Newport

Not a birding trip per say, but I was on the constant lookout.


6.16.11

• Western Gulls
• Barn Swallows
• Great Blue Heron
• Rock Dove
• White-Crowned Sparrow
• Brant
• Swainson's Thrush - call
• American Kestrel
• Surf Scoters* - male and female

6.17.11

• Osprey - hoovering and diving
• Great Blue Heron
• Common Murre
• Paligic Cormorants
• Brandt's Cormorant*  (Clearly identifying itself with it's bright blue gular patch glimmering in the sun)
• Song Sparrow
• White-Crowned Sparrow (perched on a fence next to me without me noticing it and startled me when it sang loudly so close to me)
• Western Gull and juvenile
• Barn Swallows
• Turkey Vultures (close enough to see their red heads)
• House Sparrows - male and female

6.18.11

• Barn Swallows
• Tree Swallows
• Yellow Warbler* - male
• Surf Scoter
• Black Scoter* 

6.19.11

• Gull - chick
• Common Murre
• Black Oystercatcher
• Western Gulls
• Glaucous-Winged Gull*
• Paligic Cormorant
• Brandt's Cormorant
• Song Sparrow
• White-Crowned Sparrow
• Turkey Vulture

*Lifer

Low tide at Cobble Beach

Yaquina Lighthouse - lots of huge rocks here, filled with Common Murre, Gulls, and various Cormorant.

Sometimes there's even Harbor Seals!