[va-richmond-general] Oregon birding

[rodney cimburke jr <tauaxis@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think I entered Oregon during a birding doldrum.  Here is my short, but 
lifebird riddled list:  Willow Flycatcher, Common Raven(lifebird!  I just 
looooove their flying brrrooonk! call), Fox Sparrow(life...actually this 
couldve been a western morph of the Song Sparrow, but, although I never heard 
his song, the call was a metallic smack! indicative of the Fox), myriad 
Red-Breasted Nuthatches mixed in large flocks with Black-Capped 
Chickadees(life), Red-Tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, Turkey Vulture, American 
Crow, Ring-Necked Pheasant(life), Stellar's Jay(life), Western Scrub Jay(life), 
Cedar Waxwing(life)....and on the Oregon coast...Greater Yellowlegs, Peregrine 
Falcon, Red-Necked Phalarope(life), Western Gull(life), Glaucous 
Gull(life)....Harbor Seals and the largest concentration of White-Tailed Deer I 
have ever seen!  The forests out there are flip-flopped in comparison to ours, 
having mostly evergreens(and LARGE ones, I mean) with a smattering of boreals 
interspersed. 
  The
 weather was clear and dry(very un-Oregonian from what I understand) the whole 
time I was there, and the moon incredibly brightround and globular...while 
lying in the grass with my friend at night, we could hear Coyotes howling and 
yapping in the hills.  I plan on going back(hopefully permanently) within a 
half of a year or so.  Not to worry Irene, I have tons of pics.  I'll try and 
post them if I can!
 
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