More than 50 birds in a day?

Golden-crowned Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

? Need Help with this one

Savannah Sparrow?

Profile of the Northern Shoveler from a distance

Cow zone: all good birding places have cows whether it be Ecuador or the USA

White-crowned Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbirds feeding with the sparrows: in the picture we see the male surrounded by three females (and a Golden-crowned Sparrow in front of the male Redwing)

Harris's Sparrow: An uncommon type of Sparrow



Today, Sonya and I went to Sauvie Island to view birds with the Audubon Society. We saw nearly 50 species that are listed below. We were close to a lot of the sparrows; many of them were in fact begging for food. However, the lighting was not so good- so we did not get a lot of good pictures. Many of the birds were seen through a spotting scope/binoculars, and some were identified while flying over-head/closeby- hence we do not have pictures of each and every bird. We had never seen so many kinds of sparrows- that made the trip quite special.

1. Double Breasted Cormorant
2. Sandhill Crane
3. Tundra Swan
4. Great Blue Heron
5. Canada Geese
6. Cackling Geese
7. Mallard
8. American Coot
9. Green-winged Teal
10. American Wigeon
11. Northern Shoveler
12. Northern Pintail
13. Lesser Scaup
14. Greater Scaup?
15. Bufflehead
16. Hooded Merganser 
17. Ring Neck Duck
18. Canvasback
19. Bald Eagle
20. Northern Harrier
21. Red Tail Hawk
22. American Kestrel
23. Peregrine Falcon
24. Tree Swallow
25. Violet Green Swallow
26. Mourning Dove
27. Northern Flicker
28. Downy Woodpecker
29. American Robin
30. Scrub Jay
31. American Crow
32. Common Raven
33. European Starling
34. Black capped Chickadee
35. Spotted Towhee
36. Dark Eyed Junco
37. Red Wing Blackbird
38. Brewer's Blackbird
39. Bewicks's Wren
40. Marsh Wren
41. Song Sparrow
42. Golden-crowned Sparrow
43. White-crowned Sparrow
44. White-throated Sparrow
45. Fox Sparrow
46. Harris Sparrow
47. Savannah Sparrow
48. Lincoln's Sparrow
49. Sea Gull (do know the type)
50. Bobolink(?)
51. Virginia Rail (only sound heard)
52. Great Horned Owl [? Somebody heard it hooting in the parking lot ]
53. Bushtit [Olive on a tooth-pick- not on the island- close to our home]
54. Rock Pigeon [close to home]

On the banks of the Columbia on Sauvie Island: We are trying to identify if the bird we are seeing is the Greater or the Lesser Scaup