May 6–12, 2018

Company Lake; Troutdale, Oregon; May 6, 2018

New Birds:
House Wren
Spotted Sandpiper
Bullock’s Oriole
Brown-headed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbirds; Company Lake; Troutdale, Oregon; May 6, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

House Wren; Company Lake; Troutdale, Oregon; May 6, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Killdeer; Company Lake; Troutdale, Oregon; May 6, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Jackson-Frazier Wetlands; Corvallis, Oregon; May 7, 2018

New Birds:
Virginia Rail

William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge; Benton County, Oregon; May 12, 2018

New Birds:
Band-tailed Pigeon
Western Wood-Pewee
Cliff Swallow
Swainson’s Thrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
Western Tanager

Savannah Sparrow: William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge; Benton County, Oregon; May 12, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt

New Birds for 2018: 11
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 167

 

May 5, 2018

Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018

Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Northern Flicker (female); Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Orange-crowned Warbler; Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Orange-crowned Warbler, with the not-so-often-seen orange crown; Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

 

Bald Eagle; Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Wood Thrush (me); Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Clint Burfitt.

A shy Bushtit; Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Phyciodes mylitta; Skinner Butte; Eugene, Oregon; May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

Savannah Sparrow; canola field north of Corvallis, May 5, 2018; photograph by Linda Burfitt.

New Birds for 2018: 1
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 156