Two new birds for me in Yamhill County, both fall arrivals: Varied Thrush and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Must have been a fresh shipment of the kinglets with the sharp cold snap overnight: three in one small area, two sharing a tree which they will not do during the winter. One time there was a soft, thin, haunting whistle of a Varied Thrush from some dense undergrowth in some undeterminable direction in the woods. The kinglets, Bushtits, chickadees all focusedon feeding aftrer a cold night. Each bird sought the sun-warmed side of the foliage in late morning.
McMinnville Rotary Park (Tice Park), Yamhill, Oregon, US
Sep 27, 2015 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM. 10 species
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 1
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 5
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 3 first of the season
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) 2 first of the season
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 3
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