[obol] Mt. Tabor: Townsend's Solitaire, Calliope HB, & Swainson's Thrush flock

[Bill Clemons]

I birded for a few hours this morning on Mt. Tabor in SE Portland near 60th and Division.

The previously reported TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE and CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD are still being seen at the top.  Several birders saw them from the NE part of the top loop road.

A wonderful addition was small loose flock of SWAINSON'S THRUSHES seen from the same spot.  More than once I was treated to side-by-side comparisons of both SWAINSON'S and HERMIT THRUSHES in the same binocular view from about 30 feet or so.  

WESTERN TANAGERS were also seen, though the largest group I saw at once was eight individuals.

Spring is Indeed Sweet!

Bill Clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
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