One of the most productive birding spots for me in
Salemtowne is turning out to be a pond on the ninth hole of the golf
course. I’ve gotten some nice shots of a
Great Blue Heron there, have seen a King Fisher several times, and I can always
see some Mallards. In fact, a small
Green-winged Teal is currently hanging out with the Mallards. This small pond
has been formed by damning up Gibson Creek, and recently the maintenance people have
drained the pond for winter I presume. The shallow water level has produced some good wading area which has attracted three to four Greater Yellowlegs. These are interesting birds, and from what I
have read for the most part they are not residents, but migrants passing
through Oregon in the spring for breeding grounds in Canada and Alaska, and
passing back in the fall to winter in California and Mexico. It will be
interesting to see how long these birds hang around.
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