This conservation parcel of 180+ acres, many in mature, native oaks, is not
yet available for public birding...this was a small scale scouting visit:
Smithfield Oaks--Polk SWCD, Polk, Oregon, US
Jul 15, 2022 9:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
24 species
Mallard 9 female with eight juveniles
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Turkey Vulture 2
American Kestrel 1
Western Wood-Pewee 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Purple Finch 6
Lesser Goldfinch X
American Goldfinch X
Junco
White-crowned Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 25
Spotted Towhee 12
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 juvenile with DSoing Sparrow foster parents
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Lazuli Bunting 8 numerous singing males
https://atowhee.blog/2022/07/15/heigh-ho-the-derry-o-a-bunting-we-will-go/
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Harry Fuller
author of: *San Francisco's Natural History: Sand Dunes to Streetcars:*
https://ecowise.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/sfnh/
author of *Great Gray Owls of CA-OR-WA*:
https://ecowise.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-great-gray-owl-book/
author of *Freeway Birding*: *freewaybirding.com
<http://freewaybirding.com>*
birding website: http://www.towhee.net
my birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com
