Dennis Arendt reports:
The Eugene Wednesday birders went to Green Island (property owned by the
McKenzie River Trust) at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette
Rivers. The clouds were clearing and the sun was poking through, giving
us a very pleasant morning. A Peregrine Falcon posed for the group
early in the morning. We had good views of a few of the harbingers of
spring: Turkey Vultures, Savannah Sparrows and a large group of Tree
Swallows. A eastern visitor appeared with the "Oregon" Juncos -- a
beautiful Slate-colored Junco, decked out in cool gray all over except
for white tail lights, bill and belly. Our entire list is below.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Turkey Vulture - several over Green Island and a bunch more kettling
over Coburg
Bald Eagle - An adult on a nest and several others in the vicinity
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow - a group of 50 or so
Black-capped Chickadee
Pacific Wren - singing and posing for photos
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush - only one heard early in the morning
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow - a group or 3 or 4
Fox Sparrow - only one
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Kit Larsen, Sylvia Maulding, Jim Ott, Jim Regali, Marie Royer, Cindy
Armstrong, Dave Brown, Ellen Cantor and Dennis Arendt
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