & I had trouble finding the pull-out. I
>>> sat in my car for a few minutes looking around and only saw a few robins in
>>> the nearby trees and flying low. But when I got out and looked up, I saw a
>>> wide river of robins flying "downstream" about 100 feet above and 1/4 mile
>>> wide. There were too many robins to count. From 7:30-7:40 it was a
>>> continuous robin stream. Then the numbers started to dwindle and the
>>> robins began flying higher - around 200-300 feet. Small flocks began
>>> landing, resting, and then taking off, some flying within 25 feet. By 8:00
>>> the flight was pretty much over. But while it lasted, it was as impressive
>>> as Pepper suggested - definitely worth seeing. Here's some directions to
>>> visit the spot where I was - coming north on I-5, take the Blackwell road
>>> exit and turn right and follow it for about 1.5 miles as it becomes
>>> Kirtland Road. You will pass a big industrial area on the left about 1/8
>>> mile before the bridge over Bear Creek. Just after crossing the bridge,
>>> there is a quick turnout on the right -- an access parking point to Denham
>>> Wildlife area. I attached a general map and a satellite image to help
>>> locate it. I'm unsure if its the same spot as Pepper recommended, but it
>>> works.
>>>
>>>
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Date: 1/6/26 3:01 pm From: Pepper Trail <pepper.trail...> Subject: [RV Birds] Re: Huge numbers of robins on the Medford CBC, with a request
Thanks, Kent. So it sounds like the birds you saw were mostly leaving from
the trees along the river and heading away from you downriver - not flying
overhead, but away to the west or northwest. Is that right? If so, that
suggests that the dawn birds we saw passing overhead at Gold Ray were most
likely from the same roost as the evening birds. That's great information.
By the way, the spot we parked is a small (but safe) paved pullout on the
left just after the Bear Creek bridge (coming from I-5). Very close to
your ODFW spot (which is on the right), but perhaps offering a more open
view of the sky.
Thanks again,
Pepper
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:12:16 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
> Here is the satellite image as it was too big for the other email.
>
> On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:10:21 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
>
>> I just returned from going to the spot on Bear Creek and Kirtland Road
>> suggested by Pepper. I arrived later than I wanted -- about 7:25 AM - as
>> the traffic was heavy on Kirtland & I had trouble finding the pull-out. I
>> sat in my car for a few minutes looking around and only saw a few robins in
>> the nearby trees and flying low. But when I got out and looked up, I saw a
>> wide river of robins flying "downstream" about 100 feet above and 1/4 mile
>> wide. There were too many robins to count. From 7:30-7:40 it was a
>> continuous robin stream. Then the numbers started to dwindle and the
>> robins began flying higher - around 200-300 feet. Small flocks began
>> landing, resting, and then taking off, some flying within 25 feet. By 8:00
>> the flight was pretty much over. But while it lasted, it was as impressive
>> as Pepper suggested - definitely worth seeing. Here's some directions to
>> visit the spot where I was - coming north on I-5, take the Blackwell road
>> exit and turn right and follow it for about 1.5 miles as it becomes
>> Kirtland Road. You will pass a big industrial area on the left about 1/8
>> mile before the bridge over Bear Creek. Just after crossing the bridge,
>> there is a quick turnout on the right -- an access parking point to Denham
>> Wildlife area. I attached a general map and a satellite image to help
>> locate it. I'm unsure if its the same spot as Pepper recommended, but it
>> works.
>>
>>
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Date: 1/6/26 9:12 am From: Kent Patrick-Riley <kentpr675...> Subject: [RV Birds] Re: Huge numbers of robins on the Medford CBC, with a request
Here is the satellite image as it was too big for the other email.
