CORRECTION: MY ALLEGED LESSER YEL IS ACTUALLY A SOLITARY SANDPIPER, A SCARCE MIGRANT HERE ABOUTS. I HAD SEEN A COUPLE AT DIFFERENT TIME MORE THAN A DECADE AGO IN BAY AREA, NEVER BEFORE IN OREGON. THANKS TO OBOLERS FOR THE CORRECTION!
This morning was our first 30-species dog walk at Fairview Wetlands. Gone are many winter ducks: no Gadwall nor pintail, only four shovelers instead of the daily dozens of a few weeks back. They have shoveled off to Buffalo? A Pied-billed Grebe was calling his spring yodel. Numerous Mallard ducklings were speeding around along with parental Canada Geese keeping their goslings in a tight armada formation. They have shoveled off to Buffalo? Swallows now out-number waterfowl. Four shorebird species, a high for me at this location. Saw my first cowbird at Fairview as well. Bad news for open cup nesters.
Part of the herd of Mallards:
Heard at least two bullfrogs, did not get a glimpse.
Fairview Wetlands, Marion, Oregon, US
Apr 26, 2021
30 species–the bold names for species new for my Marion County list this year
Canada Goose X
Northern Shoveler 4
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 40
Ring-necked Duck 7
Bufflehead 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1 one calling
Mourning Dove 2
American Coot 15
Killdeer 4
Least Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 20
Violet-green Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 15
Bushtit 1 nesting season so lone Bushtits are now possible
European Starling 20
Swainson’s Thrush 1 got good looks, not a Hermit
American Robin 3
Song Sparrow 6
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 first I’ve seen at this location, a female
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 2 were myrtle warblers
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