Showing posts with label Dusky Canada Geese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dusky Canada Geese. Show all posts

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sauvie's Island

One of the best days ever... so sunny and nice out, got the bird I was looking for plus more and it was just a low key, spur of the moment trip with my newest birding buddy, my husband. The instructee has become the instructor!
  • Sandhill Cranes
  • Cackling Geese
  • Golden-Crowned Sparrows
  • Song Sparrows
  • Double-Crested Cormorants
  • Red-Tailed Hawks
  • American Coots
  • Northern Harrier
  • Ruby-Crowned Kinglets
  • White-Crowned Sparrows
  • Harris's Sparrow* - counting it as a lifer now because last time he alluded me, and appeared only in photographs.  Jerk... (And btw.. comparing the two photos,doesn't it look like 2 different birds?  I thought there was just the one Harris's... ?)
  • Spotted Towhees
  • Fox Sparrow
  • American Crows
  • Golden Eagle - juvenile (it was in the exact same spot my mom, cousin and I saw it almost exactly a year ago, on my first birding trip to Sauvie's Island - a ground breaking day in birding for me - check out the post :))
  • Bald Eagle - and juvenile
  • Black-Capped Chickadee
  • Western Scrub-Jays
  • California Quails - at least 8 of them!  The first time I've seen them since I started birding.  The first time I saw them was in New Zealand, of all places to see a California Quail.
  • Great Blue Herons
  • American Robins
  • Northern Shovelers - I was a little excited to see them because I had just mentioned  I hadn't seen them in quite a while.
  • Northern Flicker
  • Belted Kingfisher - male
  • Dusky Canada Geese
  • Canada Geese
  • Greater Yellowlegs*
  • Savannah Sparrows
  • Killdeer(s) - I hate that, is the plural of killdeer killdeer or killdeers?  I would like to indicate when I've seen more than one.
*Lifers!
A flurry of Golden-Crowned Sparrows

Harris's Sparrow - compare it to a week ago. Different bird?

A sweet, brave White-Crowned Sparrow

California Quail

Sandhill Cranes and if you look closely, three Greater Yellowlegs!