Birds, Birds, Everywhere...: Western Bluebird

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Fern Ridge / Meadowlark Prairie / Finley Refuge

An awesome trip through and through, although the weather couldn't have been more bi-polar. I always imagine Spring birding to be this very wonderful, picture-esq event. In reality, Winter birding is much more tolerable. We experienced frigid temperatures, down pours, sunshine, hail, strange dark/bright skies; all at once at times. We even saw a fair share of "sucker holes", this is what my cousin calls it when the sky looks stormy and there is one chunk of clear, sunny skies, trying to trick you into thinking nice weather is coming. Not the case at all. Despite the weather, the birding was quite excellent.

Furn Ridge