Cooper Mountain

5.31.12
We specifically went back to Cooper Mountain, (where the Black-Throated Gray Warblers had been seen about a month ago) on the 31st of May, because that is the last day of Spring, according to my metro area bird check list.  So, I wanted to get more Spring birds checked off the list before Summer started.  Well, I think we were too late for the warblers, but we saw some good stuff, and Komito even got a lifer.

• Anna's Hummingbirds
• White-Crowned Sparrows
• American Crows
• Cedar Waxwings
• Band-Tailed Pigeons
• House Finch
• Spotted Towhees
• Tree Swallows
• Northern Flicker
• Western Scrub-Jay
• Western Bluebirds
• Black-Capped Chickadee 
• Oregon Juncos
• Lazuli Bunting - male - it's so funny how you'll never see a bird, but the moment after it becomes a lifer, you see it all the time!
• American Robin
• Orange-Crowned Warbler
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Purple Finches
• Savannah Sparrows
• Barn Swallows
• American Goldfinches
• Lesser "Green-Backed" Goldfinches

Western Bluebirds - female and male

Female Western Bluebird

Hanging out near the bluebirds, Lazuli Bunting - male.

Crazy-eyed White-Crowned Sparrow

Lesser "Green-Backed" Goldfinch and House Finch

The Goal: 60 Species in 2 Days

Day one
Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge 
5.18.12
My cousin and I

• Killdeer(s)
• Great Blue Heron
• Barn Swallows
• Canada Geese + goslings 
• White-Crowned Sparrow
• Belted Kingfisher - male
• Northern Flicker
• Red-Winged Blackbirds
• Mallards
• Bald Eagles
• Gadwalls - males
• Violet-Green Swallows
• American Crows
• Brewer's Blackbird - male
• Vaux's Swifts
• Song Sparrows
• Common Yellowthroat
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Bank Swallows
• Cedar Waxwings
• Western Scrub-Jay
• Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
• Brown-Headed Cowbird - male
• Tree Swallow
• American Goldfinches
• Ringed-Necked Ducks - males
• American Coot
• Cliff Swallow
• Savannah Sparrows
• Purple Finches
• Orange-Crowned Warbler
• Western Wood-Peewee*
• Red-Breasted Sapsuckers
• Black-Headed Grosbeaks
• European Starlings
• Bushtit
• Lazuli Buntings* - both sexes!
• Spotted Towhee
• American Kestrel

*Lifers!!

We certainly mopped the floor at TRWR, it was awesome!

Then, later that day, at my house and randomly:

• House Sparrows
• Rock Doves
• Pine Siskins
• Turkey Vultures
• Yellow Warbler
• Black-Capped Chickadee
• Oregon Juncos
• Mourning Dove
• Rufous Hummingbird - female
• Steller's Jay

The total species for the day:

50!

The always GREAT Blue Heron

Bald Eagles making quite the raucous. 

Red-Breasted Sapsucker flailing about comically. 

Lazuli Bunting - male

Lazuli Bunting - female