Tag: Red-shouldered Hawk

Curry County

I’d survived a pelagic trip and a night in the dorms. I was five hours from home and ready for my next adventure. It was the perfect time to visit Curry County, one of the counties in Oregon I’d never previously birded in. This is my favorite kind of birding. New county, all new birds, no…

By Audrey October 10, 2018 2

Backseat Birding

Backyard Birding Birding Trips

Oof. Ankle surgery has happened. It’s been rough, but it’s getting better. The things that make it less rough are reading about birds, looking at birds outside the window, and thinking about birds. The yard birds have been okay, the best being a Barred Owl calling outside the week before surgery. Other than that, besides a…

By Audrey March 6, 2018 6

Kennewick to Astoria

Birding Trips

The next day was not like the previous. The winds howled and overcast skies moved in. Jen, Jacob, and I checked on the Snowy Owl in the early morning, but this time it was far off in a distant farm field. We watched for a bit until she flew to another field. And was subsequently harassed by a Northern Harrier. She didn’t seem…

By Audrey February 9, 2018 7