Our property (Lost Lagoon Farm) is 13 acres and includes about 7 acres of sheep
pasture, three acres including and surrounding a 100’ x 300’ pond (Lost Lagoon)
surrounded by willows that we have restored with native trees and shrubs
(willows, cottonwoods, nine bark, Snowberry, Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine,
Red flowering currant, spirea, Western red cedar, Grand fir, etc) and lots of
perennials (aster, sword and lady fern, Camas, piggy back plants, etc.), and
three acres that include our house, a forested area and a seasonal forested
wetland. The Gilbert River is our northern boundary. So we have three sources
of water (excluding seasonal ponding) that attract ducks. We typically have
nesting hooded mergansers, mallards and wood ducks. What has surprised us this
year — and concerns us — is that we have not seen shovelers, green wing teals
(except one time) or ring-necked ducks this winter. We used to see them
regularly in winter, especially on the large seasonal pond across Gillihan Road
from our driveway, but not this year. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
Occasionally I see Double-crested cormorants flying over the property to or
from Multnomah Channel, 1/2 mile away, but not regularly. As for accipiters, we
get both Coopers and Sharpies, but I did not see any during the previous two
week counting period. Our lifetime list for the property (which I began keeping
in 2010) is 137 species.
Mark J. Greenfield
Lost Lagoon Farm
Sauvie Island
On Feb 20, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Robert O'Brien <baro@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Great that you're posting your observations. Missing were accipiters &
diving ducks. Do you not have habitat for the latter? Would be interesting
to see your lifetime list for the property.
Bob obrien. Carver or
On Friday, February 19, 2016, Mark J. Greenfield
<markgreenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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