I maintain a survey of the bird species seen or heard on or from our Sauvie
Island property during the first and second halves of each month. I have been
maintaining this survey for about five years, but have never before posted it
on OBOL. I bird approximately 5 acres of the property once or twice a day. Here
is my summary for February 1-15.
Great blue heron (only 1)
Sandhill crane (counted over 150 one day last fall, but just a handful this
time)
Cackling goose (best day was about 110 - way down from 1000+ seen last fall)
Canada goose
Wood duck
Mallard
Northern pintail (routinely 60-80/day; there are likely 100+ more seen
routinely on the property on Gillihan Road across from our property.)
Gadwall (a new species for the property. 4 on the pond)
American Wigeon
Green Winged Teal (seen just once — which was the only time this winter.)
Hooded merganser
Red tailed hawk (nests nearby)
Bald eagle
American kestrel (seen daily on the property)
Killdeer
Ring-billed gull
Mew gull
Glaucous-winged gull
California gull
Mourning dove (routinely see 10-15/day)
Eurasian collared dove
Great horned owl (regular visitor to our property)
Barn owl
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker
Northern flicker (a flock of 7-8 hangs out here)
Belted kingfisher (generally seen along the Gilbert River or over our pond)
Anna’s hummingbird (routinely see 2-4)
Western scrub jay
American crow
Black-capped chickadee (common)
White-breasted nuthatch (seen or heard almost daily)
Red-breasted nuthatch
Brown creeper
Bewick’s wren
Pacific wren
American robin
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Song sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow (in large numbers)
White-throated sparrow (one daily visitor to our feeder)
Dark-eyed junco (in large numbers)
Spotted towhee
Red-winged blackbird (preparing to nest in the willows along the pond)
House finch
American goldfinch
Lesser goldfinch
European starling
House sparrow
Mark J. Greenfield
14745 NW Gillihan Road
Portland, Oregon 97231
(503) 227-2979
markgreenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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