Week 23 Paul's Update (Oregon)

This was a good week of birding for me. I visited my parents in Oregon and took the opportunity to look around for a few birds.

Wow!

There are completely different bird species that live in Oregon than in Peterborough. This week's tally surged my yearly tally to over 200 species and I saw several birds that I had never seen before (despite living here for almost 20 years). It was also lots of fun to go birding with my parents, who hadn't really actively looked for birds before.

My list for the week:
168 Eurasian Collared Dove 6/4/2013 Parents Backyard, Nyssa, OR
169 California Quail 6/4/2013 Parents Backyard, Nyssa, OR
170 Black-chinned Hummingbird 6/4/2013 Parents Backyard, Nyssa, OR
171 Western Kingbird 6/4/2013 Owyhee River, Nyssa, OR
172 Brewers Blackbird 6/4/2013 Owyhee River, Nyssa, OR
173 Bullocks Oriole 6/4/2013 Owyhee River, Nyssa, OR
174 Western Wood Pewee 6/4/2013 Owyhee Dam, Nyssa, OR
175 Western Meadowlark 6/4/2013 Cow Hollow, Nyssa, OR
176 Ring-necked Pheasant 6/5/2013 Hwy 20, Vale, OR
177 Cinnamon Teal 6/5/2013 Hwy 20, Vale, OR
178 Long-billed Curlew 6/5/2013 Hwy 20, Harper, OR
179 Yellowheaded Blackbird 6/5/2013 Hwy 20, Juntura, OR
180 Ferruginous Hawk 6/5/2013 Hwy 20, Juntura, OR
181 American Avocet 6/5/2013 Crane, OR
182 Burrowing Owl 6/5/2013 Round Barn, Frenchglen, OR
183 Loggerhead Shrike 6/5/2013 Round Barn, Frenchglen, OR
184 White-faced Ibis 6/5/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
185 Sandhill Crane 6/5/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
186 Black-necked Stilt 6/5/2013 Frenchglen, OR
187 Great-tailed Grackle 6/5/2013 Frenchglen, OR
188 Brewers Sparrow 6/5/2013 Frenchglen, OR
189 Lark Sparrow 6/5/2013 South of Frenchglen, OR
190 Sage Thrasher 6/5/2013 South of Frenchglen, OR
191 American Bittern 6/5/2013 Frenchglen, OR
192 Franklins Gull 6/5/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
193 Common Nighthawk 6/6/2013 Frenchglen, OR
194 Says Phoebe 6/6/2013 Frenchglen, OR
195 Evening Grosbeak 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
196 Western Tanager 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
197 Western Grebe 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
198 Clarks Grebe 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
199 Wilsons Phalarope 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
200 California Gull 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
201 Eared Grebe 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
202 Canvasback 6/6/2013 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Frenchglen, OR
203 Prairie Falcon 6/6/2013 Hwy 20, Juntura, OR
204 Lazuli Bunting 6/7/2013 Succor Creek, Adrian, OR
205 Chukar 6/7/2013 Succor Creek, Adrian, OR
206 Violet-green Swallow 6/7/2013 Succor Creek, Adrian, OR

Yellow-headed cowbird at the headquarters of Malheur National Wildlife Refurge