SOME BIRDS IN THE VALLEY

Emmalisa Whalley and I checked out some birding spots in Ashland and Talent. Here’s some of what we saw, all photographed by Emmalisa:
Newbry park, Talent. Lots of ducks have arrived and they found some water though the pond is low: Mallard, Shoveler, GW Teal, Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, plus a couple of Coots.
Shoveler in eclipse plumage.

California Quail on their quiet dead-end street in Ashland.

Savannah Sparrow, Butler Creek Road.

Turkey Vulture at Butler Creek Road hops farm.

Waxwing in Dog Park crabapple.

A COUPLE OF MAMMALS:
Above, I pretend to be a birder. Below, Nora exercises the genetic imperatives that come from being both boxer and labrador: play, stick and water.

Ashland Pond, Jackson, US-OR
Oct 10, 2014 8:50 AM – 9:50 AM
0.7 mile(s). 19 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 60
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 20
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 5
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 2
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 15
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X

Butler Creek Rd., Jackson, US-OR
Oct 10, 2014 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
5.0 mile(s). 15 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 6
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) X
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) X
Common Raven (Corvus corax) X
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) X
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) X
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) X
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) X
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) X

Bear Creek Greenway–Lynn Newbry Park, Jackson, US-OR
Oct 10, 2014 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
1.0 mile(s). 22 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 2
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 75
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 40
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 30
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 4
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 40
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 2
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 1
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 12 unusual in this habitat, all in a single flock
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 25
Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1

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