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Counting Migrants, Lincoln County NAMC
For the second year we participated in the Fall North American Migration Count (NAMC) for Lincoln County. This year, my hubby and I covered a route on our own rather than with a team. After talking...
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Counting Migrants, Tillamook County NAMC
This year we volunteered to help with the Tillamook County North American Migration Count. In our few other NAMCs, we've stayed in our home county. Coordinating our route with others who are regulars...
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Birding 101 to 201 - Growing Pains
Two summers ago, my brother, a serious birder and outstanding nature photographer, visited from Tennessee and rekindled my interest in birds.I've loved birds forever, since I was a kid and we carried a...
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Pixieland!
Funny, but I started this blog posting two months ago - saved it as a "draft" and then, well, life kindof happened. So here I am again, ready to tell you about Pixieland! Pixieland is one of several...
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Add Your Own Caption
It's such fun looking back over my birding "2012 Year in Photos".Here's a fun series I had forgotten about that I took at last Spring's Birding and Blues Festival in Pacific City. A pair of TREE...
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Pixieland WETlands!
Pixieland, one of several marshes in the Salmon River Estuary, opened to the public in August 2012.Open to Foot Traffic!In September, I started visiting Pixieland and became enchanted with the dry,...
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Pixieland in Pictures
It occurs to me that, while I've talked about where Pixieland came from, and how it is transforming, I haven't actually SHOWN you Pixieland.Don't be put off by the main "trail" (but don't forget your...
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Spring Comes to Pixieland
Three days after my last blog post, I got this respiratory flu-thing. Nine weeks later, I'm still struggling with it - but finally able to get out a bit and see how things are doing at Pixieland....
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A bird or two at Boiler Bay
Decided to drive down to Yaquina Bay yesterday morning to see the shorebirds that were being reported. Passing Boiler Bay, hundreds of specs in the water caught my eye -- I quickly pulled over and...
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Schooner Creek American Dipper
Today was yard work day - hauled truckloads of yard debris to Schooner Creek Transfer Station. After the last load of the day, I decided to run up Schooner Creek Road to see what I could see. I drove...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 1, Part 1
Seven new birds on the first day! We arrived at Lithia Springs Inn (Ashland Oregon) Thursday evening -- this Lesser Goldfinch was on the ugly fountain as we entered the grounds, seemingly right where...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 1, Part 2
I can tell that it's going to be tough trying to blog while we're on vacation! Another great day, a little more relaxed. The weather is gorgeous - cool, a little cloudy. But, we were talking about 7...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 2
Second day in Ashland, Oregon. After our bonanza day yesterday, we decided to stick around Ashland and revisit some places we birded last fall. Ashland Ponds was our first stop. Our first bird was a...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 3
Howard Prairie Lake is midway between Ashland and Klamath Falls off of Dead Indian Memorial Road. We had seen reports of a Great Grey Owl, plus it was listed as a good birding spot, so we changed our...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 4
In preparation for our trip to Klamath Basin, I emailed the folks on Oregon Birders Online (OBOL) to get local advice and also purchased a copy of the Klamath Basin Birding Trail guide. Additionally,...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 5
We are now home, but I wanted to catch you all up on our wonderful adventure. Day 5 was our 2nd full day in Klamath Falls. In the morning, we visited Putnam's Point and walked about a mile up Link...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 6
Wednesday, May 29th was day 6 of our trip. We were both tired from our previous day's adventures, and so we decided to take in a couple of auto tours - Lower Klamath Basin and Tule Lake. Our first...
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2013 Dancing Grebe Trip - Day 7
On Thursday the 30th, we headed out of Klamath Falls on our way to Bend - the final leg of our journey. There were a couple of places enroute that I wanted to visit. First stop was Wood River Wetland,...
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Two soaking wet eagles, nine vultures and a very large salmon carcass
Stopped off at Little Nestucca River boat launch a few days ago - in a tree across the river, an adult BALD EAGLE was drying itself. This guy is soaking wet!Some movement caught my eye - oh my, there...
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Out and About -- Atlantic City
Here in Mount Laurel, New Jersey because of my husband's work, the first day we went to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell and visit the historic district.Then we drove down to Atlantic City to visit...
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