Great morning at Fern Ridge dikes and we had some good birds. We walked from
Royal, south, past Redhead Pond (no Redheads), included the Scrape (east of
Redhead Pond), continuing on trail south by Fisher Butte to overlook open water
to the south. Then returned north by westward to include the observation
platform by Royal. 4 hrs birding.
Cackling Goose 3 (good study)
Canada Goose (breeding population)
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall (good number, scattered)
Green-winged Teal 15-20
Cinnamon Teal 20 +
Blue-winged Teal 12
Mallard 40
Northern Shoveler ( scattered, fewer than Gadwall)
Northern Pintail possibly 10
Lesser Scaup 2
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 3
California Quail 2 (at Fisher feeders)
Western Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
American White Pelican 36
American Bittern 2
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 7
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
SWAINSON’S HAWK 1 flying overhead
Virginia Rail 4
Sora 2
Killdeer 36
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Dunlin 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 75
Wilson's Snipe 1
MARBLED GODWIT 1 at south end ponds near corner of trail around west side of
Fisher Butte (near stilts)
Black-necked Stilt 3
Black Tern 2
Eurasian Collared Dove 4 (Fisher feeders)
Mourning Dove 4
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Scrub-Jay 3
American Crow 4
Common Raven 3
Tree Swallow always flying around
Violet-green Swallow many flying around
Cliff Swallow some
Purple Martin 12
Marsh Wren 25
American Robin 4
European Starling few
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 13
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4
Western Meadowlark 6
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Black-headed Grosbeak 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
Randy Sinnott, Steven and Judy Franzen, Vickie Buck, Tom Campbell, Dave Brown,
Dennis Arendt, Scott McNeeley, Ellen Cantor, Jim Regali, Marie Royer, Sylvia
Maulding, Jan Lichtenstein, and Larry McQueen
