Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The Best of 2018 Continued

Here is a continuation of my better shots, starting on the 1st of May.  Some of these shots were in various blogs, so are repeats.

Black-billed Magpies

Steins Pillar

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Cassin's Finch

Western Tanager

Gray Flycatcher

Prairie Falcon

Red-tailed Hawk

Bank Swallow

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, in the cheese

White-breasted Nuthatch

Black-backed Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker


Western Kingbird at the Philomath Sewage Ponds

Dusky Flycatcher, a rare transient to the Willamette Valley,
and my first one just to the south in Benton County

Black-necked Stilt at Baskett Slough NWR.  There were 17  today, the most I have seen here.
Female Evening Grosbeak

Male Evening Grosbeak.  About a dozen descended on our feeder today. 
They can clean you out in short order.
Marsh Wren

Tree Swallow with a white feather for the nest

Tree Swallow with a white feather for the nest

Wiley Coyote
Black-necked Stilt taking a short break from nesting
Blue-winged Teal pair
Bushtit nest, complete with a front door.  You can actually see the small, mouse-like bird's tail
end entering the doorway to the upper left.  An amazing structure for a pair of such small birds

Ruddy Duck.  Hunters call them "Bluebills."  A generic name also used is "Stiff-tail Ducks."

Red-winged Blackbird
Rocky Raccoon

American Goldfinch
Male Purple Finch

Cedar Waxwing
Male Lazuli Bunting.  Isn't he a beauty!
American Bittern

Wilson's Phalarope
Immature Barred Owl
Violet-green Swallow - Male, at nest box.

Bushtit

Bull Elk

Mountain Bluebird

California Quail

Bewick's Wren

Scrub Jay

Townsend's Solitare

Sandhill Cranes

Clark's Nutcracker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pinion Jay - isn't he a beauty!

Wrentit

White-fronted Goose

Snow Bunting, in winter plumage.  These are rare where I live. 
A rare Tufted Duck and nice addition to anyones Hood River County list

Western Fox Squirrel

Dickcissel:  A very rare bird to stay for a few days at the Philomath Sewage Ponds,
or PPP (Philomath Poo Ponds)

Female Black Scoter in Yamhill County, rare anywhere inland

Savannah Sparrow at the PPP

Bald Eagle in the middle of the Alsea River, likely looking for salmon


Lincoln's Sparrow at the PPP

Golden Crowned Sparrow at PPP

Spotted Towhee at PPP

White-crowned Sparrow at PPP

Male American Kestrel at PPP

Male Swamp Sparrow in Wasco County, a first county record there

Bald Eagle with lunch

Eastern Bluebird.  Not a great pic of Oregon's first record of this species.

Female Northern Flicker in my backyard

Female Northern Flicker in my backyard


SnowyPlover:  This species is making a huge comeback breeding on the
Oregon Coast due to efforts from the Fish and Wildlife Dept

Burrowing Owl, a rare winter visitant to the Willamette Valley

Anna's Hummingbird


Ring-necked Ducks
Red-naped Sapsucker, a rare winter visitant to the Willamette Valley.  This one is a male and was found near Portland where he appears to be wintering, having been in the same place for over a month.  Notice the holes he has drilled?  These fill up with sap which attracts insects which he returns to often to eat and drink.  
Winter plumaged Yellow-rumped Warbler
Adult Rough Legged Hawk



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