[obol] Crook Birding and WRS

[Charles R. Gates]

David Schas and I birded Crook County today.  We did an impromptu Winter
Raptor Survey (sponsored by the East Cascades Bird Conservancy) and some
other birding as well.  Results below:

Winter Raptor Survey Results

Red-tailed Hawks - 29
Ferruginous Hawks - 4
Rough-legged Hawks - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
Cooper's Hawks - 1
Bald Eagle - 22 (16 Juves)
Golden Eagle - 2
American Kestrel - 2

Other Birds:

Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon - 2 at Meadow Lakes Golf Course
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Golden-eye
Hooded Merganzer
Ruddy Duck
California Quail
Double-crested Cormorant - 11 at Houston Lake
Great-blue Heron
American Coot
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Pygmy Owl - 4 at Rager Ranger Station area
Red-breasted Sapsucker - 1 Powell Butte
Hairy Woodpecker - 2 near Rager
Northern Flicker
Say's Phoebe - 1 at Prineville Sewer Ponds
Northern Shrike - 1 very weird looking dark juvenile
Steller's Jay
Scrub Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark - 100 at Paulina
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Bluebird - 6 at Les Schwab Ranch (unusual here)
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Cassin's Finch - 10 at Rager
House Finch
Red Crossbill - 50 at Rager
Pine Siskin - 3 at Rager
Evening Grosbeak - 30 at Rager
House Sparrow

Chuck Gates
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