Sauvie's Island

Yesterday was a two part birding adventure.  Part one was all about enjoying the sun, nature and solitude.  And, in like all outdoor situations, birding.  

• Western Scrub-Jays - shining brilliant blue in the sunlight
• Bald Eagles
• European Starlings
• House Finch
• Song Sparrows
• Red-Tailed Hawks
• Red-Winged Blackbird - call
• Dusky Canada Geese
• Black-Capped Chickadees
• Golden-Crowned Sparrows
• Great Blue Heron
• Double-Crested Cormorant - flying above me, nearly crapping on me!
• American Coots
• Sandhill Cranes
• Northern Harrier
• Snow Geese
• Killdeers
• Oregon Juncos
• Spotted Towhees
• White-Crowned Sparrows - including young ones 
• Fox Sparrow*
• Harris's Sparrow - sneaking into photos

*Lifer!

Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Northern Harrier

Harris's Sparrow to the right... the sneaky bastard

Golden-Crowned Sparrow chowin' down, Harris's Sparrow quickly sneaks a bite - center

apparently there was a bee in the mix.  how my camera caught that, I don't know.  I DO know that had I been trying to get this shot, the bee would be a blob of nothingness.

A nice variety: Golden-Crowned Sparrows, White-Crowned Sparrow and young White-Crowned Sparrow toward center.

White-Crowned Sparrow

Golden-Crowned, flanked by young White-Crowned Sparrows