Hi all,
First of all I heard the distinctive dry "Pit-r-ick" call of a Western
Tanager today in my backyard between Nehalem and Manzanita and then saw him
fly into the State Park forest behind my house. 10 minutes later he called
again from the top of my little pine tree with the feeders and I saw him
fly off again to the forest. Wish he'd stuck around for a picture...
Kind of late eh???
Then at the Nehalem Sewage Ponds late this afternoon I found a presumed
female Teal that had a very marked face with a noticeable supercilium and
dark cheek patch with a faint line. I took pictures just to throw it out
there in case this might be a female Garganey. Ha!
Pics:
https://flic.kr/p/ztqv8t
https://flic.kr/p/ztqvKv
https://flic.kr/p/A8GVWo
Also there was a very distant - what looked to be - Golden Plover hanging
out behind a guard of 25 Killdeer who had there eye on me and behind the
posted sign to go no further. Therefore, my pictures are very lousy. But
what I saw through the scope was a definitely warm buffy plain breast with
only a very mild supercilium. I could detect some chevron line markings in
white on the back. There was a noticeable extension of the wings beyond
the tail but I couldn't count the primaries. There was also some white
visible at tail area as the bird leaned forward - are those the white
undertail coverts?
Pics:
https://flic.kr/p/Ap86s1
https://flic.kr/p/ztqMe6
https://flic.kr/p/Ao2ff3
https://flic.kr/p/A8HpFb
I have more pics of both birds but these are the best.
Thanks, Beverly Hallberg
