Talking Water Gardens

[Don Boucher]

Hello,

The Neighborhood Naturalist led a field trip this morning at Talking Water Gardens in Albany. It was a clam and warm morning with periods of sunshine.

We got a few lucky looks at a Sora but we didn't encounter any other rails. There was a calm Red-tailed Hawk with an orange wing tag perched on a utility pole. The wing tag was partially covered had either E/K or E/A on it. I overheard someone on the field trip who said they were going to find out where the hawk was tagged. We'll let you know if we find out.

Everyone got a decent look at a Wilson's Snipe who seemed content sitting out in the open on a mat of cattails.

The birding was good in the woods along the First Lake trail, which included a Townsend's Warbler.

50 Species:

Canada Goose

Cackling Goose

Wood Duck

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Green-winged Teal

Bufflehead

Hooded Merganser

Pied-billed Grebe

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Anna's Hummingbird

Sora

Wilson's Snipe

Gull sp.

Double-crested Cormorant

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

Acorn Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Black Phoebe

California Scrub-Jay

Steller's Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

Bushtit

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Marsh Wren

Bewick's Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Varied Thrush

American Robin

European Starling

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Dark-eyed Junco

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Red-winged Blackbird

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Don Boucher

neighborhood-naturalist.com

[Don A Boucher]

On this "calm" morning, other observers saw "E/K" on the Red-tailed Hawk's tag.

[Bill Gerth]

Hi folks,

Happy MLK day!

Hey...I saw a smallish brown thrush with a speckled breast in my backyard this morning. Any thoughts on which species this is likely to be?

If I see it again, I'll try to get a photo.

Thanks!

Cheers,

Bill

[Don Boucher]

Hi Bill,

It's very likely to be a Hermit Thrush. Nice!

-Don Boucher

Corvallis

[clear...@peak.org]

Hi Bill,

Hermit Thrush is far and away the most likely small, spotted thrush for this time of year.

If you get a good look, one thing to watch for is a tail that's noticeably more reddish/rusty than the back. They also make a low, soft "chup!" note, similar to Varied Thrush but a little softer.

Almost as endearing as bluebirds!

Joel

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[Catherine Otto]

All the thrushes, every variety, are quite endearing! Something about them... their patterns of coloration, body shape, eyes (and eye rings on Swainson’s and hermit thrushes) and of course their vocalizations: from soft ‘chup’ calls to each of their songs.

Catherine

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[Bill Gerth]

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I'll try to get a better look and will listen for its call.

Cheers,

Bill

[Carol Hiler]

Hi Don - This could be the same Red-Tail that my son and I saw there a few weeks ago.  It flew towards us from out in the marsh and landed about 20 feet away from us on a boulder.  It couldn't care less that we were there as we snapped several pictures, talked and walked around.  If I remember correctly, it was caught at PDX, tagged, and released in the Brownsville area.

-Carol Hiler

N. Albany 

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