After the Great Backyard Bird Count

Hello everybody!

Here's hoping that you had a great weekend and, to those of you that participated in the GBBC, the best GBBC yet!

Here are a few of the photos we took over the weekend. We have been absolutely swamped since last Friday. Between counting for the GBBC and about a dozen other projects that we have going, it's been crazy!

Anyway, here are the photos. Hope you enjoy!

A Townsend's Warbler getting ready for a big bite!

This Townsend's couldn't figure out if he wanted to land on the suet or not.

Here is one of the 3 or 4 Red-Tailed Hawks along I-84, between Lloyd Center and 102nd Ave. We see them everyday so keep your eyes peeled!

A Cooper's stopping by for some lunch (luckily, the restaurant was closed)

KATU and the Great Backyard Bird Count 2009

KATU came back this year and is doing another story on the Great Backyard Bird Count. Carlos Faura was the reporter and, like last year, Karen Munday from Portland Audubon Society was here to make sure we didn't say anything stupid (just kidding, Karen).

The report runs tonight during the 6pm newscast. They were here for 2 hours but the segment is only 1 minute 20 seconds.

Hopefully, this will garner a few new participants in the GBBC and maybe even hook a new birder or two! We will post a link to the story after it airs tonight.

Karen Munday being interviewed in our backyard. The camerawoman Patricia was a Godsend! She was like a director on a movie set. She knew exactly what and how to do it.


Patricia putting the mic on me. Not that anything that comes out of my mouth is usually worth hearing!