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Owls by Species
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Date / Event
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Description
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Photo Album and sample photo
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SHORT-EARED OWLS
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| FLIGHT PROFILES OF Short-eared Owls
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With all the trips I've made to photograph Short-eared Owls, I have come home
with many photos which are too dark to see any detail except the profile of the flying bird.
I realized these photos were good illustrations of the varying appearance of these Owls;
especially showing how their flapping wings go so far up and so far down most of the time;
and also how their wings look when gliding or hovering ...
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Photographs
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Diamond Hill Wetlands
Short-eared Owls - BEST YET!
Feb 9, 2018
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LaRue, Jennifer, Janet and I went to Diamond Hill around 4pm.
The owls were starting to get active and stayed active until we left at 5:20
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Slideshow
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Diamond Hill Wetlands
Short-eared Owls
Feb 5, 2018
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Don Laufer went out to Diamond Hill and took a lot of nice photos of the Owls doing all kinds of things.
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Slideshow
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| Diamond Hill Owls, Feb 3, 2018
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I drove out to several locations where Short-eared Owls have been reported; all of them near the Southern boundary
of Linn County. One field with corn stubble looks promising. I ended my trip at Diamond Hill Wetlands and got some very nice photos
of the Owls there in the last hour of daylight.
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Photo album
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| Diamond Hill Owls, Jan 27, 2018
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Jody, Mary and I went to the Willamette Valley bird Symposium today at OSU. On the way home we went to Diamond Hill wetlands
and saw some short-eared owls. It was pretty dark out and I had to brighten the photos in post-processing because they were so dark;
but some of these came out pretty nice. Time: 4:40pm to 5pm
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Photo album
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| Diamond Hill Owls and RAPTORS along the way, Jan 17, 2018
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This was my first research trip picking out roads for the BOGS Raptor Run scheduled for Jan 25.
There are some nice close-ups of Hawks and Swans and even the Great Horned Owl nest on Awbrey.
Ending up at Diamond Hill, where I watched Short-eared Owls skirmishing with each other.
Some of the best photos I've taken of these Owls up close, so far.
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Photo album
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| Diamond Hill Short-eared Owls, Mar 18, 2016
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Janet Naylor, Jennifer Haynes and Priscilla went "Owling"
A Western Screech Owl was seen in S.E. Eugene (private residence)
A Short-eared Owl was seen at Diamond Hill Wetlands
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Photo album
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Short-eared Owls from eight trips in 2014
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Beginning in January 2014, I made 8 trips
to Linn county to get some good photographs
of the Short-Eared Owls which were over-wintering there.
This album contains the best photos from those trips.
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Short-Eared Owls
of Linn County
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GREAT HORNED OWLS
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| Great Horned Owl Fledglings, Mar. 2021 |
Lane County. I was fortunate to be given the location of these newly fledged Great Horned Owls
and was able to find them one evening.
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Report with photos
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Great Horned Owlets
April 21, 2017
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While this nest was very distant from any publicly accessible location, Don Laufer and I
managed to get photos that revealed the number and size of the Owlets
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Meadowlark Prairie - 3rd visit
Photo album
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Great Horned Owlets
April 10, 2017
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This photo set was taken by Don Laufer
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Meadowlark Prairie - 2nd visit
Photo album
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Great Horned Owlets
April 8, 2017
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First photos of the Owlets in this nest!
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Meadowlark Prairie - 1st visit
Photo album
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Great Horned Owl Nest
Delta Ponds
Jan - May, 2014
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Journal Report following Owlet progressing from hatching to fledging
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Detailed Journal
with Photos
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BARRED OWLS
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| Skinner Butte, April 30, 2016
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Seeing a report on OBOL Saturday morning, Janet and I went out to see and photograph the Barred Owl
on Skinner Butte
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Report & Photos
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Uncommon Migrants
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Date / Event
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Description & Sample Photo
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Photo Album
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Williamson's Sapsucker in Eugene, Jan 9, 2020
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First found on the Christmas Bird Count Dec 29, 2019
This species is normally found in Eastern Oregon.
It is rare to find one in Western Oregon.
