Backyard Birds - Manning

Quite possibly the last Manning update before we move again.

Red-Breasted Sapsucker in his favorite tree.

Crazy downpours.

Check. 

Me.

Out.
A little ham of a White-Crowned Sparrow, loving every minute of getting his picture taken! :)

Cute American Goldfinch couple.

Northern Harrier - probably attacked by crows.  There's a lot of squabbles between the crows and raptors. 

Red-Tailed Hawk

Backyard Birds Misc...

Since last week I've only seen two new species at my "inside-out log cabin" in the country:

• Yellow Warblers - males
• Western Tanagers - male and female

BUT... I've still got all the regular visitors... ;D

Sittin' pretty...

Pine Siskin

White-Crowned Sparrow

Pine Siskin 

Purple Finch

Purple Finch

Eurasian Collared Dove

Female Evening Grosbeak

Male Evening Grosbeak.  To right, Female Black-Headed Grosbeak.

Western Tanager - male

A-flutterin', flappin' and a-flyin'...
 

Purple Finch - male

Black-Headed Grosbeak - male

Evening Grosbeak - male

Black-Headed Grosbeak and Pine Siskins

Black-Headed Grosbeak - female

American Goldfinch - male

Pine Siskins

Eurasian Collared Dove

Black-Headed Grosbeak - male

This list goes on...

I can't help but to post again about the birds I've been seeing at my new place in Manning.  Just as I was thinking I've seen all that I'll see there, more new things show up!

• Brown Creeper
• American Kestrel
• American Crows
• Anna's Hummingbird - female
• Evening Grosbeaks* - male and female
• Red-Breasted Nuthatch
• Turkey Vultures - 10 overhead! The most I've ever seen at once.
• Great Blue Heron
• Eurasian Collared Doves - I don't know how plausible that is, but I'm pretty sure of it, and I think we see them more often than we realize and quickly categorize them as Mourning Doves and move on.  I know Doves aren't the most interesting bird to study, but it's something to think about next time you're birding. :)
• Purple Finches
• American Goldfinches
• Owl pellets - last sunday afternoon
• Great Horned Owl! - Sunday night
• Black-Headed Grosbeak - male + several male and female Evening Grosbeaks
• Mallards - pair flying by
• Chipping Sparrow

*Lifer! First lifer at my new residence. 

Lots of Golden-Crowned Sparrows in the yard and at the feeder.  When I saw the Chipping Sparrow yesterday, it was surrounded by  G.C. Sparrows and looked so tiny in comparison. 

American Goldfinch.  I think they're so funny looking when their black cap is more of a mask.  Hee hee <3

American Goldfinch.  I think they're so funny looking when their black cap is more of a mask.  Hee hee <3

American Kestrel 

Evening Grosbeaks - female and male

Yikes!  Here we have a Mourning Dove's egg (or possibly Eurasian Collared Dove) that I believe was the victim of a brutal murder.  (By the way, this happened right before I found out about Eurasian Collared Doves, and they have now fled the area.)

European Starling AKA the murderers.  The doves and starlings were fighting over a tree, and, sadly the starlings won.

On a lighter note, Yay, an American Robin!

Worst picture ever... supposed to be a male Purple Finch... all crappy, like an attempt to prove Bigfoot exists.... ha!

Worst picture ever... supposed to be a male Purple Finch... all crappy, like an attempt to prove Bigfoot exists.... ha!

Owl pellet, possibly from a Great Horned Owl.  See the yellow buck teeth of a mouse?

Evening Grosbeaks came back.

Male Black-Headed Grosbeak

Robin's egg (not murdered by starlings) 

More birds at my new house

The list of birds continues to grow and astound!  Heehee...

It's funny because we see the less common versions of common birds here.... for example;

Instead of seeing Black-Capped Chickadees all the time, it's Chestnut-Backed Chickadees.  We see White and Golden-Crowned Sparrows instead of House or Song Sparrows, Purple instead of House Finches.  You're more likely to see a Steller's Jay than a Western Scrub-Jays, and Varied Thrush and Spotted Towhee as often as Robins, and so on.  It's pretty cool! :)

• Turkey Vulture
• California Quail - right in the front yard, through the window!  
• Purple Finches - females
• Pine Siskins
• Red-Winged Blackbirds - at first just the female, but finally, this morning one male.
• American Goldfinch
• Golden-Crowned Sparrows
• Common Ravens
• Hairy Woodpecker

Steller's Jays

American Goldfinch and Pine Siskin

Fanno Creek / Knoll Wetlands

• Mallards
• Anna's Hummingbird
• Song Sparrows
• Northern Shoveler - female
• Black-Capped Chickadees
• Western Scrub-Jay
• American Goldfinch
• American Crows
• Cooper's Hawk
• European Starling
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
• Northern Flickers
• Spotted Towhee
• Red-Winged Blackbirds - males and females
• Canada Geese
• Green-Winged Teals
• American Wigeons
• Killdeers
• Gadwalls
• Bewick's Wren

Cooper's Hawk

Killdeer

Red-Winged Blackbird - female
(pretty sure... we had a hell of a time with it.  I think it was reddish from the setting sun.  So weird.)

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

Christmas Bird Count with the Audubon Society of Portland.

• American Crow
• Downy Woodpecker
• Canada Geese
• Mallards - male and female
• Northern Pintails
• Red-Winged Blackbird
• Cackling Geese
• Ring-Necked Ducks
• American Wigeons
• Golden-Crowned Kinglets
• Anna's Hummingbirds
• White-Breasted Nuthatch - call
• Black-Capped Chickadee
• House Finch 
• Oregon Junco - call
• Song Sparrows
• Great Blue Heron
• Cooper's Hawk
• Bufflehead - female
• Wood Ducks - male and female
• Northern Shovelers
• Gadwall
• Green-Winged Teal
• Brown Creeper
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Varied Thrush
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Northern Flicker
• Common Merganser
• Double-Crested Cormorant
• Belted Kingfisher
• Lesser Goldfinch
• American Goldfinch

Downy Woodpecker

frosty spiderwebs