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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Fern Ridge April 18, 2016
Common Yellowthroat; Marsh Wren; Northern Harrier

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Janet Naylor and I went out to Fern Ridge Reservoir, walking out along Royal Ave. Sunrise was around 6:30 and we arrived around 7:15, so there was still a hint of orange to the light, as can be seen in the first photo of White Pelicans out where Royal runs into the water pool

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If there was any lacking in variety, it was certainly made up by the sheer number of Common Yellowthroats and Marsh Wrens singing constantly.

I have not often seen Common Yellowthroat perched up high on bare branches of shrubs or small trees, but that is what they were doing on this day.

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The Marsh Wrens were more numerous, and vocalizing everywhere, but they were much more difficult to photograph.

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Of course there were Song Sparrows too, also singing. I do not usually make much effort to photograph Song Sparrows, but this one presented itself well with several different backdrops and poses.

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We were entertained for quite a while by a female Northern Harrier busily gathering materials for her nest from the edge of Royal off ahead of us and flying them along a wide quarter-circle arc back to her nest site. She did this over and over again. I cobbled a set of photos of her taken over the course of about 8 of her round trips to create one sequence showing the pattern of her flight-dance.

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you can find these on the HOME page:
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Enjoy!
Priscilla

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