The first few raindrops hit our garden at 1024AM. Three hours late a true drizzle began. Since, rain intermittent. The wetter it got, the more the finches and junco ate…and ate. It’ll be a cold, wet night and that requires plenty of fuel to keep warm. No gas furnace in the local shrubs or trees for those who must sleep outdoors.
954 Ratcliff Drive SE, Marion, Oregon, US
Oct 21, 2022
9 species
Mourning Dove X
Steller’s Jay 1
California Scrub-Jay X
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Finch 15
American Goldfinch 20
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1
Clark Creek Park, Marion, Oregon, US
Oct 21, 2022
7 species
Northern Flicker 1
Steller’s Jay 2
American Crow 18
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Bushtit 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Spotted Towhee 1
COLORADO BIRDS from Albert Ryckman. Two of the best:
Albert knows how much I love dippers and how much they love cold mountain streams.
Here is link to Lee French’s latest Great Gray Owl video from the southern Cascades. Click now.
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