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Williamson's Sapsucker
Slideshow
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Common Redpolls in Eugene, Jan 2, 2018
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Two Common Redpolls at EWEB building in Eugene
First found on the Christmas Bird Count Dec 25, 2017
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Common Redpolls
Slideshow
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March 12, 2015
Lark Sparrow
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Lark Sparrows are very uncommon in the Willamette Valley. We were fortunate to be alerted to one singing every day
at Sheldon High School at the northwest corner of the athletic fields.
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Lark Sparrow
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March 27, 2014
Horned Grebe
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Horned Grebes do not nest in the Willamette Valley.
Even their migratory route is generally along the coast.
None-the-less we do get a few migrating through the valley each year.
These are rare opportunities to see one locally, in breeding plumage.
This particular bird was at some distance.
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Horned Grebe
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Single Species (mostly)
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Date / Event
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Description & Sample Photo
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Photo Album
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Mt Pisgah; Lewis's Woodpecker, Sept 22, 2017
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Betsy and I found the Lewis's Woodpecker at Mt Pisgah
A Brown Creeper performed acrobatics 15 feet from us.
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Lewis's Woodpecker & Brown Creeper
at Mt Pisgah
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| Swallow Pond (Eugene), April 23, 2016
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Solitary Sandpiper; Long-billed Dowitcher; Least Sandpiper
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Report & Photos
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| Fern Ridge April 18, 2016
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Common Yellowthroat; Marsh Wren; N. Harrier
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Report & Photos
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Late October Osprey
Oct 28, 2014
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At Delta Ponds in late October I saw an Osprey with a fish landing in a tree.
It appeared to be a Bass. The Osprey took a good long time opening up the fish for eating.
Here's a slideshow of 15 photos.
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Osprey
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Northern Flickers
by Don Laufer, Oct, 2014
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Don Laufer shared his great photos of Northern Flickers
feeding in Magnolia trees in Ruff Park in east Springfield.
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Northern Flickers
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Newport Peregrine Falcons
Aug 5, 2014
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Jody Fairchild, Marylee Sayre and I
went to Newport. I photographed Peregrin Falcons, Whimbrels,
a few other shorebirds, and Purple Martins.
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Photo Album
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American Avocets
Nesting in Western Oregon
June 16, 2014
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Jody Fairchild, Marylee Sayre and I
walked out to the Barn Pond
at Fern Ridge Reservoir from 8:30 to 11:30
to see the nesting Avocets, and Blue-Winged Teal
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Photo Journal
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Green Heron
Photographic Study
at Delta Ponds
Summer 2013
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(Album re-done Oct 2016)
During the Summer of 2013, Green Herons were particulary easy to see and photograph at Delta Ponds along the bike path.
This allowed me to study the plumage of the juvenile and adult birds through the months.
*** In the first 9 photos you will see their AMAZING shape changes! ***
The 10th through ~14 photos show side-by-side comparisons of juvenile and adult birds.
Adults have less streaking on sides of chestnut-colored neck. Juveniles have yellow/white spots on wings,
and the yellow-white edges of the wing feathers are a little more pronounced.
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Slideshow
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Trips and Festivals
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Date / Event
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Description & Sample Photo
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Photo Album
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Willamalane Malheur Refuge
June 14, 2022
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PHOTOS BY DON LAUFER
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Excellent Slideshow!
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Willamalane Ankeny & Baskett Slough
May 17, 2022
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PHOTOS BY DON LAUFER
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Slideshow
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Winter Raptors
Nov.2020-Mar.2021
(six trips combined photos)
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I managed six Winter Raptor trips during the pandemic.
We used two-way radios and drove separate cars.
We had four cars twice, three cars twice,
sometimes one or two cars.
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Slideshow
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| Oakridge CBC (w Great Gray Owl) Jan 4, 2020
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Don Laufer volunteered on the Oakridge Christmas Bird Count this year and his group
came across a Great Gray Owl. This bird was out in near Noon and remained visible for over an hour.
There are other birds which Don photographed but this GG Owl photo set is exceptionally rare and fine!
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Slideshow
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MAINE, Road Scholars
ATLANTIC PUFFINS!
