provided by:

Priscilla Sokolowski

Eugene, OR

Photos from personal trips  AND trips with

“Birds of Oregon and General Science” (BOGS)


Priscilla’s  

Bird photography


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Row River Park Birding
with Coast Fork Birders of Cottage Grove

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Nola Nelson (of BOGS) forwarded to the BOGS membership, an email announcing a bird walk at the Row River Nature Park just west of Cottage Grove. Both Marylee and I decided to go birding with this group

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I had a great time meeting and birding with the
Coast Fork Birders group.
They have a very attractice little logo which puts me in mind of the idea that perhaps BOGS should design a logo. (more on this at some later time)

The members whom I met were Barbara Butzer, Nola, Julie, Allison, Jim, Ed, Grace.

This group functions loosely under the umbrella of the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council, an organization focused on restoration of habitat in and around the Coast Fork Willamette River, (in south lane county).
Click on their logo below for their webpage

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One of the highlights for some members of this group was seeing a Wilson's Snipe right out in the open, allowing me to take some nice photos. I wish I had managed to get a video showing how it almost danced - slowly - along the log when it went hunting for food. I notice that the last eBird report of a Wilson's Snipe at this location was in 2011 by Tom Mickel. I'm sure they are seen by folks birding there from time to time, but many birders do not file their checklists with eBird.

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Some Pine Siskins happened to land very nearby in a small tree

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A Bald Eagle was spotted way ahead of us in a tall tree. At first, without binoculars, only the white head was seen.

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Bird list for walk at Row River Nature Park in the Cottage Grove area, November 7, 2015
Barbara Butzer kept the formal bird list for this outing,

  1. Canada Goose
  2. Pied-billed Grebe
  3. Cooper's Hawk
  4. Mallard
  5. Bald Eagle
  6. Green Heron
  7. Spotted Towhee
  8. American Crow
  9. Northern Flicker
  10. Great Blue Heron
  11. Song Sparrow
  12. Golden Crowned Sparrow
  13. Steller's jay -?
  14. Western Scrub Jay
  15. Wilson's Snipe
  16. American robin
  17. Pacific Wren
  1. Bewick's Wren
  2. European Starling
  3. Black-capped Chickadee
  4. Belted Kingfisher
  5. American Kestrel
  6. American Wigeon
  7. American Goldfinch
  8. Dark-eyed junco
  9. Varied Thrush
  10. Red-breasted Sapsucker
  11. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  12. American Bald Eagle
  13. Ring-necked Duck
  14. Hooded Merganser
  15. American Coot
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Questions about BOGS? EMAIL: priscilla@blog.priscillanhk.com