BTW: events begin at the Ankeny Nature Center atop the hill on Saturday, February 5th. Click here for website and schedule of events.
There were Lincoln’s Sparrows rampant along the hedge that lines the east side of Buena Vista Road…that’s between Ankeny Hill Road on the north and Eagle Marsh on the south. I think this is the first winter day I have ever seen more Lincoln’s than Song Sparrows. In the sun they were almost bold, not the usual furtive near-glance then disappear critters I usually expect to nearly see.

















Ankeny NWR, Marion, Oregon, US
Jan 27, 2022
35 species
Snow Goose 60 in fields east of Buena Vista Road, north of railroad
Cackling Goose 500
Canada Goose 4000 in fields east of Buena Vista Road, north of railroad–mixed flock
Tundra Swan 44
Northern Shoveler X
American Wigeon X
Mallard X
Northern Pintail X
Green-winged Teal X
Ring-necked Duck X
Bufflehead X
Ruddy Duck X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
American Coot X
Killdeer 60
Dunlin 120
Wilson’s Snipe 25
Great Blue Heron 4
Northern Harrier 6
Bald Eagle 5
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 5
California Scrub-Jay 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling X
American Robin 3
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-crowned Sparrow 42
Song Sparrow 3
Lincoln’s Sparrow 5
Spotted Towhee 1
Western Meadowlark X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Lincoln sparrows are one of the prettiest.
By: Kathy Patterson on January 27, 2022
at 7:42 pm