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Date: 2/18/25 10:07 am From: Jesse Pline <jessepline...> Subject: Re: Red Slough Bird Survey - Feb. 17
Hi Dave, Interesting find for sure! That Red-shouldered is definitely an oiled/contaminated bird instead of if a melanistic one though, sadly (sadly for more reasons than one). This photo especially (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma/image/175249761__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_8L2tweUE2r55Ec73rNTKFvpFb78vc3pgKTsdKY2wU6hrf-UJ5VqKOxdpAhI1FvQOgVjKnZ2t0Jl7jcICVN-nw$ [pbase[.]com]) shows a lot of features that look like oiling - feathers that start 'normal' at the base and then become darker along the length, where melanistic feathers should be uniform and subsequently distinct borders where the bird turns dark, plus the very stringy, greasy look to the feathers. I've seen contaminated birds far too often as patients. ~Jesse Pline, CWR Eugene, OR On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 7:59 PM <arbour...> <arbour...> wrote: > It was mostly clear, cold, and windy on the bird survey today. 56 species > were found. Most notable find today was an apparent melanistic > Red-shouldered Hawk which allowed me to get fairly close pics. Here is my > list for today: > > > > Greater White-fronted Geese - 84 > > Snow Goose - 1 > > Canada Geese - 2 > > Wood Duck - 2 > > Gadwall - 70 > > Mallard - 95 > > Northern Shoveler - 74 > > Northern Pintail - 153 > > Green-winged Teal - 45 > > Canvasback - 3 > > Ring-necked Duck - 285 > > Hooded Merganser - 7 > > Ruddy Duck - 5 > > Pied-billed Grebe – 15 > > Neotropic Cormorant - 1 (basic adult) > > Double-crested Cormorant - 3 > > Great-blue Heron - 15 > > Black Vulture - 20 > > Turkey Vulture – 34 > > Bald Eagle - 1 imm. > > Northern Harrier - 3 > > Red-shouldered Hawk - 7 > > Red-tailed Hawk - 4 > > Merlin - 1 > > American Coot – 595 > > Killdeer - 18 > > Mourning Dove - 1 > > Belted Kingfisher - 1 > > Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 > > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 > > Downy Woodpecker - 3 > > Hairy Woodpecker - 2 > > Northern Flicker - 1 > > Eastern Phoebe - 11 > > Loggerhead Shrike - 1 > > Blue Jay - 2 > > American Crow – 7 > > Tufted Titmouse - 1 > > Carolina Wren - 3 > > Winter Wren - 1 > > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 > > Eastern Bluebird - 3 > > Northern Mockingbird - 1 > > Cedar Waxwing - 15 > > Orange-crowned Warbler - 2 > > Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 > > Savannah Sparrow - 12 > > Song Sparrow - 11 > > Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 > > Swamp Sparrow - 3 > > White-throated Sparrow - 18 > > Dark-eyed Junco - 16 > > Northern Cardinal – 10 > > Red-winged Blackbird – 24 > > Eastern Meadowlark - 6 > > Purple Finch - 1 > > > > Herps: > > > Red-eared Slider > > Cajun Chorus Frog (calling) > > > > Good birding! > > > > David Arbour > > De Queen, AR > > > > > > Check out the Red Slough Photo Gallery: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_8L2tweUE2r55Ec73rNTKFvpFb78vc3pgKTsdKY2wU6hrf-UJ5VqKOxdpAhI1FvQOgVjKnZ2t0Jl7jdeoHI8sg$ [pbase[.]com] > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pbase.com/red_slough_wma__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!4HKwi2YeB-Pd9Q4NUQBCcEyCC8h1XtGQIzn3WB4ywUVEDEUIgkAs4_qraE5KRK5rxy9aVJdvxzACU1dN48TK-w$> > > > > Birders Guide to the Red Slough WMA: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ouachita/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1043423__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!_8L2tweUE2r55Ec73rNTKFvpFb78vc3pgKTsdKY2wU6hrf-UJ5VqKOxdpAhI1FvQOgVjKnZ2t0Jl7jfEEhLdOA$ [fs[.]usda[.]gov] > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ouachita/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=fseprd1043423__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!4HKwi2YeB-Pd9Q4NUQBCcEyCC8h1XtGQIzn3WB4ywUVEDEUIgkAs4_qraE5KRK5rxy9aVJdvxzACU1dAbLNq0Q$> > >

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