We were delighted to have 3 visitors from east of the mountains: Steve Shunk
and Christine Elder from Sisters - Bend area, and Laurie O’Connor from the
Malheur area. We went to Mount Pisgah for the likely mix of species, selecting
the river trail southward. Notable was the total absence of Golden-crowned
sparrows and sparrow flocks, generally present. We did have the five regular
woodpeckers for the area and we encountered a good mixed flock of nit-pickers
and woodpeckers, mostly high in deciduous trees. While driving back, we
stopped at the bridge of ‘Me & Moor’ (farm) to observe the waterfowl in the
swale (except the mergansers).
39 species
Canada Goose of various sizes; probably included Cackling. Maybe 75 geese
Mallard - 2
Hooded Merganser - 6
Common Merganser - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Anna’s Hummingbird - 2
American Coot - 1
Wilson’s Snipe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - farm pond
Bald Eagle - 1 large adult
Cooper’s Hawk - 1 adult
Red-tailed Hawk - 5
Red-breasted Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 15
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Steller’s Jay - several almost constantly along the trail
California Scrub-Jay - few
American Crow - few
Black-capped Chickadee - few seen
Bushtit - several groups, sometimes high with mixed flock
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 in mixed flock
Brown Creeper - 1 in mixed flock
Pacific Wren - 2
Bewick’s Wren - 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet ( probably several in mixed flock}
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - in mixed flock (2+)
American Robin - 2
Varied Thrush - 5
European Starling - few
Spotted Towhee 5
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow - 10
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 heard
Dark-eyed Junco - 30
Red-winged Blackbird - heard
Dennis Arendt, John Polo, Scott McNeeley, Jim Regali, Sylvia Maulding, Pamela
Carpenter, Kit Larsen, Larry McQueen, and visitors : Steve Shunk, Christine
Elder, Laurie O’Conner.
