Thursday, February 2, 2012

Whitaker Ponds Nature Park

Once again, one birding trip in a day is not enough, especially if one of us gets a lifer in the first one.  Gotta keep that momentum going! 


  • American Crows
  • Bald Eagle
  • Oregon Juncos
  • Great Egrets 
  • Canada Geese
  • Song Sparrows
  • Belted Kingfisher - female
  • European Starlings
  • American Wigeons
  • Mallards
  • Ring-Necked Ducks - males and females
  • Green-Winged Teals - male and female
  • Eurasian Wigeon* - male
  • Great Blue Herons
  • Gadwalls - males and females
  • Hooded Mergansers - male and female
  • Downy Woodpeckers - male and female
  • American Robins
  • Black-Capped Chickadees
  • Anna's Hummingbirds - call
  • Western Scrub-Jay
  • House Finches
  • Pine Siskins
  • Yellow-Rumped Warblers
  • Red-Tailed Hawk
  • Cinnamon Teals - male and female
  • Double-Crested Cormorant
*Lifer!

Great Egret
Never seen at Whitaker Pounds by either of us, and we saw four!

Sharpening it's beak.

Quick, let's get outta here!

Bald Eagle and Great Egret in passing.

It was a strange day at the pond.

Downy Woodpecker - male

Pine Siskin

House Finch pair

Downy Woodpecker - female

American Robin











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