2011 January 21 - Sauvie Island

We started this mostly sunny January day at Mark Greenfield's house with coffee and treats, and a walk around his pond, giving us several birds on the list. Some of the highlights were two perched Peregrine Falcons, a flyover of both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans which gave us an excellent size comparison, several opportunities to see the lovely Sandhill Cranes, a very active group of Lincoln's Sparrows in a blackberry patch, and a flock of Western Meadowlarks perched in trees.

Snow Goose. Chen caerulescens.
Cackling Goose. Branta hutchinsii
Canada Goose. Branta canadensis.
Trumpeter Swan. Cygnus buccinator.
Tundra Swan. Cygnus columbianus.
Eurasian Wigeon. Anas penelope.
American Wigeon. Anas americana.
Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos.
Northern Shoveler. Anas clypeata.
Northern Pintail. Anas acuta.
Green-winged Teal. Anas crecca.
Lesser Scaup. Aythya affinis.
Bufflehead. Bucephala albeola.
Hooded Merganser. Lophodytes cucullatus.
Common Merganser. Mergus merganser.
California Quail. Callipepla californica
Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus.
Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias.
Great Egret. Ardea alba.
Bald Eagle. Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
Northern Harrier. Circus cyaneus.
Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperii.
Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo jamaicensis.
American Kestrel. Falco sparverius.
Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus.
American Coot. Fulica americana.
Sandhill Crane. Grus canadensis.
Mew Gull. Larus canus.
Ring-billed Gull. Larus delawarensis.
Eurasian Collared-Dove. Streptopelia decaocto
Great Horned Owl. Bubo virginianus.
Anna's Hummingbird. Calypte anna.
Downy Woodpecker. Picoides pubescens.
Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus.
Western Scrub-Jay. Aphelocoma californica.
American Crow. Corvus brachyrhynchos.
Black-capped Chickadee. Poecile atricapillus.
White-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis.
Brown Creeper. Certhia americana.
Golden-crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Regulus calendula.
American Robin. Turdus migratorius.
European Starling. Sturnus vulgaris.
Yellow-rumped Warbler. Dendroica coronata.
Spotted Towhee. Pipilo maculatus.
Fox Sparrow. Passerella iliaca.
Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia.
Lincoln's Sparrow. Melospiza lincolnii.
White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis.
Golden-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia atricapilla.
Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.
Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus.
Western Meadowlark. Sturnella neglecta.
Brewer's Blackbird. Euphagus cyanocephalus.
House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.
Lesser Goldfinch. Spinus psaltria.