*SAS SHORTS: CASCADES GATEWAY PARK BIRD WALK SUMMARY*
*January 22, 2019*
Hello Birders:
On Tuesday morning, Fred led our SAS Shorts bird walk to Cascades Gateway
Park. It was a cool, damp morning. Ten (10) birders joined Fred for the
walk. It was 42 degrees throughout the walk. The wind really picked up
at the end, making it feel a lot colder. We walked around Walter Wirth
Lake which was about a one-mile walk. We observed (saw or heard) 29
species of birds.
Most notable sightings:
· One *Great Egret* was on the south end of the lake;
· Two *Belted Kingfishers* were on the south part of the lake. One of
the kingfishers was somewhat active as it flew by a couple of times giving
its rattle call;
· We saw quite a few duck species including *Lesser Scaup,* *Common
Merganser, Mallard, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Bufflehead *and *Ring-necked
Duck*;
· A *Ruby-crowned Kinglet* was seen on the east side of the lake along the
trail next to Mill Creek;
· We got good looks at a *Cooper’s Hawk* in a tree at the southwest part
of the park.
A complete list of today's birds follows. *Our next SAS field trip will be
at Minto-Brown Island Park on Thursday, February 7th at 8:00 a.m. *Meet at
parking lot #3 at the end of Minto Island Road. The next *SAS Shorts*
field trip is at *Minto-Brown Island Park* on *Thursday, February 21st at
9:00 a.m.* Please join us if you can.
Mike Unger
Keizer, OR
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*Checklist Summary for January 22, 2019 *
19 Cackling Goose
45 Canada Goose
6 Gadwall
65 American Wigeon
100 Mallard
14 Ring-necked Duck
15 Lesser Scaup
10 Bufflehead
1 Common Merganser
14 Pied-billed Grebe
14 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
62 American Coot
2 Killdeer
1 Glaucous-winged Gull
5 gull sp.
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Belted Kingfisher
5 California Scrub-Jay
8 American Crow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
28 American Robin
52 European Starling
2 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
3 Song Sparrow
50 Red-winged Blackbird
29 Brewer's Blackbird
