On Sunday April 17, 2016, six bird nerds spent the morning hours at Bald Hill Natural Area in Corvallis, OR. A total of 50 species were detected during our 4 1/2 hours bird walk including early spring arrivals such as House Wren, Cassin's Vireo, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Vesper Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow to name a few. All in all, this was a successful half-day of birding in spectacular sunny spring weather. Photo GalleryTotal Numbers for Species DetectedeBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/pnw/view/checklist?subID=S29015355
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - 2 Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - 3 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) - 6 Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) - 3 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - 1 Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) - 3 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) - 3 Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) - 3 Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - 2 Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) - 3 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) - 2 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) - 8 Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii) - 1 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) - 1 Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) - 3 Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) - 10 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) - 2 Common Raven (Corvus corax) - 1 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - X Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) - X Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - 2 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) - 16 Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) - 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) - 3 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) - 2 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) - 4 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) - 2 Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus) - 2 Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) - 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) - 1 Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) - 1 Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) - 8 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - 7 Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) - 1 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - 7 Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) - 19 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) - 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) - 1 Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) - 3 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) - 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - 4 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) - 4 Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) - 5 Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) -2 Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) - 5 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) - 8 Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) - 11 Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) - 7 |