Today Chuck Gates joined me for some Yamhill county birding.
My backyard:
6+ each of Purple Finches and bright Golden-crowned Sparrows
Cottonwood St, McMinnville
8+ Band-tailed Pigeons
1 Sora
Briedwell Rd
1 Osprey on nest
1 Sora at Sheldon's Marsh (former traditional Y-h blackbird spot)
1 Virginia Rail at Sheldon's Marsh
1 Marsh Wren at Sheldon's Marsh
Amity - Bellevue Hwy
1 House Wren - FOY
3 Vaux Swifts
2 Osprey on nest
5 Rough-winged Swallows at S Yamhill R bridge
1 Bullock's Oriole
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
Airport Park, McMinnville
1 Pacific Wren
Grand Island - lots of water
3 Wood Ducks
4 Great Blue Herons
2 Ospreys on nests
Good birding, everyone,
Paul Sullivan
