Dennis Arendt reports:
The Eugene Wednesday birders went to the hills south of 52nd Street and
west of Willamette. We parked in the Ridgeline Trail parking lot and
crossed Willamette to walk under the electric lines west into the area
of old South Willamette Dump. The birding was slow in the area near
Willamette, but improved as we entered the older sections where the
vegetation was thick and mature. We found most of our bird species
later in the morning and closer to 52nd Street. A Pileated Woodpecker
stayed near the top of tree for all to get good looks. A Hutton's Vireo
appeared briefly in a large flock of Kinglets (both varieties) and
Chickadees in the firs along 52nd street. On the way to the Ridgeline
Trail parking lot, some of us stopped at High Street south of 34th
Place, where a Northern Mockingbird had been seen earlier. It appeared
immediately and was seen well, however, when we returned later to show
the others, it was not relocated. Our entire list is below.
Cackling Goose - flying over
California Quail
Red-tailed Hawk
Anna's Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Hutton's Vireo - one with kinglets and checkadees
Steller's Jay - numerous and noisy
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee - very common
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - seen at the Mockingbird site
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet - a large flock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird - seen near 3510 High Street
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
House Finch
Purple Finch
Randy Sinnott, Steve and Judy Franzen, Kit Larsen, Jim Regali, Cindy
Armstrong, Marie Royer, Dave Brown, Barry McKenzie, Sylvia Maulding and
Dennis Arendt
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