12 november 2011 — sauvie island (multnomah co.)
Sauvie Island (Multnomah Co.), Multnomah, US-OR
Nov 12, 2011 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments: A rainy day at the start had me headed out to Sauvie Island thinking birding from the car would be the way to go. By the time i got there the rain had stopped and allowed for a tour around Wapato, a drive out the dike through both counties and then down Reeder and Rentenaar Roads. The Snow Geese are back!
44 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose (occidentalis/fulva) 7 One presumed family group on Virginia Lake.
Cackling/Canada Goose X Way too many geese to count today. Most landed flocks were Ridgeway’s.
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 91
Northern Shoveler 24
Northern Pintail 20
Green-winged Teal 40
Ring-necked Duck 13
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 5 In the channel.
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Blue Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
Sandhill Crane 172
Ring-billed Gull 8
California Gull 4
Thayer’s Gull 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
gull sp. 12 Unidentified first year birds and birds on the wing too far away for id.
Mourning Dove 20
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 2
Steller’s Jay 6
Western Scrub-Jay 11
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 27
Brown Creeper 1
Bewick’s Wren 8
Pacific Wren 6
Marsh Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 47 multiple flocks “pished” in at the boat ramp and the Wapato loop. The trees were “dripping” with RCKI’s!
American Robin 17
European Starling X
Spotted Towhee 9
Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1
Song Sparrow 24
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 27
Red-winged Blackbird X multiple mixed flocks of RWBL, BRBL, and EUST — not counted
Brewer’s Blackbird X
House Finch 3
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