Gray whale northward migration off Boiler Bay this afternoon. Picture shows at least two whales on surface simultaneously. Birds there included colonies of Pelagic Cormorants and gulls galore:
LINCOLN CITY AND SILETZ BAY
Latter gull a ring-billed marching across shallow water.
Best landbird of the day was my first autumnal Varied Thrush, at C]=Van Duzer State Park along Hwy 20. I have not seen one in the Willamette Valley yet though this guy was just in the lower Coast Range, between 700-800 feet in elevation:
Best flock of the day was to be seen along a street in Newport:
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Saw my first Varied Thrush here in SW Portland on Oct. 18. Had two in a crabapple tree yesterday.
By: France Davis on November 14, 2018
at 8:45 am