ASHLAND RIVIERA

It was sunny and windless at the beach today. The temp climbed to over 50 degrees, not bad for mid-January. All the sunbathers were havoing a good time, from the tiny Green-winged Teal to the large White Pelicans Tundra Swans. Birding friends who live near the lake checked the birds with their scope: swans and not pelicans. Ducks are to be expected this this of year, not so the swans.
Adult Bald Eagle in air over Emigrant Lake and riviera.

The light on the bluebirds was marvelous.

It is unusual to see Hooded Merganser on this big, exposed lake. This pair flew in and labnded while I watched. They tend to be found on more protected waters.

Lewis’s Woodpeckers continue all around Jackson County.

Emigrant Lake, Jackson, US-OR
Jan 19, 2013 2:45 PM
Protocol: Incidental
31 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 120
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 2
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 35
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 25
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 30
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 8
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 2
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 3
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 15
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 20
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 8
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 45
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 15

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