Oregon Coast Final Part

[Chris]

Final part of my Oregon Coast report. We saw six Gray Whales. Hard to get a photo of them. Best one I got.



Other mammals were Elk, Mule Deer, California Ground Squirrel, Sea Lions and Harbor Seals

This seal I caught stretching while resting on a rock



Common Murres



Sea birds feeding



A White Pelican was a nice surprise



A few Brown Pelicans feeding



Wandering Tattler



One of two Whimbrels seen. I thought I would have seen more



Great Egret



Top places visited in no order if anyone is interested

Haystack Rock – Great for viewing nesting seabirds up close and also a chance to see Tufted Puffins. Only place I saw them

Ecola State Park – Excellent hiking opportunities through mature forest.

Sitka Sedge Park – This one is a new park and opened in 2017 I believe. Has a great mixture of habitats.

Fort Stevens Park – Mainly visited site c area where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Excellent area for shorebirds. Not very busy either which was nice.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse – Tens of thousands of Murres nest on the rocks here and also many other seabirds as well. Good area for whale watching too.

I saw 95 species here is the list

Canada Goose
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Wandering Tattler
Greater Yellowlegs
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wrentit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager

[murraybrown]

A good list for only a couple of weeks Chris. I just recently got my first Hermit Warbler too. Not usually an easy bird to find. I also see where you found some Wrentits as well. I think they are interesting little guys and I found they really responded well to a playback call.
Are you still using the Canon with your original 250 mm lens?

[Chris]

Murray, the Wrentits were interesting little birds.

Yes, still using the Canon with the 250mm lens. Thinking about upgrading soon.

[butterfly]

That is one of the best road trips! The scenery and birds really are great! You certainly had a great time! Thanks for posting. Joanne and Bruce