The Trip:
RAIN ... POURING RAIN ... with brief moments of clearing ... we got SOAKED !!!!!!!! ... went to see if the Black Turnstone or the Red-necked Phalarope, both of which were spotted late afternoon the day before, were still there ... if they were, we didn't see them ... there were LOTS of Savannah Sparrows however ... and both kinds of Yellow-rumped Warblers ...
Fernhill Wetlands:
Fernhill Wetlands is a 243 acre site composed largely of restored wetlands and moist soil habitats of now defunct sewage ponds, located near the Tualatin River in Forest Grove, Oregon.
To see other birds photographed on various trips to the Fernhill Wetlands ... click here.
Birds seen or photographed ... (in alphabetical order):
- American Coot ...
- American Robin ...
- American Wigeon ...
- Barn Swallow ...
- Brewer's Blackbird ...
- Canada Geese ...
- Cliff Swallow ...
- Common Merganser ...
- Common Yellowthroat ...
- Double-crested Cormorant ...
- European Starling (at nest) ...
- Glaucous-winged Gull ...
- Golden-crowned Sparrow ...
- Great Blue Heron ...
- Gull (species) ...
- Killdeer ...
- Mallard ...
- Mallard mix ...
- Northern Shoveler ...
- Pied-billed Grebe ...
- Red-tailed Hawk ...
- Red-winged Blackbird ...
- Rock Pigeon ...
- Savannah Sparrow ...
- Scaup (species) ...
- Song Sparrow ...
- Spotted Sandpiper ...
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 Tree Swallow ...
- White-crowned Sparrow ...
- Violet-green Swallow ...
- Yellow-rumped Warbler ...
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Tree Swallow, Fernhill Wetlands, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Overcast and rain.
Image taken April 26, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Tree Swallow, Fernhill Wetlands, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Overcast and rain.
Image taken April 26, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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