I joined five other birders for the Thursday morning bird walk around Linfield College campus. A Downy had found split tree trunk for his morning drumming, the sound could be heard a hundred yards away. One Flicker never stopped calling. Songs and calls came repeatedly from Song Sparrows, Juncos, Orange-crowned Warblers, White-breasted Nuthatch and Bewick’s Wren.
A Kingfisher passed overhead, at least a hundred feet up. We heard his calling as he flew. The Evening Grosbeaks were also passersp-by, not stopping. A group of Acorn Woodpeckers were active in the large oaks on the north end of the campus.
Linfield College campus, Yamhill, Oregon, US
Apr 7, 2016 8:00 AM – 9:10 AM. 22 species
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) X
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 3
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 6
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 10
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) X
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) X
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) 12
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