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ASC 43rd Annual Malheur Field Trip 2013 – Day Three (25 May)
Audubon Society of Corvallis’ 43rd Annual Field Trip to Malheur NWR — Photo Essay.
Covering,
Malheur Field Station (MFS)
Central Patrol Road (CPR)
Page Springs (PS)
Fields Oasis (FO)
Left click for a larger gallery view:
- Least Chipmunk (MFS)
- Cassin’s Finch (MFS)
- Belding’s Ground Squirrle (MFS)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (MFS)
- Least Chipmunk (MFS)
- Yellow-headed Blackbirds (MFS)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (MFS)
- Ulo Kiigemagi, Ray Drapek, Tom Stevens (MFS)
- Gary Watson, Ulo Kiigemagi (MFS)
- Carol Watson (MFS)
- Ginny Stevens (MFS)
- Ginny Stevens, Elizabeth Waldren (MFS)
- Ralph Waldron (MFS)
- Jim Faulkner (MFS)
- Laurel Maughan, Marie Martin (MFS)
- Peter Stoel, Jim Philipson (MFS)
- Ochre Ringlet (CPR)
- Franklin’s Gull (CPR)
- Franklin’s Gull (CPR)
- Lunch Companion – Mule Deer (PS)
- Great Horned Owl (PS)
- Great Horned Owl (PS)
- Cedar Waxwing (PS)
- Cedar Waxwing (PS)
- Western Fence Lizard (PS)
- Gary Watson (PS)
- Fred Ramsey, Rich McArthur (PS)
- Ginny and Tom Stevens (PS)
- The Three Amigos (PS)
- Western Tanager (FO)
- Bugloss Fiddleneck (PS)
- Horehound (invasive)
- Western Tanager (FO)
- The place a Yellow Warbler WAS!
- Cedar Waxwing (FO)
- Cedar Waxwing (FO)
- Great Horned Owl (FO)
- Western Tanager (FO)
- Cedar Waxwing (FO)
- Great Horned Owl (FO)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (FO)
ASC 43rd Annual Malheur Field Trip 2013 – Day Two (24 May)
Audubon Society of Corvallis’ 43rd Annual Field Trip to Malheur NWR — Photo Essay.
Covering,
Malheur NWR Headquartes (HQ)
Malheur Field Station (MFS)
Harney Lake Road (HLR)
The Narrows (TN)
Ruh-Red Road (RRR)
Diamond Valley (DV)
Left click for a larger gallery view:
- Dawn at MFS
- Home Sweet Home (MFS)
- American White Pelican (HQ)
- Lark Sparrow (HLR)
- Lark Sparrow (HLR)
- Lark Sparrow (HLR)
- Sage Thrasher (HLR)
- Bombardier Beetle (HLR)
- Clark’s Grebe (TN)
- Clark’s Grebe (TN)
- Red-necked Phalarope – female (TN)
- Red-necked Phalarope – male (TN)
- Gopher Snake (TN)
- American Avocets (TN)
- American Avocet (TN)
- American Avocet (TN)
- American Avocets and Northern Rough-winged Swallow (TN)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (RRR)
- Brewer’s Blackbird (RRR)
- Say’s Pheobe (HQ)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (HQ)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (HQ)
- Yellow Warbler (HQ)
- Mountain Golden-pea (DV)
- Wilson’s Snipe (DV)
- Sod House from MFS
- Benson Landing
- Benson Landing
- Benson Landing
- American White Pelican
- Benson Landing
- Benson Landing
- American White Pelican
- Franklin’s Gull
- White-faced Ibis
- Benson Landing
- White-faced Ibis
- Benson Landing
- Franklin’s Gull
- American White Pelican
- Benson Landing
Day 2 – Malheur Trip with the Audubon Society of Corvallis
Day two begins with a stroll up South Coyote Butte before breakfast and then a tour of the north end of the refuge. Nighthawks, a nesting Say’s Phoebe, calling Willets and the ubiquitous Yellow-headed Blackbirds.
We drove the road into Headquarters stopping for the marshland birds; a brief stint at HQ itself; a drive down Harney Lake Rd to view the Golden Eagle nest and pick up some basin sparrows – Lark and Black-throated; a slow drive down the Narrows for the grebes and then the slow dive down Ruh-Red Rd for sage species, more marsh birds and a look at the Pelican Colony. A very cooperative Ferruginous Hawk, a couple a Vesper Sparrows, Blue-winged Teal a few of the highlights.
The day ended with an evening trip out to Benson Landing. This is a restricted area and we were guided by refuge personnel. A Short-eared Owl was in the tules with the Cranes. Bittern were “oonk-a-lunking” every 25 yards, but nary a one was seen.
Personal sightings – 80 species of birds.
- Sunrise from the Field Station
- Juvenile American Robin
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Willet
- Willet
- Willet
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Say’s Phoebe
- Say’s Phoebe
- Black-necked Stilt (courtship display)
- Black-necked Stilt
- Virginia Rail
- Virginia Rail
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Lark Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- American Coot Chicks
- Sunset over Benson Landing
Day 1 – Malheur Trip with the Corvallis Audubon Society
Fred Ramsey has been guiding this trip for over 40 years. It’s been a pleasure to join him for the last two years. Day one is a whirlwind tour of a transit from Corvallis to the Malheur Field Station.
Stops along the way target specific species:
Hutton’s Vireo, MacGillivary’s Warbler, Hermit Warbler, American Dipper, Harlequin Duck, Green-tailed Towhee, Calliope Hummingbird and White-throated Swifts.
I came away with 81 species of birds the first day, five more than last year, and this year we had butterflies other than the ubiquitous Cabbage White. We missed the Harlequin Ducks and MacGillivary’s Warblers. But with the new staging area at the Benton Co. Fairgrounds we added Acorn Woodpecker, missing from last year’s list. A notable addition to this year’s list were the Tri-colored Blackbirds just outside of Prineville along Elliot Rd. Sweet! – thanks Fred!
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Pale Swallowtail
- Pale Swallowtail
- Pacific (Square) Spotted Blue
- Spring Azure
- Buttercup
- Juniper Hairstreak
- Juba Skipper
- Western Fence Lizard
- Western Fence Lizard
- Western Fence Lizard
- Purplish Copper
- Eurasian Collard Dove
21 october 2011 — malheur
Malheur NWR, Harney, US-OR
Oct 21, 2011 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments: On route to another destination i scanned the narrows, the road into headquarters and a brief walk around headquarters.
28 species (+1 other taxa)
Greater White-fronted Goose 3
Canada Goose 275
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 200
Northern Pintail 4
California Quail 6
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Eared Grebe 4
Western Grebe 125 Many were juveniles still begging the adults for food.
Clark’s Grebe 25 Many were juveniles still begging the adults for food at about a ratio of 1.5:1 (Juv to Adult). I saw 10 to 15 adults and most had chicks following them around. These were located at the Narrows and withing 200 yards of the interpretive pullout as i walked up and down the road.
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Prairie Falcon 1
gull sp. 4 Out over Malheur and Harney Lakes
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
Common Raven 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
American Robin 2
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 4
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)