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 9:10:21 AM UTC-8 Kent Patrick-Riley wrote:
> I just returned from going to the spot on Bear Creek and Kirtland Road
> suggested by Pepper. I arrived later than I wanted -- about 7:25 AM - as
> the traffic was heavy on Kirtland & I had trouble finding the pull-out. I
> sat in my car for a few minutes looking around and only saw a few robins in
> the nearby trees and flying low. But when I got out and looked up, I saw a
> wide river of robins flying "downstream" about 100 feet above and 1/4 mile
> wide. There were too many robins to count. From 7:30-7:40 it was a
> continuous robin stream. Then the numbers started to dwindle and the
> robins began flying higher - around 200-300 feet. Small flocks began
> landing, resting, and then taking off, some flying within 25 feet. By 8:00
> the flight was pretty much over. But while it lasted, it was as impressive
> as Pepper suggested - definitely worth seeing. Here's some directions to
> visit the spot where I was - coming north on I-5, take the Blackwell road
> exit and turn right and follow it for about 1.5 miles as it becomes
> Kirtland Road. You will pass a big industrial area on the left about 1/8
> mile before the bridge over Bear Creek. Just after crossing the bridge,
> there is a quick turnout on the right -- an access parking point to Denham
> Wildlife area. I attached a general map and a satellite image to help
> locate it. I'm unsure if its the same spot as Pepper recommended, but it
> works.
>
>
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Date: 1/6/26 9:10 am From: Kent Patrick-Riley <kentpr675...> Subject: [RV Birds] Re: Huge numbers of robins on the Medford CBC, with a request
I just returned from going to the spot on Bear Creek and Kirtland Road suggested by Pepper. I arrived later than I wanted -- about 7:25 AM - as the traffic was heavy on Kirtland & I had trouble finding the pull-out. I sat in my car for a few minutes looking around and only saw a few robins in the nearby trees and flying low. But when I got out and looked up, I saw a wide river of robins flying "downstream" about 100 feet above and 1/4 mile wide. There were too many robins to count. From 7:30-7:40 it was a continuous robin stream. Then the numbers started to dwindle and the robins began flying higher - around 200-300 feet. Small flocks began landing, resting, and then taking off, some flying within 25 feet. By 8:00 the flight was pretty much over. But while it lasted, it was as impressive as Pepper suggested - definitely worth seeing. Here's some directions to visit the spot where I was - coming north on I-5, take the Blackwell road exit and turn right and follow it for about 1.5 miles as it becomes Kirtland Road. You will pass a big industrial area on the left about 1/8 mile before the bridge over Bear Creek. Just after crossing the bridge, there is a quick turnout on the right -- an access parking point to Denham Wildlife area. I attached a general map and a satellite image to help locate it. I'm unsure if its the same spot as Pepper recommended, but it works.
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Date: 1/4/26 9:55 am From: Pepper Trail <pepper.trail...> Subject: [RV Birds] Huge numbers of robins on the Medford CBC, with a request
Terrence Phillipe and I covered Area L on the Medford CBC on Saturday. As always, we began on Gold Ray Road near the river to see the morning fly-out of robins, which has often been dramatic. This year we estimated 15,000 from 7:30 to 8:15.
In the late afternoon, we went to the Kirtland Road crossing over Bear Creek for the evening fly-out. We did our best to keep track from 3:45-5:00 PM. Our best - and conservative - estimate was 65,000. This was based on an estimated 1000-1500/minute from 4:00-4:30, and 500-800/minute for the 3:45-4:00 and 4:30-5:00 periods. It was overwhelming.
There's no way to know how many, if any, of the dawn 15,000 were part of the evening 65,000. The dawn birds were mostly leaving to the northwest; the evening birds were mostly coming in from the southeast, suggesting that at least some of the birds were different.
So here is a request for any Medford birders who like to get up and about early. It would be great to have a morning fly-out count at the Kirtland Road/Bear Creek area, to compare with our Gold Ray dawn fly-out. There is a big safe pull-out just on the Medford side of the Bear Creek bridge on Kirtland Road, which we where we did our count. On Saturday, the robins started to fly out at Gold Ray in good numbers at around 7:30, with some movement beginning around 7:15. The main fly-out at Gold Ray was over by 8:15.
It really is an amazing spectacle, and well worth getting out early. We found the only way to try to tally the numbers was to try to estimate birds passing overhead per 30 seconds, and double that to get the numbers/minute.
If anyone takes this on, please post your results on Rogue Valley Birds. Thanks!
Pepper
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