Here is a list of what we saw yesterday. The birds with an asterisk are ones that we saw on our hike up at Council Crest. The hike was put together by the Sierra Club and there were 34 hikers. The hike was from Washington Park back to downtown Portland on back trails. It wasn't a bird hike and we appeared to be the only acting birders in the group. The pace was pretty fast so there wasn't much time to look for birds but we still saw a few and we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.
Jan, 1 2008
Dark-Eyed Juncos
Pine Siskins
American Goldfinches
Lesser Goldfinches
Norther Flickers (both in the backyard and on the hike)
Anna's Hummingbird
American Robins
House Finches
Purple Finches
Black-Capped Chickadee
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Bushtits
Spotted Towhee
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scrub-Jay
Steller's Jay
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
House Sparrow
European Starlings
American Crows
Common Ravens
Varied Thrush*
Golden-Crowned Kinglet*
26 species to start the new year out with. Not too bad of a start. We also heard Cedar Waxwings in the trees above us on our hike but failed to actually see one. I think that we are also participating in the CBC on Jan. 5th in the Forest Park area. They still need people in that area. So that should definitely add some more to our list of 2008.
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