This week's birds.
It's been a good week. I conquered a nemesis. The seeds I planted almost two weeks ago have been taking off (despite Ralph's best efforts to destroy them). I added a handful of birds to my motorless list. And I watched an eagle eat a duck.
Tuesday morning I ventured up Larch Mountain Road to see if I could find anything cool. I made it to almost MP 8 before the snow was intimidating enough to stop. Outside things were silent except for the eerie sound of raven wings flapping out of nowhere...
I drove back down a bit and found Pacific Wrens singing all over the place...
...as well as my county nemesis!
No more stupid eBird alerts about Hairy Woodpeckers! Yay! Now just Harris's Sparrows that folks mislabeled as Multnomah County when they actually saw it on Rentenaar Road in Columbia County. Argh! Nerd!
Anyway. Wednesday morning I set out with the dogs on another motorless adventure, this time to another access point to the Columbia River. I was able to add five…
Tuesday morning I ventured up Larch Mountain Road to see if I could find anything cool. I made it to almost MP 8 before the snow was intimidating enough to stop. Outside things were silent except for the eerie sound of raven wings flapping out of nowhere...
I drove back down a bit and found Pacific Wrens singing all over the place...
...as well as my county nemesis!
No more stupid eBird alerts about Hairy Woodpeckers! Yay! Now just Harris's Sparrows that folks mislabeled as Multnomah County when they actually saw it on Rentenaar Road in Columbia County. Argh! Nerd!
Anyway. Wednesday morning I set out with the dogs on another motorless adventure, this time to another access point to the Columbia River. I was able to add five…