This year I've continued to bird a couple of the less birded counties of Oregon along with one medium-birded county that I had not spent much time in, Linn County. I spent the day there recently adding 54 new county birds to my list there. First I stopped along Kamph Drive where Lewis's Woodpeckers had been reported.
Success!
I also picked up Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, California Scrub-Jay, and Common Raven for the county. From there I headed into Albany to visit Talking Water Gardens, a fancy wastewater treatment spot that Nick and Maureen recommended.
This was a birdy spot indeed and I added about 20 county birds here alone.
Black Phoebe
Across the street from Talking Waters is Simpson Park where I found even more birds and a ton of mud. I didn't bird as long as I could have here and still managed 9 more county birds.
Excavating a nest already?
I was eager to check out the farm roads south of here and I started with an unplanned drive along Holmes Drive. I had seen some ducks from the main road and this side road offered decent views.
County pintails, teals, and dowitchers
Bonus county Greater Yellowlegs
I continued on south to Belts Drive and was psyched to find a massive flock of county birds, Dunlin!
I also picked up Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, California Scrub-Jay, and Common Raven for the county. From there I headed into Albany to visit Talking Water Gardens, a fancy wastewater treatment spot that Nick and Maureen recommended.
This was a birdy spot indeed and I added about 20 county birds here alone.
Across the street from Talking Waters is Simpson Park where I found even more birds and a ton of mud. I didn't bird as long as I could have here and still managed 9 more county birds.
I was eager to check out the farm roads south of here and I started with an unplanned drive along Holmes Drive. I had seen some ducks from the main road and this side road offered decent views.
I continued on south to Belts Drive and was psyched to find a massive flock of county birds, Dunlin!
Some roadkill caught my attention on the side of the road...
My first Oregon fox! I had no idea that red foxes were in this area.
Back north on Highway 99 I stopped for a gull field where I found Mew, Ring-billed, and Glaucous-winged Gulls.
Then I headed to a spot where there had been lots of reports of Burrowing Owl.
It's all true.
A Rough-legged Hawk, Horned Larks, and a rare-ish Snow Bunting were also around.
A Rough-legged Hawk, Horned Larks, and a rare-ish Snow Bunting were also around.
Wow I failed miserably at your county Quiz, Good idea tho! All awesome birds and some really great work with the camera! Have a great week.
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