© Jesse Hodges
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Safe Bird Feeding Alert
Sick and dead Pine Siskins continue to be reported throughout the West. Here is an informative article from the Portland Audubon Wildlife Care Center outlining [...]
Bear Creek Bird Survey Volunteers Needed
The Rogue Valley Audubon Society, in partnership with the Klamath Bird Observatory, Rogue River Watershed Council, the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, and southern Oregon birders [...]
RVAS January 2021 Program
The Fascinating World of Forensic Ornithology Presented by Ariel Gaffney Ariel Gaffney will explain how she got into forensic ornithology and will discuss some of [...]
Federal Judge Overturns Trump Administration Attempt to Gut MBTA
Great news for birds! In 2018, Audubon, several other conservation groups, and eight states filed lawsuits challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s elimination of [...]
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Recent Photos of Local Birds
American Bittern (© Kirk Gooding) Agricultural fields across from Shasta WLR. Note: Unusual to see two bitterns out in the open especially hunting and eating bullfrogs.
Band-tailed Pigeon (© Nick Viani) Greensprings, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, we saw 6 different species all gorging on Elderberries - some in the same tree! (Also seen: Orange-crowned Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, Fox Sparrow, and a Hermit Thrush.)
Great Gray Owl (© Nick Viani) Not far from Howard Prairie Pond.
Violet-green Swallow (© Karl Schneck) N. Valley View Rd. Ashland
Tree Swallow (© Karl Schneck) N. Valley View Rd. Ashland
Hermit Warbler (© Nick Viani) This juvenile had just bathed at a sweet spot not far down the Keno Access Road.
American Goldfinch (© George Peterson) Emigrant Lake
Wild Turkeys (© Robert Mumby) Phoenix Hills Subdivision, Phoenix, OR Note: Water Break. One hen was baby-sitting 13 juveniles; two got lost a short while later. I don't know if they got back in the flock.
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