The Eugene Wednesday birders went to the Delta Ponds. It was cold and
foggy but the visibility was good for several hundred yards. We parked at
the north end of the ponds and spent more than an hour on the trail leading
east from the parking lot. A few in the group headed home afterwards,
while Tom and I continued around the big loop to the river and back.
Greater White-fronted Goose – one with a small group of Canada Geese
Canada Goose
Wood Duck – common and scattered
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal – a few in the pond near the footbridge.
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser – one male
Pied-billed Grebe - lots
Anna's Hummingbird
American Coot
Glaucous-winged Gull
Double-crested Cormorant – large groups
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Red-shouldered Hawk – one near the Valley River Center parking lot.
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe – two or three
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit – three large groups
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch – a few
American Goldfinch – only one
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco – one slate-colored
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow – not as many as expect to see in these habitats
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow - one
Spotted Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Tom Cable, Sylvia Maulding, Ellen Cantor, Jim Mitchell and Dennis Arendt
