May 13, 2013

Weekend Birds

Sunday at Gotter Prairie...





Today at Champoeg State Park....

Usnea (according to my new 'Macrolichens of the Pacific NW' book)






Goldfinch tree with a Bluebird topper



May 07, 2013

Ridgefield Kiwa Trail


Red-winged Blackbird

Cinnamon Teal

Garter Snake

Marsh Wren

Savannah Sparrow

American Bittern


Tree Swallow

Western Painted Turtle

A few weeks ago the tree nooks contained one frog per nook. Now they all have two.

Marsh Wren

Gadwall and turtles

Red-winged Blackbird
Early yesterday morning the Kiwa Trail was full of birdsong. Lots of winnowing Wilson's Snipe, Sora, and Virginia Rail. The sunshine and warm temps made for a pleasant walk. We could see two Great Horned Owlets from the road in the usual trees, but they were kind of obscured and I didn't get any good photos. Besides the awesome view of the Bittern, the other highlight was Yellow Warblers. 61 species for the day!

May 06, 2013

Birdathon at Steigerwald








I saw about 47 species at Steigerwald on Sunday and raised some bucks for the Audubon Society of Portland. It was another great Birdathon, my seventh if I'm counting right. The weather was unbelievably sunny and warm, but then the winds kicked up and kept the bird count lower than we'd hoped. But who can complain with sunny skies like that?!

April 30, 2013

Weekend Snapshots



I hardly took any real camera shots this weekend. These are all cell phone photos from hiking at Barlow Wayside Park.

And a few Instagrams:




Hoyt Arboretum above
Pittock Mansion below