I joined Bonnie Deneke, Sue Carr and 17 other birders from the Portland Audubon Magpies group Thursday morning for a pleasant morning of birding the preserve, beginning in fog and ending in sunshine. Below is a list of species observed: Canada Geese Cackling Geese Mallard-Shoveler (H) Long-billed Dowitcher Greater Yellowlegs Killdeer Wilson's Snipe Great Egret Cooper's Hawk American Kestrel Red-tailed Hawk American Crow Western Scrub-Jay Steller's Jay Anna's Hummingbird Kingfisher Hairy Woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet White-breasted Nuthatch Bushtits American Robin Hermit Thrush Cedar Waxwing American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Pacific Wren Bewick's Wren European Starling American Pipit Spotted Towhee Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (I) Golden-crown Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Common Yellowthroat Western Tanager And one of the first rough-skinned newts of the season on its overland walk-about. Steve Engel, Nature Program Supervisor NEW FALL PROGRAMS!: http://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/index.aspx?page=1370 Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve | Parks and Recreation Department 2600 SW Hillsboro Hwy., Hillsboro, OR 97123 Phone: 503-681-6283 |fax 503-681-6277 email: steve.engel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx