Category Archives: Birds

arenaria (pertaining to a sandy place) melanocephala (from melas, black, and kephale, head) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 12:21 pm Ecola State Park, Oregon — Tillamook Point — Pacific Ocean I didn’t see any sea lions on the Sea Lion … Continue reading →

branta (sheldrake) bernicla (to burn, for its charred dark color) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 11:00 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean This Brant was totally serendipitous. For about six weeks before I headed to Portland, I studied my … Continue reading →

I wasn’t only seeing lifers. The area around Haystack Rock was crawling with all sorts of birds, including some that I have only seen a handful of times before. These are Harlequin Ducks. Before this day, I’d seen a grand … Continue reading →

fratercula (from frater, brother, and –cula, small) cirrhata (curly-headed) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 10:19 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock If there was one lifer I really wanted to see on this trip, and there … Continue reading →

haematopus (from haimo, blood, and pous, foot) bachmani (for John Bachman, minister and naturalist who co-authored Quadrupeds of North America with J.J. Audubon) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 10:05 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This … Continue reading →