[obol] Crook Birding

[Charles Gates]

I did some birding in Crook County today with Kim Owen and Scott Staats.  We
saw 101 species in about 8 hours.  We ended up getting chases out of the
Ochocos by the threat of thunder storms or we probably could have reached
120 for the day.
Highlights:
Trumpeter Swan - Gutierrez Ranch
Blue-winged Teal - Gutierrez Ranch
Canvasback - Gutierrez Ranch
White Pelican - Ochoco Reservoir
Black-crowned Night-heron - Prineville Reservoir
Ferruginous Hawk - Paulina
Sandhill Crane - Gutierrez Ranch
American Avocet - Gutierrez Ranch
Willet - Gutierrez Ranch and Puitt Rd.
Long-billed Curlew - Puitt Rd.
Forster's Tern - Paulina Valley
Black Tern - Paulina Valley
Williamson's Sapsucker - Round Prairie
Red-naped Sapsucker - Round Prairie
Hairy Woodpecker - Round Prairie
White-headed Woodpecker - Round Prairie
Eastern Kingbird - Gutierrez Ranch
2 Orange-crowned Warbler - North Shore Rd. Very unusual for this time of
year...nester?
Bobolink - - Puitt Rd.

Chuck Gates
Powell Butte

Whole List:

Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
California Quail
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great-blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
American Avocet
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
California Gull
Forster' Tern
Black Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Belted Kingfisher
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood Peewee
Gray Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Steller's Jay
Scrub Jay
Black-billed magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
House Sparrow
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