We planned this trip to Hills Creek Dam, Oakridge, (Middle Fork of Willamette)
for today. It was a great morning, but few birds. Swanson’s Thrush were the
most vociferous throughout. Others still singing were Chat, bunting, towhee,
Song Sparrow, Pewee, Cassin’s and Hutton’s Virios.
Mallard 2
Common Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Virginia Rail 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Gull sp. 1
Rufous Hummingbird 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Western Wood Pewee 4
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher 12
Hutton's Vireo 2
Cassin’s Vireo 3
Steller's Jay 10
Western Scrub-Jay 2
American Crow few
Common Raven 10
Violet-green Swallow always a few overhead
Rough-winged Swallow some
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Picific Wren 2
Dipper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet LOTS
Swainson’s Thrush many
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 35
Hermit Warbler 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Spotted Towhee 3
Song Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Oriole 1
Western Tanager fair amount
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Lazuli Bunting 2
Randy Sinnott, Chuck Thomas, Sarah Vasconcellos, Steven and Judy Franzen,
Vickie Buck, Dave Brown, Dennis Arendt, Ellen Cantor, Barry McKenzie, Cindy
Armstrong, Jim Regali, Sylvia Maulding, Tom Cable, and Larry McQueen
