Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Oregon Birds

Hi All,

Monday we did our first session at Heceta Head Lighthouse. We had several hundred common murres atop the rocks early in the day but they flushed off about 11AM and stayed away the rest of the day.We also saw 150 surf scoters, western grebe, black oystercatcher and 3 species of cormorant. It was cloudy and windy all day but this is Oregon after all.

Tuesday we met up with a group of birders in Florence for a pleasant morning birding in some wetlands and along the coast. Carl took some photos through the spotting scope.

This afternoon we shopped around Old Town Florence then got some Internet at Fred Meyer's.

Love
Sandy & Carl

Photographed and sent from Carl's iPhone

White Crowned Sparrow checking us out

Breeding Brandt's Cormorants with the beautiful blue throat patch

Western Gull begging for food at Sea Lion Point (I had to back up to focus on this guy)

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