New Birds!

This Saturday, after Michelle dropped me off at work, she decided to stop by 148th and Marine Drive to see if she could find the Osprey that we had heard about. Well, she not only found the Osprey but she found all 3 of them! She was watching one in the nest and then the other 2 came flying in and she got some great photos!

So yesterday (Sunday) we took a drive out there again, before I had to go to work. There was indeed, one Osprey in the nest. We found the other 2 out fishing on the river. We also saw a Caspian Tern on the drive! Here are those photos and then some of a little wetland area in Tualatin that we stopped at where we saw (for the first time ever) 4 Short-Billed Dowitchers!! We were so excited!

We also saw, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Song and House Sparrows, Violet-Green and Tree Swallows, Am. Kestrels and a Red-Tail Hawk, Greater and Lesser Scaups, Green-Winged Teals, Brewer's Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Great Blue Herons, Gulls a'plenty and a few unidentified birds. I'm sure that I am forgetting some birdies. I think I will make a "Unidentified Birds" post here in the near future.

Anyway, here are the pictures. We hope you enjoy them and we hope to hear from you and Good Birding!!

Caspian Tern

Short-Billed Dowitchers

More Dowitchers...

Red-Tail Hawk looking for some lunch

Here is the Osprey nest on 148th and NE Marine Drive

Protecting the nest...

Such fluffy little heads they have

Michelle got a great shot of one of them landing nearby

2 of the 3 that are taking care of the nest

Here's one of them just landing

Here is one of the other Osprey hauling a pretty good sized fish out of the river.

Here is a pic of a Great-Horned Owl!! They are all over Marine drive!! Well, they look real at a distance

Here is a House Sparrow that seems to think that she is a Flicker. We haven't ever seen the Sparrows do this before