The dog and I had our birdiest time yet at Fairview Wetlands this morning in Salem. As the water level there rises so do the bird numbers. There were four species of waterfowl in the marsh, four sparrow species at the dry end, and just as the mid-day rain insisted we get back in the car, a flock of Western Bluebirds were flycatching from streetside trees.
The only mammal we saw besides our own kind–a single nutria having a swim.
Bluebirds and leaves–both beautiful:
Waterfowl:
Fairview Wetlands, Marion, Oregon, US
Nov 6, 2020
20 species
Cackling Goose 70 fly over
Canada Goose 25 in marsh
Northern Shoveler 17
Mallard 30
Green-winged Teal 14
Bald Eagle 1 juvenile soaring high up
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
California Scrub-Jay 1
American Crow X
European Starling 2
Western Bluebird 10
American Goldfinch 3
White-crowned Sparrow 25
Golden-crowned Sparrow 16
Song Sparrow 7
Lincoln’s Sparrow 3
Junco X
Red-winged Blackbird 8
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