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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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Cedar waxwings
I have never seen these at the house. This morning, as a bitter frost began to lift, they arrived in droves, along with the robins. -EO
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Turkeys
In the winter, they flock. I'll see a dozen -- or even 40 -- right outside. They scrabble in the French drain rocks, crap on the sidewalk, roost on the roof, and generally commit mayhem. The men also like to puff themselves out and be self-impressed. Caught these through the kitchen window over the weekend. -EO
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
