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We are seeing many young birds following adults to our feeders. First were the House Finchlets that arrived last month. Now: Lesser Goldfinch, crows, starlings. The young crow this morning exercised his loud cawing whine–“feed me, feed me”.

This evening a quartet of White-breasted Nuthatches showed up on one of our suet blocks, and its surroundings. Two, maybe three, of them were newly fledged from the nuthatchery, and they acted nutty. Swooping and diving (swallow imitations), and then one landed on our roof–not a typical nuthatch placement.

954 Ratcliff Drive SE, Marion, Oregon, US
Jun 14, 2022
13 species

Eurasian Collared-Dove  X
Mourning Dove  X
California Scrub-Jay  X
American Crow  X
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  3
Bushtit  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  X
House Finch  3
Lesser Goldfinch  4
American Goldfinch  2

954 Ratcliff Drive SE, Marion, Oregon, US
Jun 15, 2022
13 species

Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Mourning Dove  2
Northern Flicker  1
Steller’s Jay  1
California Scrub-Jay  X
American Crow  3     adults with juvenile
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  X
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling  X     adult with two juveniles
House Finch  3
Lesser Goldfinch  4
Dark-eyed Junco  1

Salem Riverfront Park, Marion, Oregon, US–VERY HIGH WATER RIGHT NOW
COVERS GRAVEL BAR BELOW FOOTBRIDGE
Jun 15, 2022
16 species

Canada Goose  40
Mallard  30
Common Merganser  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Osprey  1
Steller’s Jay  1
Tree Swallow  X
Violet-green Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Cliff Swallow  X
European Starling  X
American Robin  4
Song Sparrow  4
Brewer’s Blackbird  1