Massive flock of mixed Warblers (I counted six species)-I'd guess the hillside (south face where the trail cuts through the oldest burn) held between 500 and 1,000 warblers.Ĭatnip Mountain rises to 7,300 feet in the Great Basin desert just east of Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Nevada. Started at dawn (if you are birding Black Butte, start the hike no later than dawn because the birds are more active early and more importantly the trail tends to get very busy later in the morning) and found all the usual common Butte birds in abundance: Green-tailed Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Townsend's Solitaire, all three nuthatches, Cassin's Finch, Hermit Thrush, Clark's Nutcracker, Hairy Woodpecker, Sooty Grouse, Western Tanager flyover by two Black-backed Woodpeckers, and the most impressive sight was a 9/1/13: Black Butte, Central Oregon.
A number of Gadwall are also present, along with several other duck species.
That same day I found a total of three Green Herons and the ponds are currently loaded with American Wigeon. Talking Waters Gardens, Albany:A Black Phoebe continues to hang out near the little waterfall feature on the north end and it was singing when I lucked into it on Sunday, Nov. Minto-Brown and Salem outskirts: An adult Cooper's Hawk showed up in the middle of the dog park about 10 days ago and within the same week I lucked into sightings of several Sharp-shinned Hawks and an adult Goshawk in the Salem River Road South area. Last week I was late (after dark) departing the refuge and was surprised by a windshield near-miss of a Western Screech-Owl along Ankeny Hill Road. A flock of Dunlin remained on the refuge through the freeze and I watched them land on the ice one early morning. Among the many duck species present in the past week have been a nice flock of Ring-necked Ducks and quite a few Hooded Mergansers. This bird spends a fair amount of time on the wires along the highway just north of the entrance to Ona Beach.Īnkeny NWR: The Northern Shrike I found earlier in November has apparently not been rediscovered Bald Eagles have returned, as a have a few Tundra Swans. Red-shouldered Hawks: three different individuals on the Lincoln County coast, with the most reliable being the juvenile hanging out around Beaver Creek (8 miles south of Newport). 888 November 2014: Lots of good stuff lately in my wanderings around the Willamette Valley and elsewhere:
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