Category Archives: Birds

vireo (to be green) huttoni (named for William Hutton, collector) Friday, May 9, 2008 — 1:13 pm Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon — Larch Mountain Road My 18th and final lifer of the trip. I drove up Larch Mountain … Continue reading →

aechmophorus (from aikhme, spear, and phero, bearing) occidentalis (to fall, as the sun in the west, hence, western) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 4:49 pm Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint, Oregon — Pacific Ocean The day was winding down. We’d gotten … Continue reading →

After we toured Tillamook Cheese, we drove the 10 miles or so out to Cape Meares. A long finger of sand dunes separates Tillamook Bay from the open ocean. We headed down a dirt road, looking at ducks and herons … Continue reading →

phalacrocorax (from phalakros, bald, and corus, raven) penicillatus (brush, for the tufts of feathers on its head) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 12:40 pm Ecola State Park, Oregon — Tillamook Head- Pacific Ocean I expected to see these and was … Continue reading →