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by birdmeister

An evening at Johnson Rd (05/06/10, near Vernonia, OR)

This evening I ventured out to Johnson Rd after work. Lots of birds and great looks.

Lots of Black-throated Grays everywhere.

This Gray Jay was very interested in my Pygmy-Owl imitation.

A few of these spectacular birds were at various locations. The grove at the end of the road is the easiest (lowest) breeding location of Hermit Warbler that I am aware of – great for a picture.

Another fresh arrival is this House Wren.

One of the easiest warbler to see and hard is the Orange-crowned Warbler. No orange crown visible on this bird.

I bet you don’t have a picture of a Purple Finch with a fruit across its bill. :-)

by birdmeister

Around Sisters, OR (04/18/2010)

Above a Black-backed Woodpecker above. And a Pinyon Jay below …

An accommodating Pygmy Nuthatch was at the Entrada Lodge burn outside of Bend, OR.

A photogenic Western Bluebird in the morning sun.

We started out the day with about 100 noisy PINYON JAYS at McKinney Butte Rd & Trinity Way.

We then made our way over to the GW burn by taking the McKenzie Hwy out of Sisters for about 7.0mi and then turning north onto NF for Dev Rd 1028 (there was no road sign at the turnoff). About 2.8mi in, the first dead trees appeared and we made our first stop. There were 3 WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS on the east side of the road. At 3.1mi, we had 3 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the west side of the road. At 4.2mi we made a longer stop (this is where NF-2061 branches off I believe). Walking back south about 0.2mi, there is a denser grove of mostly live trees on the west side of the road. In this vicinity we had 1 THREE-TOED, 2 more BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS plus a Red-naped and a male WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER. A RUFFED GROUSE was heard drumming on a couple of occasions.
Thanks to Judy Meredith for the posting and sending the directions to this site.

We started out the day with about 100 noisy PINYON JAYS at McKinney Butte Rd & Trinity Way.We then made our way over to the GW burn by taking the McKenzie Hwy out of Sisters for about 7.0mi and then turning north onto NF for Dev Rd 1028 (there was no road sign at the turnoff). About 2.8mi in, the first dead trees appeared and we made our first stop. There were 3 WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS on the east side of the road. At 3.1mi, we had 3 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS on the west side of the road. At 4.2mi we made a longer stop (this is where NF-2061 branches off I believe). Walking back south about 0.2mi, there is a denser grove of mostly live trees on the west side of the road. In this vicinity we had 1 THREE-TOED, 2 more BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS plus a Red-naped and a male WILLIAMSON’S SAPSUCKER. A RUFFED GROUSE was heard drumming on a couple of occasions.
Thanks to Judy Meredith for the posting and sending the directions to this site.