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Wilson's Snipe (© Keeley Kirkendall) Lower Clay Street, Ashland
Northern Pygmy Owl (© Marty Karlin) Howard Prairie
Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Visited our backyard feeder. After about 5 minutes, got bored with the service and took off.
Red-tailed Hawk (© Charlie Schelz) What's interesting about this image is that it was taken by a Motion Sensing Surveillance Camera. Virtual birding.
Immature Northern Shrike @ Denman (© Rick Shroy)
Merlin (© Nick Viani) This bird was spotted near the parking lot on the Spur Road at Emigrant Lake.
Redhead (© Tanner Martin) Riverside Park, Grants Pass
Anna's Hummingbird (© Cydne Jensen) North Mountain Park, Ashland
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.
Violet-green Swallow (© Karl Schneck) N. Valley View Rd. Ashland - Note: near the nesting box they're using.
Great Gray Owl (© Karl Schneck) Howard Prairie, OR
Dark-eyed Junco (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake Note: quite a mouthful of local delicacies!
Vesper Sparrow (© Rick Shroy) Vesper Meadow
White headed woodpecker (© Rick Shroy) Hyatt Lake
Hooded Merganser, juvenile (© Kirk Gooding) Lower Klamath National WLR Note: This is a confirmed juvenile Hooded Merganser. But it's not supposed to be here. Is this another case of ducks laying eggs in another species nest, in this case,…
Red-tailed Hawk (© Kirk Gooding) Lower Klamath National WLR Note: two things about this beautiful hawk: 1. possible early Long-billed Syndrome and, 2. is this young hawk is transitioning to adult (note the single red tail feather coming in over…
Great Gray Owl (© Kirk Gooding) Dead Indian Memorial Road
Red-shouldered Hawk - Fledgling (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland - this youngster and its sibling were leaping back and forth between the nest and some nearby branches.
Western Bluebird (© George Peterson) Emigrant lake
Canada Goose in a Mallard Family (© Kirk Gooding) An unusual sighting of a Canada Goose raised by a Mallard. The large gosling almost full grown was quite a contrast to the Mallard ducklings yet mimicked their behavior in every…
Golden-crowned Sparrow (© George Peterson) Emigrant Lake
Wilson's Warbler (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland
Leucistic Canada Goose (© Kirk Gooding) Keno Access Road near Lily Glen