Today was an unexpected first…a low elevation wetlands with more Lincoln’s Sparrows evident than Song. And some flying Cinnamon Teal showing off that sky-blue wing patch.
Red-wings were the most obvious and loudest bird presence this afternoon:
The other singing icterid was the meadowlark, but too far off for photo. The Savannah Sparrows were adding to the chorus:
Tim Johnson photo’d this bird at his home south of Salem. Plenty of forest and the Willamette River not far off:
Tim has other normal plumage Black-headed Grosbeaks at his place and thinks this is a leucistic cousin. Big and pale beak indicates he is probably right, sans DNA test. The other pale-beaked grosbeak (Evening) is too large to look like BHG, Tim is an expewrt birder.
ELSEWHERE: our garden feeder, Osprey nest at Madrona’s east terminus:
Mill Creek Wetlands, Marion, Oregon, US
Apr 24, 2024 3:45 PM
Protocol: Incidental
18 species
Canada Goose 1
Cinnamon Teal 5
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Mourning Dove 1
Wilson’s Snipe 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 16
European Starling 10
American Robin 1
American Goldfinch 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 10
Lincoln’s Sparrow 2
Western Meadowlark 2 singing
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Today’s date in numbers: 42424. In Britain it would 24424.
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