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05/11/2015
04/29/2015
Turkey Vultures Riding the Thermals over our House
Flying is magic. If it weren't for their diet, I'd rather be reincarnated as a turkey vulture than a humming bird.
03/21/2015
Oriole Nest Hanging Over the Rogue
Yesterday/ko
02/22/2015
Diner and Dinner
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01/26/2015
01/08/2015
12/05/2014
Ruby-crowned kinglet
I love this little guy. He had fluffed his scary red crown moments earlier and you can see that he has a red feather still out of place if you look closely. -EO
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Chestnut-backed chickadee
I have caught glimpses of these among the black-capped chickadees that we mostly see -- but finally got a (not great) photo to confirm. Hoping for better photographic luck next time! --EO
11/18/2014
Fellow travelers
The robins are bringing all sorts of fellow travelers. This morning, it was droves of cedar waxwings -- and then flickers and varied thrushes also showed up. Everybody wants to party with the cool kids! -EO
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Birds on this Blog
- Chestnut-backed chickadee
- Western grebe
- Oak titmouse
- Green Heron (juvenile)
- Western kingbird
- Brewer's blackbird
- Red-winged blackbird
- California gnatcatcher
- Hutton's vireo
- Cliff Swallows
- Northern rough-winged swallow
- Cassin's vireo
- Yellow-rumped warbler
- Eurasian collared dove
- Violet-green Swallows
- Red-shouldered hawk
- Purple Finch, female
- Cooper's hawk
- Western bluebird
- American Coot
- Golden-crowned kinglet
- Varied thrush
- Hermit thrush
- White-tailed kite
- European Starling
- Bushtit
- Fox sparrow
- Winter wren
- Ruby-crowned kinglet
- Black phoebe
- Bald Eagles
- American wigeon
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Osprey
- Townsend's Warbler
- Yellow warbler
- Song Sparrow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Raven
- Mallard
- California Quail
- Acorn woodpecker
- Red-tailed hawk
- Common Merganser
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Great Egret
- Cedar waxwing
- Great blue heron
- Canada goose
- Black-Throated Gray Warbler
- Bullock's oriole
- Brown creeper
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Chipping sparrow
- Yellow-breasted chat
- Western tanager
- Evening Grosbeak Male
- American goldfinch
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- American Crow
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Lazuli bunting
- Black-headed grosbeak
- Turkey vulture
- White-crowned sparrow
- Orange-crowned warbler
- California Towhee
- Golden-Crowned Sparrow
- Pine siskin
- Red-breasted nuthatch
- American robin
- Mourning dove
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker, male
- Steller's Jay
- Spotted Towhee
- Black-capped chickadee
- Downy Woodpecker, female
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Wild Turkey
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Tree Swallow
Coastal Birds (So Oregon & No Cal
- Western Grebe
- Common Murre
- Pelagic Cormorant
- Brandt's Cormorant
- Common Tern
- Peregrin FalconYaquina Head Outstanding Nature Area
- Black Oystercatcher
- Pigeon Guillemot
- Western Gull
- Herring Gul
- Thayer's Gull
- Brown Pelican
- California Gulls
