We just finished the Ochoco leg of the Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival here in Central Oregon. We spent the whole day in Crook County visiting North Shore Road, the Ochoco Mnts and the farmland around Prineville. We found 98 species but several were heard only by the guide. We failed to find Mountain Quail, Wilson's Phalarope, a visual on Canyon Wren (heard only), Northern Pygmy-owl, Marsh Wren, House Wren, Sage Thrasher, Townsend's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Vesper Sparrow.
Our highlights were: Clark's Grebe - North Shore Road Swainson's Hawk - Woodward Marsh Prairie Falcon - Woodward Marsh Virginia Rail - Barnes Butte Res. Sora - Barnes Butte Res. Barn Owl - La Monta Rd. Calliope Hummingbird - North Shore and Stein's Pillar White-throated Swift- Eagle Rock Downy WP, Williamson's SS, White-headed WP and Flicker for Woodpeckers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - South of Eagle Rock at MP 15. New location for me. Black-throated Gray Warbler - Eagle Rock MacGillivray's Warbler - Stein's Pillar Yellow-breasted Chat - North Shore Road Green-tailed Towhee - Hwy 380 Lazuli Bunting - North Shore Road Tricolored Blackbird - Woodward Marsh Here's the whole list. Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Cinnamon Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck California Quail Pied-billed Grebe Western Grebe Clark's Grebe White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Prairie Falcon Virginia Rail Sora American Coot Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared Dove Mourning Dove Barn Owl Common Nighthawk White-throated Swift Calliope Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Williamson's Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker White-headed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Wood-Pewee Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird Cassin's Vireo Western Scrub-Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Mountain Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Brown Creeper Rock Wren Canyon Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Mountain Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Western Tanager Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole Cassin's Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow -- It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. Mark Twain Chuck Gates 541-280-4957 Powell Butte, Central Oregon Oregon Birding Site Guide www.birdingoregon.info
