Category Archives: Birds

cepphus (seabird) columba (pigeon) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 9:44 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This seemed to be a day for black and white birds. Every bird I added today was black or black … Continue reading →

phalacrocorax (from phalakros, bald, and corus, raven) pelagicus (of the sea) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 9:40 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This was a bird I expected to see on this trip. What I … Continue reading →

uria (diving bird) aalge (from Danish for auk) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 9:37 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This was cool. So far, my lifers had been simply species that I had never seen … Continue reading →

larus (gull) glaucescens (blue-gray) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 7:29 pm Skamania County, Washington — Drano Lake We were heading west along the Columbia River through the Gorge when we happened upon Drano Lake. I don’t recall why I pulled … Continue reading →

poecile (many-colored) rufescens (reddish) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 5:36 pm Hood River County, Oregon — Tucker County Park We drove through the town of Hood River and up into the apple-growing region in the foothills beneath Mount Hood. We … Continue reading →