[Tweeters] 2 Clark County Code 5 birds at Migration Corner!

[Jim Danzenbaker]

Hi Tweeters,

I ventured up to Migration Corner (extreme east edge of Clark County) this
morning not expecting much as the northeast wind of the last two days
subsided overnight.  The northeast/east wind is the mechanism that allows
for the funneling of birds through this area with sometimes incredible
results.

The first shocker was in the form of two orange eyes that were on the road
when I was about a third of a mile west of Migration Corner - a COMMON
POORWILL!  It disappeared quickly but then I saw it flying to reveal
the short round wings that lacked any white and just a bit of white on the
tail of this obvious *Caprimulgid*.  That was thrilling!  This was only my
second sighting in Clark County and I believe there are less than 5 records
overall.

As I had anticipated, Migration Corner was quite slow compared to the two
previous mornings (reference Cindy McCormack's report from yesterday).
After a while, I sat in my chair and hoped that something would happen.  It
did but not what I was anticipating.  I saw a woodpecker fly in and I
thought that it looked a bit small for a flicker.  I managed to see it in
the scope and noted the barring above and below and the white rump.  Whoa -
it's a WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER!  Before I could set up my phone for
digiscoping, it flew off but landed in a large hemlock nearby.  I scanned
the tree up and down almost in a panic that I wouldn't be able to
document it.  Several minutes later, it emerged onto a horizontal branch
and in the open so I was able to get a few photos.  That was a total rush!
It only stayed for about 7-8 minutes and then flew out of the tree and
continued on, its stay all too brief probably because of the two
Sharp-shinned Hawks that had been cruising around all morning.  This was a
new county bird for me!

Amazing how things change from one day to the next.  Location information
in the ebird reports.

Today's list:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S150043142
Yesterday's list from Cindy: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S149969184
Thursday's list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S149875097

Keep your eyes and ears skyward!

Jim
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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-702-9395
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
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