[obol] Birdathon Field Trip Results May 11

[Cathy Nowak]

Hello Again, Fellow Birders,

 

This year was our first foray into offering field trips as part of the
Ladd Marsh Birdathon. In an attempt to grow slowly and carefully, we
offered just two field trips: 1) "Dawn Chorus" offered participants a
chance to get out on Ladd Marsh at daylight to hear rails, bitterns,
marsh wrens and all the wetland inhabitants start their day. 2) "Grande
Ronde Valley" offered a chance to explore areas off Ladd Marsh with
local guide, Trent Bray.  Three individuals were on both trips and
compiled a combined species list for both.  This covered a time frame
from 4:30 am to 6:00 pm and several locations around the Grande Ronde
Valley.  Although the combined count of 118 species was very close to
the Union County Big Day Record, we were not attempting a Big Day (next
year, we might).  The List is below:

 

 

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe (breeding plumage)

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

American Bittern

White-faced Ibis

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

American Wigeon

Gadwall

Green-winged Teal

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Ruddy Duck

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Golden Eagle

American Kestrel

Ring-necked Pheasant

Sandhill Crane

Virginia Rail

Sora

American Coot

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Wilson's Snipe

Long-billed Dowitcher

Solitary Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Wilson's Phalarope

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Great Horned Owl

Vaux's Swift

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Willow Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

American Pipit

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Bewick's Wren

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Western Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Steller's Jay

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

European Starling

House Sparrow

Cassin's Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Cassin's Finch

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Lazuli Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bullock's Oriole

 

Although some warblers were seen at more than one location all the
warblers mentioned were observed at one location!

 

Good Birding!

 

 

M. Cathy Nowak

Fish and Wildlife Biologist

ODFW Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area

59116 Pierce Road

La Grande, OR 97850

541-963-4954

Cathy.Nowak at state.or.us 

 

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