The Trip:
Gray drizzly day ... had other reasons to be in the area so we took time to stop and see what was at the Scappoose Water Treatment Facility ... had a Green Heron !!!!!! ... among birders, this area is part of what is known as "Scappoose Bottoms".
Scappoose Bottoms:
For more birds seen or photographed at Scappoose Bottoms ... click here.
Columbia County:
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Birds seen, heard, or photographed ... (in alphabetical order):
- American Crow ...
- American Robin ...
- Bewick's Wren ...
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Brown-headed Cowbird ...
- Eurasian Collared-Dove ... (heard)
- European Starling ...
- Gadwall ...
- Great Blue Heron ...
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Great Egret ...
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Green Heron ...
- Mallard ...
- Pied-billed Grebe ...
- Red-winged Blackbird ...
- Tree Swallow ...
- Violet-green Swallow ...
- Wood Duck ...
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Brown-headed Cowbird, male (left) and female (right), Scappoose Water Treatment Plant, Scappoose, Oregon.
Gray and overcast.
Image taken June 3, 2015.
Nikon P600.
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Great Egret, Scappoose Water Treatment Plant, Scappoose, Oregon.
Gray and overcast.
Image taken June 3, 2015.
Nikon P600.
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Green Heron, Scappoose Water Treatment Plant, Scappoose, Oregon.
(DIGISCOPED).
Gray and overcast.
Image taken June 3, 2015.
Kowa and Canon S95.
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