I've been visiting Kelley Point Park a lot lately to exercise my dog but I've been finding a lot of birds as well! There are tons of Brown Creepers everywhere!
Funny I didn't even notice the big ol' snail at the time!
Also in the trees...
Downy Woodpecker
Bushtits
Black-capped Chickadee
Spotted Towhee
These birds are from the walk from the parking lot to the river... On the river are even more birds. I recently read the Kelley Point section in Birding Oregon just to see what else I could possibly see there... One bird mentioned was Caspian Tern, and I thought oh weird, I've never seen a tern there...
I guess I was not paying attention! My first trip to the park after reading that I noticed this bird:
There it is, a Caspian Tern. I wonder how many other birds I miss just because I don't know to look for them! This next tern was a successful little fisherman... just wish he had been closer!
I watched some Osprey that day as well (9-23-10) but the next few visits I didn't see any... Have they left for the winter?
This guy let out some screeches and flew off west down the Columbia... I guess that was good bye for now.
And yes of course there were lots of gulls around.... I have yet to attempt to ID them, but they take a pretty pictures sometimes...
Ok and one last picture of the fella that drags me to the park and waits patiently for me to throw the ball between birds....
Also in the trees...
These birds are from the walk from the parking lot to the river... On the river are even more birds. I recently read the Kelley Point section in Birding Oregon just to see what else I could possibly see there... One bird mentioned was Caspian Tern, and I thought oh weird, I've never seen a tern there...
I guess I was not paying attention! My first trip to the park after reading that I noticed this bird:
There it is, a Caspian Tern. I wonder how many other birds I miss just because I don't know to look for them! This next tern was a successful little fisherman... just wish he had been closer!
I watched some Osprey that day as well (9-23-10) but the next few visits I didn't see any... Have they left for the winter?
And yes of course there were lots of gulls around.... I have yet to attempt to ID them, but they take a pretty pictures sometimes...
Ok and one last picture of the fella that drags me to the park and waits patiently for me to throw the ball between birds....
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