A visiting birder and her host and I went up Hwy 35 to Mt. Hood yesterday. By mid-day, even at 7000 feet, it was so hot and sunny that bird life was hard to find. But in the morning we found plenty of songbird action. At Tollbridge County Park there was a young Dipper–note very stubby tail–in the East Fork of the Hood River.
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Near Timberline Lodge we saw this Calliope Hummingbird:
Also near the lodge was this junco with the pale tail.
The number of young birds was impressive: juncos, Chipping Sparrows, Purple and Cassin’s Finches, the dipper, two very dark yellow-rumped warblers with little yellow showing so far. Western Bluebirds at about 2000′ elevation were feeding young in a nest box along Hwy 35. Many of the Violet-green Swallows at Mt. Hood Meadows were youngsters.
Hwy 35-Hood River County, Hood River, Oregon, US
Jul 28, 2018. 4 species
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) X
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) X
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) X
American Robin
Tollbridge County Park, Hood River, Oregon, US
Jul 28, 2018. 6 species
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) 1
Steller’s Jay (Coastal) (Cyanocitta stelleri [stelleri Group]) 1
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Yellow Warbler (Northern) (Setophaga petechia [aestiva Group]) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Setophaga coronata auduboni) 2
Cooper Spur Road, Hood River, Oregon, US
Jul 28, 2018. 7 species
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) X
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 2 adult feeding a juvenile high in a tree
Common Raven (Corvus corax) X
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) X
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 10
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 4
Mt. Hood–Timberline Trail #600–Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area, Hood River, Oregon, US
Jul 28, 2018. 8 species
Common Raven (Corvus corax) X
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) X
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco hyemalis [oreganus Group]) X
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) X
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) X
Mt. Hood–Timberline Lodge, Clackamas, Oregon, US
Jul 28, 2018. 8 species
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) 1
Common Raven (Corvus corax) X
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco hyemalis [oreganus Group]) X
Purple Finch (Western) (Haemorhous purpureus californicus) X
Cassin’s Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) X
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) X
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