Minto-Brown Island Park, Salem, Oregon
New species: Purple Finch (finally … good hell)
Thank you, Lindsay!
New Birds for 2018: 1
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 235
Day October 2, 2018
September 23, 2018 (afternoon)
Fern Ridge Wildlife Management Area, Lane County, Oregon
This was a follow-up visit from the day before, an attempt to find the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, with great success.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper; Fern Ridge Wildlife Management Area; Lane County, Oregon; September 23, 2018.
Pectoral Sandpipers; Fern Ridge Wildlife Management Area; Lane County, Oregon; September 23, 2018.
New Birds for 2018: 1
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 234
September 23, 2018
Oregon Shorebird Festival
As part of the Oregon Shorebird Festival, Clint and I signed up for a group fieldtrip to a few locations. New birds noted below per location.
Bandon South Jetty Park and Coquille River, South Jetty, Coos County, Bandon, Oregon
Black Turnstone
Wandering Tattler
Least Sandpiper
Black Oystercatcher and Black Turnstones; Bandon South Jetty Park and Coquille River; September 23, 2018.
Wandering Tattler; Bandon South Jetty Park and Coquille River; September 23, 2018.
Bandon South Jetty Park and Coquille River; September 23, 2018.
Bandon South Jetty Park and Coquille River; September 23, 2018.
A Herring Gull (I think) overlooks a sea of Least Sandpipers; Bandon South Jetty Park and Coquille River; September 23, 2018.
Bandon March National Wildlife Refuge, Coos County, Oregon
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit; Bandon March National Wildlife Refuge, Coos County, Oregon; September 23, 2018.
Bandon State Park, China Beach, Coos County, Oregon
Snowy Plover (no photos)
New Birds for 2018: 5
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 233
September 22, 2018
Fern Ridge Wildlife Management Area, Lane County, Oregon
A quick stop here on the way to the Oregon Shorebird Festival yielded two new species:
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
New Birds for 2018: 2
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 228
September 16, 2018
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Corvallis, Oregon
Today I had a blind birding date with my new friend Lindsay! We met up at Finley to try to find the Stilt Sandpiper. We found the stilt (species #224) and I also got two more new species: Least Sandpiper, Red-Shouldered Hawk.
Full ebird list here: https://ebird.org/pnw/view/checklist/S48715376
No photographs worth posting 😦 It was so cloudy and dark out.
New Birds for 2018: 3
2018 Year-to-Date Talley: 226
September 15, 2018
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge, Salem, Oregon
Under the influence of the real Sudafed (me, not Clint), we headed to bird Ankeny’s Pintail Marsh. I didn’t last too long because of my cold, but it was nice to get out.
After we put away the scope and were ready to head out, a bright lime-green bird flew in. We busted out the scope anew, and found a poor budgie perched on a log in the marsh. I’m not sure how long this little guys will last out there.
We saw lots of Long-billed Dowitchers, Greater Yellowlegs, and Pied-billed Grebes. Full list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48529561
Photos are not great. My camera performs very poorly in low light.
Female Pintail; September 15, 2018; Pintail Marsh; Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge; photograph by Linda Burfitt.
Budgie (parakeet) and Brewer’s Blackbird; September 15, 2018; Pintail Marsh; Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge; photograph by Linda Burfitt.
No new species.
Sauntering Birder 