Sauvie's Island

• White-Breasted Nuthatch*
• Barn Swallows
• Tree Swallows
• Ospreys
• European Starlings
• Western Scrub-Jay
• American Goldfinch
• Anna's Hummingbirds
• Oregon Junco
• House Finch

*Lifer

Sauvie's Island

• Red-Winged Blackbirds
• Tree Swallows
• Barn Swallows
• Cliff Swallows
• American Goldfinches
• Turkey Vultures 
• Western Scrub-Jay
• House Sparrows
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Osprey
• Song Sparrows
• Brown-Headed Cowbird
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Cedar Waxwing
• American Robin
• White-Crowned Sparrow
• American Coot
• Pied-Billed Grebe*
• Northern Flicker
• Lesser Scaup
• Mallards
• Albino Finch?* (It was the weirdest thing, it looked finch-like or even sparrow, but almost completely white.  During our debrief we considered the possibility of it being a McKay's or Snow Bunting, but quickly dismissed that because their not around here, especially in the summer months.  Later we would reconsider this.  Also, months later a report to OBOL said someone else saw this bird in the same place.)

Young Barn Swallows

*Lifer

Scappoose Field

Just a place near my parent's house I use to go to while I was growing up.  A quiet stroll through the woods and up to the field.

• House Finch
• Spotted Towhee
• American Robin
• Wilson's Warbler*
• Barn Swallows
• Black-Capped Chickadees
• Hermit Warbler*
• Black-Headed Grosbeaks - male and female
• Oregon Junco
• Bewick's Wren

*Lifer

Black-Headed Grosbeak - female
OK, I admit this was after I got back from the field, but their house boarders the woods :)

A sad, but noble attempt to capture the Hermit Warbler.

Even if I didn't see any birds, the field has much to offer.

Beaverton Creek Nature Trail

Another stroll through Beaverton Creek.  Nothing ground breaking, but I like to keep track of what I see each visit.

6.21.11

• Cedar Waxwing
• Mallards
• Red-Winged Blackbirds - male and female
• American Robin
• Barn Swallows
• Tree Swallows
• Mourning Doves
• White-Crowned Sparrow
• Bushtits

6.22.11

• Mallards
• Wood Duck
• Killdeer

Sauvie's Island

Just a short, impromptu drive around the island.

• Barn Swallows
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• American Goldfinches 
• Osprey
• Great Blue Heron
• Tree Swallows
• Bald Eagle

Cannon Beach

An awesome trip to the beach just to do some birding.  The first of what would turn into several beach birding trips.

• Brown Pelicans*
• Pelagic Cormorants*
• Red-Breasted Merganser* - female
• Harlequin Ducks* - male and female
• Tufted Puffins* (high atop Haystack Rock, only visible through the scope, saw 3)
• Mallards
• Common Murre* (by the hundreds)
• Western Gulls
• Common Tern*
• Barn Swallows
• Killdeer*
• Northern Flicker
• American Goldfinch
• House Sparrows - male and female
• Black Oystercatchers*
• Common Raven* (Surprisingly impressive!)
• American Crows

* Lifer

Haystack Rock

Beaverton Creek Nature Trail

5.15.11

• Mallards - males, females and ducklings
• Canada Geese - and goslings
• Red-Winged Blackbirds - males and females
• Western Scrub-Jay
• Violet-Green Swallows*
• American Robin
• Chipping Sparrow*

5.16.11

• American Goldfinch
• Barn Swallows
• Tree Swallows

*Lifer

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