I was lazy and did not take any photos but here is a Hermit Warbler singing a typical song version heard on the eastern side of Hood.
My ebird list:
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Williamson's Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Western Wood-Pewee 11
Hammond's Flycatcher 3
Cassin's Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 7
Gray Jay 2
Steller's Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 11
Red-breasted Nuthatch 9
House Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Hermit Thrush 6
American Robin 6
Nashville Warbler 5
MacGillivray's Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Gray Warbler 2
Hermit Warbler 7
Wilson's Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 7
Western Tanager 4
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Cassin's Finch 1
Last weekend I camped Saturday night along FR 27. I was hoping to hear some Flammulated Owls, but turns out I pitched my tent in the backyard of a Barred Owl family. So no other owls heard. Flammulated Owls have been found just north of where I camped.
The next morning I hiked into the White River Wildlife Management Area. My hope was to find some hatch-year birds to photograph. I saw a number of them, had a hard time getting them to sit still. My favorite was a young Nashville Warbler. I also wanted to search for Ash-throated Flycatchers. Some have been spotted in Wasco County during the summer. But ebird has no records of them along FR 27 in the summer. I was curious if I could find a breeding pair. None found, the hunt continues.
I had concerns about snakes so I kept Huck on a leash while I was birding the oak forest. There is another reason in photo below.
I also saw numerous deer and a bobcat. Striped Skunk, the other option would be Western Spotted Skunk according to mammal list for Mt Hood.
This is a typical view of a side of a canyon covered in oaks.
Going down the road to Tygh Creek was a wonderful strip of woods full of Nashville and MacGillivray's Warblers.
As I mentioned, I was trying to find hatch-year birds. Most young birds were Chipping Sparrows and a few cowbirds hanging with Cassin's Finch flocks.
I thought this was a female MacGillivray's Warbler. After reading The Warbler Guide I am not sure if the dark throat mottling is dark enough to kick it out of being a female. So maybe it is a hatch-year male? The Nashville I saw was still molting out of its downy feathers, this shows none of those feathers. So I am sticking with female Mac.
I heard a number of Gray Flycatchers calling in the oak forest. I was thinking the very short primary projection might make this a young bird. I had a hard time aging them. Pyle says young birds should have a strong lemon wash on undersides. I did not see any wash on this bird.
House Wrens were common and out singing.
My eBird list:
Wild Turkey 3
Turkey Vulture 3Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 4
Northern Pygmy-Owl 1
Vaux's Swift 9
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 4
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Gray Flycatcher 7
Empidonax sp. 2
Cassin's Vireo 3
Steller's Jay 2
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Mountain Chickadee 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 13
Rock Wren 1
House Wren 4
Western Bluebird 8
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 9
MacGillivray's Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4
Spotted Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 21
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Western Tanager 6
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Cassin's Finch 12
My second stop was a dry pine forest, I hiked up a road to see what birds were out. By then it was noon and hot. All the birds were quiet except a few meadowlarks. Huck had enough and turned around and went back to the car. He was waiting for me upon my return.
On the way home I stopped off at Tygh Ridge Road to see the Grasshopper Sparrows.
Horned Lark were also sharing the fence posts.
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