[obol] western Yamhill Co. - Friday a.m.

[Thomas Love]

I birded Haugen Road in westernmost Yamhill County this morning.  Quite
birdy, lots of FOY species for me, though nothing unusual (no Poorwill,
for example!).  This road takes off south at the Rex Hill summit of 99W
between Sherwood and Newberg, going up a very patchy north-facing slope
up to join Parrett Mtn. Road.  This has been an easy-access transect
I've birded for over twenty years, mostly spring migration.  In general
species diversity has slowly declined as deforestation has spread (e.g.,
haven't seen Ruffed Grouse since late 1980s I think it was), but it
remains a good area for migration, especially in the more mature mixed
broadleaf maple/doug fir patches.

 

[I have been surprised this spring to have heard no roving bands of Red
Crossbils yet; most years they seem to be around.]

 

Family Falconidae
Subfamily Falconinae
___    Merlin. Falco columbarius.- one flyby about 9 a.m., near jct.
99W/Hwy. 18, dark female

Family Laridae
Subfamily Larinae
___    Glaucous-winged Gull. Larus glaucescens.- one flyover Sherwood
(afternoon of 1 May)



Family Trochilidae
Subfamily Trochilinae
___    Rufous Hummingbird. Selasphorus rufus.

Family Picidae
Subfamily Picinae
___    Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus.



Family Tyrannidae
Subfamily Fluvicolinae
___    Pacific-slope Flycatcher. Empidonax difficilis.- two separate
calling, apparently on territory



Family Corvidae
___    Steller's Jay. Cyanocitta stelleri.
___    Western Scrub-Jay. Aphelocoma californica.
___    American Crow. Corvus brachyrhynchos.



Family Hirundinidae
Subfamily Hirundininae
___    Violet-green Swallow. Tachycineta thalassina.
    .
Family Paridae
___    Black-capped Chickadee. Poecile atricapillus.
___    Chestnut-backed Chickadee. Poecile rufescens.



Family Sittidae
Subfamily Sittinae
___    Red-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis.



Family Certhiidae
Subfamily Certhiinae
___    Brown Creeper. Certhia americana.

Family Troglodytidae
___    Winter Wren. Troglodytes troglodytes.



Family Turdidae
___    Hermit Thrush. Catharus guttatus.
___    American Robin. Turdus migratorius.



Family Sturnidae
___I   European Starling. Sturnus vulgaris.

Family Parulidae
___    Orange-crowned Warbler. Vermivora celata.- 5+
___    Black-throated Gray Warbler. Dendroica nigrescens.- 15+/-
___    Townsend's Warbler. Dendroica townsendi. - 1
___    MacGillivray's Warbler. Oporornis tolmiei.- 1
___    Wilson's Warbler. Wilsonia pusilla.- 1



Family Emberizidae
___    Spotted Towhee. Pipilo maculatus.
___    Chipping Sparrow. Spizella passerina.
___    Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia.
___    White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia leucophrys.
___    Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.



Family Cardinalidae
___    Black-headed Grosbeak. Pheucticus melanocephalus.



Family Icteridae
___    Brown-headed Cowbird. Molothrus ater.



Family Fringillidae
Subfamily Carduelinae
___    Purple Finch. Carpodacus purpureus.
___    House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.
___    Pine Siskin. Carduelis pinus.
___    American Goldfinch. Carduelis tristis.
___    Evening Grosbeak. Coccothraustes vespertinus.

Tom Love

tlove at linfield.edu

 

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