Questions about BOGS? EMAIL: priscilla@blog.priscillanhk.com
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Jody and Priscilla will facilitate Summer bird walks on 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursdays through the Summer.
These walks will begin at 8am. Since the Campbell Center
opens at 8:30am, we will meet in the parking lot in front of the building at 8am
Destinations will be chosen by the group at the time we meet for the walk (at 8am).
If there has been some recent bird activity of special interest posted on OBOL,
or displayed in eBird, that information will be posted here before the morning of the walk.
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Next Bird Walk of Summer, Aug 10, 2017:
DESTINATION: ELIJAH BRISTOW PARK
Meet as usual at the Campbell Center before 8am to arrange car pooling.
Bristow Park is about 25 minutes southeast along Highway 58.
Bristow Park has been a popular destination
for our Summer birding group. We have gone there two if not three of the last four Summers.
An additional feature is that a Cascara bush at the draws a variety of birds. While
Zumwalt Park also has this feature, we have already been to Zumwalt this Summer.
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Future Bird Walks:
August 24 and Aug 31, 2017
DESTINATIONS:
Not yet chosen. If nothing special comes up, the group will decide on a destination
when we meet just before 8am.
If something special shows up in our area which might be of enough interest to chase down,
Priscilla will provide information about it on this webpage or else present it to the group for consideration
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MOST RECENT SLIDESHOWS AND TRIP REPORTS ADDED TO WEBSITE:
(both BOGS and non-BOGS)
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BOGS Fern Ridge Royal
July 27, 2017
Photos by Don Laufer and Priscilla Sokolowski
Black-necked Stilt, photo by Priscilla Sokolowski
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BOGS Clearwater Landing
July 13, 2017
Photos by Don Laufer and Priscilla Sokolowski
Cedar Waxwing photo by Priscilla Sokolowski
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BOGS Zumwalt County Park
June 8, 2017
Photos by Don Laufer and Priscilla Sokolowski
Pileated Woodpecker photo by Don Laufer
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BOGS Oregon Country Fair Site
May 25, 2017
Pacific Slope Flycatcher photo by Don Laufer
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Floyd Weitzel's Malheur Trip
May 23, 2017
Photos taken by Chris Kilpatrick and Carolyn Nielsen
Violet-green Swallow photo by Chris Kilpatrick
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BOGS Clearwater Landing
& Finley Refuge Woodpecker Loop
May 11 & June 22, 2017
Great Blue Heron at Clearwater; photo by Don Laufer
Cottontail Rabbit at Finley; photo by Priscilla
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BOGS Perkins Peninsula
April 27, 2017
Golden-crowned Sparrow. Photo by Sat Nam Singh
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Checkermallow Owlets 3
Photos taken by Priscilla, April 21, 2017
Adult Owl. Photo by Priscilla
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BOGS Alton Baker Park
April 13, 2017
American Kestrel. Photo by Priscilla
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Checkermallow Owlets
Photos taken April 10, 2017 by Don Laufer
Young Owl in nest. Photo by Don Laufer
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Checkermallow Great Horned Owl Nest
Photos taken April 8, 2017
Those of you who were on the BOGS walk the day this nest was first seen,
(Jan 27 at Checkermallow), know how far away the nest is from any public access location. Using a spotting scope
and the 50X of my Canon SX50, I was able to see that there are THREE babies in the nest,
about 4 or 5 weeks old.
Young Owlets in nest. Photo by Priscilla
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BOGS Skinner Butte
March 30, 2017
Red-breasted Sapsucker by Don Laufer
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BOGS Finley Wildlife Refuge
Mar 23, 2017
Rufous Hummingbird by Don Laufer
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I don't seem to be working on a full trip report
for the new Springfield Millrace Trail,
though I actually have the whole report nearly done.
I went back Thurs Mar 16 when the lighting was much better
and took photos providing some wide angle views of Jasper Slough, the Millrace itself
as well as pics of Northwestern Turtles, a Black Phoebe,
Hooded Mergansers, and Ring-necked Ducks.
I will upload this hopefully by Thurs, March 23.
(posted March 17)
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BOGS Late Photo Additions:
March 31, 2017
While these photos have been added to the slideshows to which they belong,
some of you may have viewed those before they were added.
Red-spotted Garter Snake (thamnophus sirtalis concinnus)
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BOGS North Delta Ponds
March 9, 2017
Great Blue Heron standing in nest
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BOGS Stewart Pond
March 2, 2017
Dunlin photo by Sat Nam Singh
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THE LATEST BIRDS REPORTED to eBIRD in our area:
I am excited to report that the BIRDTRAX widgets
have been restored to full functionality!!
There is now a STATEWIDE RARITIES widget,
as well as a REGIONAL RARITIES (within 40 miles).
As before, there are also widgets covering from Albany in the north
to Oakridge to the south.
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Most eBird data provides only confirmed sightings,
but a rare bird might not stick around as long as it takes for a report to be confirmed
by local eBird reviewers. This widget gives the quickest public access to reports of such sightings.
CLICK HERE for the RARE and RECENT BIRD sightings.
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ALL BOGS TRIP REPORTS & SLIDESHOWS
ALL Non-BOGS SLIDESHOWS from Trips, Festivals, Projects
WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE DO THINGS:
About the thumbnail photos:
The rows of thumbnail-sized photos adorning the home page
are some of my best photos or else some of my most interesting. Most of them were taken
on non-BOGS birding outings. If you click
on a thumbnail it will give you a full screen view of the image.
Use the back button/arrow on your browser to return to the home page.
