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.
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| Black-billed Magpies |
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| Steins Pillar |
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| Ash-throated Flycatcher |
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| Cassin's Finch |
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| Western Tanager |
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| Gray Flycatcher |
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| Prairie Falcon |
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
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| Bank Swallow |
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| Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, in the cheese |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Black-backed Woodpecker |
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| White-headed Woodpecker |
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| Western Kingbird at the Philomath Sewage Ponds |
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Dusky Flycatcher, a rare transient to the Willamette Valley,
and my first one just to the south in Benton County |
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| Black-necked Stilt at Baskett Slough NWR. There were 17 today, the most I have seen here. |
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| Female Evening Grosbeak |
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Male Evening Grosbeak. About a dozen descended on our feeder today.
They can clean you out in short order. |
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| Marsh Wren |
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| Tree Swallow with a white feather for the nest |
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| Tree Swallow with a white feather for the nest |
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| Wiley Coyote |
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| Black-necked Stilt taking a short break from nesting |
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| Blue-winged Teal pair |
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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 |
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| Ruddy Duck. Hunters call them "Bluebills." A generic name also used is "Stiff-tail Ducks." |
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| Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Rocky Raccoon |
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| American Goldfinch |
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| Male Purple Finch |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
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| Male Lazuli Bunting. Isn't he a beauty! |
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| American Bittern |
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| Wilson's Phalarope |
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| Immature Barred Owl |
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| Violet-green Swallow - Male, at nest box. |
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| Bushtit |
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| Bull Elk |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| California Quail |
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| Bewick's Wren |
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| Scrub Jay |
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| Townsend's Solitare |
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| Sandhill Cranes |
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| Clark's Nutcracker |
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Pinion Jay - isn't he a beauty! |
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| Wrentit |
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| White-fronted Goose |
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| Snow Bunting, in winter plumage. These are rare where I live. |
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| A rare Tufted Duck and nice addition to anyones Hood River County list |
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| Western Fox Squirrel |
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Dickcissel: A very rare bird to stay for a few days at the Philomath Sewage Ponds,
or PPP (Philomath Poo Ponds) |
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| Female Black Scoter in Yamhill County, rare anywhere inland |
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| Savannah Sparrow at the PPP |
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| Bald Eagle in the middle of the Alsea River, likely looking for salmon |
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| Lincoln's Sparrow at the PPP |
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| Golden Crowned Sparrow at PPP |
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| Spotted Towhee at PPP |
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| White-crowned Sparrow at PPP |
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| Male American Kestrel at PPP |
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| Male Swamp Sparrow in Wasco County, a first county record there |
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| Bald Eagle with lunch |
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| Eastern Bluebird. Not a great pic of Oregon's first record of this species. |
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| Female Northern Flicker in my backyard |
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| Female Northern Flicker in my backyard |
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SnowyPlover: This species is making a huge comeback breeding on the
Oregon Coast due to efforts from the Fish and Wildlife Dept |
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| Burrowing Owl, a rare winter visitant to the Willamette Valley |
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| Anna's Hummingbird |
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| Ring-necked Ducks |
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| 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. |
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| Winter plumaged Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Adult Rough Legged Hawk |
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