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"Smith and Bybee Lakes, Portland, Oregon ... September 19 and 20, 2013"

The Trips:    Went out early on thursday and friday, September 19 and 20, looking for the American Avocets seen on Smith Lake ... success on both days !!! ... not especially closein, but nice scope views ... looked for the Snowy Egret both days but we still didn't find it ... there was a Whimbrel way on the back shore of Smith Lake ... could see with a scope but that's about all. Smith and Bybee Lakes:    For more birds seen or photographed at Smith and Bybee Lakes ... click here. The Locale:    For more birds seen or photographed in the lakes and wetlands in the North Portland area, west of Interstate 5 and bordered by the Columbia River to the north and the Columbia Slough to the south, including Smith and Bybee Lakes, Force Lake, Herons Lakes, and the Vanport Wetlands ... click here. Birds seen, heard, or photographed at Smith and Bybee Lakes ... (in alphabetical order):   American Avocet ... American Coot ... American Pipit ... American Robin ...   American White Pelican ... Barn Swallow ... Black-capped Chickadee ... Canada Goose ...   Cooper's Hawk ... Double-crested Cormorant ... Gadwall ... Glaucous-winged Gull ... Great Blue Heron ... Great Egret ...   Green Heron ... Greater Yellowlegs ... Killdeer ... Mallard ... Marsh Wren ... Northern Shoveler ... Peeps (species) ... Peregine Falcon ... Pied-billed Grebe ... Ring-billed Gull ... Song Sparrow ... Vaux's Swift ... Whimbrel ...   Wood Duck ... Yellow-rumped Warbler ... American Avocet ... MORE American Avocet images Click image to enlarge American Avocets, Smith Lake, Portland, Oregon. (DIGISCOPED). Image taken September 20, 2013. Left image Canon SX50. Right image Nikon 65 and Canon G9. American Avocets and American White Pelicans ... MORE American Avocet images MORE American White Pelican images Click image to enlarge American Avocets and American White Pelicans, Smith Lake, Portland, Oregon. Image taken September 19, 2013. Sony HX300. Cooper's Hawk ... MORE Cooper's Hawk images Click image to enlarge Cooper's Hawk, Smith and Bybee Lakes, Portland, Oregon. Image taken September 19, 2013. Panasonic Lumix FZ200. Green Heron ... MORE Green Heron images Click image to enlarge Green Heron, slough at Smith and Bybee Lakes, Portland, Oregon. Image taken September 20, 2013. Canon SX50. Wood Duck ... MORE Wood Duck images Click image to enlarge Wood Duck, male, slough at Smith and Bybee Lakes, Portland, Oregon. Image taken September 20, 2013. Canon SX50. HOME NORTHWEST JOURNEY - HOME COLUMBIA RIVER IMAGES RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLETE BIRD LIST WILDFLOWERS BIRDS of LEWIS and CLARK

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