An excellent week of birds
It started when I left work early one day to find a rare Snowy Egret in the Vancouver Lake Lowlands that was associating with a Great Egret and Mallard decoy. Also present were Greater Yellowlegs, a couple of hardy Tree and Barn Swallows, and Purple Finch, a year bird I was happy to see lower…
Thankful for the good stuff
In these crazy times, I’m trying hard to focus on the good stuff. Like going outside and taking in the joys of nature. And birds. Like the good bird that showed up for the first time on the Oregon coast last week. Found by John Gardiner and identified by Paul Sullivan, a sea duck normally…
Bird Eat Bird World
I originally scheduled the day after my Birdathon trip as a rest day. But the promising weather and my large cup of coffee made me to drive 3 hours southwest to Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the Oregon coast instead. There were recent reports of an active Peregrine Falcon nest and it was just too tempting to resist. I arrived…