eruther

Oct 19, 2013

Wilderness Park–Pioneers Blvd north
Traveling
1.5 miles
145 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
7 Wild Turkey
300 Franklin’s Gull
3 Mourning Dove
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
6 Northern Flicker
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
5 Blue Jay
35 Black-capped Chickadee
6 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 American Robin
25 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 White-throated Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
3 House Finch

eruther
Oct 17, 2013
Pioneers Park
Traveling
0.7 miles
45 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
X Canada Goose
3 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
X European Starling
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow (Red)
1 Song Sparrow
3 Harris’s Sparrow

Shari

eruther
Oct 16, 2013
Pfizer Saline Wetlands
Traveling
0.7 miles
62 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
X Canada Goose
X Franklin’s Gull
X European Starling
1 Spotted Towhee
1 Chipping Sparrow — Perhaps 3 in bushes along concrete drainage near parking entrance. Flew to nearby trees.
2 Le Conte’s Sparrow
1 Harris’s Sparrow
20 Red-winged Blackbird
1 American Goldfinch

Watching HEWA listening toFXSP
Memo.m4a

Franklin’s and Ring-billed Gulls

eruther
Oct 14, 2013
Oak Lake Park
Stationary
0 miles
45 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
X Canada Goose
X Mallard
1 Great Blue Heron
X Franklin’s Gull — Hundreds on lawn (along with Ring-billed Gulls) with many thousands streaming in beyond. Amazing. X Ring-billed Gull
X European Starling

Letter Trail

Oct 13, 2013
Sign Hill – followed route from this blog, Ridge trail to Letters trail to Seubert trail.  Vast majority of species and birds were at the top of the first incline from parking lot, in the grove of pine facing south.  0.1 mile.  Why did I go any further?  The letters are concrete slabs painted white.

Overhead, the GEICO Skytypers typed messages I mostly missed except for this partial message:

GEICO Skytypers

Traveling
2 miles
2 hours?
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes

Comments: Black squirrel (melanistic) eastern gray squirrel
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
1 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
1 White-throated Swift
1 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Black Phoebe
1 Western Scrub-Jay
1 Common Raven
1 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Bushtit
1 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Bewick’s Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
1 Townsend’s Warbler
1 Spotted Towhee
1 California Towhee
1 Golden-crowned Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
1 American Goldfinch

eruther
Oct 12, 2013
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
2.5 miles
120 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Accipiter sp. — Soaring on thermal
4 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Rock Pigeon
5 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Red-breasted Sapsucker — FOS, in Oak at top of ridge
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Hutton’s Vireo
7 Steller’s Jay
9 Western Scrub-Jay
3 Common Raven
5 Violet-green Swallow
10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1 Oak Titmouse
15 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
9 Pygmy Nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper
2 Bewick’s Wren
1 House Wren
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4 Wrentit
4 Western Bluebird
2 Hermit Thrush
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Townsend’s Warbler
4 Spotted Towhee
6 California Towhee
1 Chipping Sparrow — Seen at corner of Domingo and Russell, just down hill from park 2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
4 Song Sparrow
3 White-crowned Sparrow
9 Golden-crowned Sparrow
75 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
5 Purple Finch
3 House Finch
5 Lesser Goldfinch

eruther
Oct 10, 2013
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
2.8 miles
90 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Migrants only list, except for the GHOWs
2 Great Horned Owl — Duetting
1 Hutton’s Vireo
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 Western Bluebird
1 Hermit Thrush
12 Cedar Waxwing
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Gray Warbler
3 Townsend’s Warbler
2 Hermit Warbler
2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
25 Golden-crowned Sparrow

eruther
Oct 9, 2013
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Traveling
3 miles
130 Minutes
Observers: 2
All birds reported? Yes
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey — Riding thermal northward carrying prey – apparently a fish 6 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker
6 Steller’s Jay
4 Western Scrub-Jay
1 Common Raven
21 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
3 Oak Titmouse
14 Bushtit
3 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
9 Bewick’s Wren
1 House Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 Wrentit
5 Western Bluebird
2 Hermit Thrush
6 American Robin
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s)
2 Townsend’s Warbler
1 Hermit Warbler
6 Spotted Towhee
7 California Towhee
2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
7 Song Sparrow
20 Golden-crowned Sparrow
55 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
5 Purple Finch
5 Lesser Goldfinch