Multnomah Channel - Scappoose Dike

The first two were with my mom, also a novice at the time.


On 3.19.11 we saw:

• Double-Crested Cormorants* including juveniles
• Bald Eagle

On 4.2.11 we saw:

• Double-Crested Cormorants
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Osprey* - juvenile

On 4.24.11 with my cousin in attendance, and me with a developing eye to spot birds, we saw:

• Osprey - hoovering and their nest
• Double-Crested Cormorants
• Bald Eagle
• Great Blue Heron - rookery
• Norther Flicker* - male
• Common Yellowthroat - male
• Rufous Hummingbird
• American Robin
• American Kestrel*
• Barn Swallow*
• Song Sparrow
• Red-Winged Blackbird
• Turkey Vulture*
• Mallard - male
• Vaux's Swift*

*Lifer

Double-Crested Cormorant

Double-Crested Cormorant - drying wings

Turkey Vulture

Misc. things of interest 

Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve

Another very influential trip.  This time it was just my cousin and I, so I was really able to pay attention and listen.  I learned a lot that day.

• Rufous Hummingbird*
• White-Crowned Sparrow*
• Golden-Crowned Sparrow*
• Black-Capped Chickadee
• Red-Winged Blackbird* - male and female
• Ring-Necked Duck
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Bufflehead - male and female
• House Finch
• American Coot
• Canada Geese
• Common Yellowthroat* - male (what a delight that was to see such an exotic looking, beautiful bird!)
• American Robin - male and female
• Tree Swallows* (there were so many swooping all around us, almost grazing my head at one point.)
• European Starlings* (I learned what a terror these guys are, but couldn't help but to be amused at their weird squishing sounds.)
• Wilson's Snipe*
• Northern Pintail*
• Marsh Wren*
• Great Blue Heron
• Double-Crested Cormorant

*Lifer 

Marsh Wren nest