Aug 19-24, 2018
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Two full morning boat excursions, one to see Atlantic Puffins and another
to survey the birds of the Head Harbor Passage near the US/Canadian border. The photos from the boat trips are in slideshow format.
Two other full days of birding various hot spots in both US and Canada are represented by a scroll-through "trip report" format.
Guides Doug Hitchcox, Naturalist for Audubon Maine,
and Woody Gillies, an all-around wilderness and birding type guy.
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Slideshow
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LAKEVIEW 3-day Birding with Floyd Weitzel
May 22-24, 2018
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Floyd Weitzel took over for Steve Barron, who is recuperating from knee surgery,
to lead this trip through Willamalane Recreation Center. Retired Geomorphologist
Karin Batis provided explanations of various geological formations and historical
notes about places we saw.
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Slideshow
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| Cabin Lake, Sept 9, 2016
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Priscilla, Marylee and Jennifer went to Fort Rock and Cabin Lake for one day.
Huge numbers of Red Crossbills in all wild stages of molting!
Green-tailed Towhee, Ferruginous Hawks, Mountain Bluebird ...
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Slideshow
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| Lakeview May 17-19, 2016
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Three day birding trip to Central Oregon, led by Floyd Weitzel, through Willamalane
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Priscilla's
Trip Report
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| Lakeview May 17-19, 2016
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Three day birding trip to Central Oregon, led by Floyd Weitzel, through Willamalane
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Don Laufer's
Trip Photos
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Day Trip Birding ANKENY and BASKETT SLOUGH with Floyd Weitzel
Jan 13, 2016
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Floyd is still leading birding trips through Willamalane Senior Center
This one was a full day at two Wildlife Refuges up near Salem Oregon
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Photo album
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Row River Nature Park with Coast Fork Birders
Nov 7, 2015
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BOGS member Nola Nelson, via Doris, sent out an invitation to bird with a Cottage Grove group
called "Coast Fork Birders", loosely under the umbrella of the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council.
Marylee and I (Priscilla) accepted the invite and had a nice time birding down there.
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Photo album
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Eastern Oregon: Cabin Lake, Fort Rock & Summer Lake
June 17-19, 2015
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BOGS member Marylee did most of the planning and organizing for a three day Eastern Oregon birding trip taken by her, Jody, Jen, Mary and Priscilla. The place called "Cabin Lake"
allows extremely close access to birds bathing and drinking from a cistern-fed dish a few feet in diameter.
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Photo album
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Klamath Falls with Floyd Weitzel
May 19-21, 2015
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Floyd Weitzel arranged yet another great three day trip to Klamath Falls, through his Willamalane Birding Class. As usual he made this trip available to non-class members.
Don Laufer took this entire marvelous set of photos, which includes many excellent close-ups!
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Photo album
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Yaquina Bay with Floyd Weitzel
Mar 16, 2015
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Floyd Weitzel took his Willamalane Birding Class to the coast to view shorebirds. This Horned Grebe, a Burrowing Owl
and Harlequin Ducks were some of the highlights. Don Laufer took this entire set of photos
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Photo album
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50th Anniversary Finley Wildlife Refuge
May 10, 2014
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Four of us went on the 8am-Noon bird walk sponsored by the Corvallis Audubon Society: Birding Finley
Click here to read a Trip Report
(This trip report is different from the slideshow found in the link in next column labeled "slideshow").
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SLIDESHOW RE-LOADED
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JOHN SCHARFF
BIRDING FESTIVAL
Burns, Oregon,
April 11-13, 2014
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Birds-of-Prey and Woodpecker tours
Plus some additional exploring
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Festival Album
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Solo (and small group) birding
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Date / Event
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Description & Sample Photo
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Photo Album
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Birds of Eugene Area; Swallow Pond; Fisher Unit; Skinner Butte
May 4-7, 2019
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A collection of photos in places
around the Eugene area during early May,
by Priscilla and Don
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Photos
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West Eugene Spring Migration
April 26 & 28, 2019
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Three of us, Janet Naylor, Jennifer Haynes and myself (Priscilla Sokolowski)
went to the FISHER UNIT, WARREN SLOUGH, PERKINS PENINSULA and ROYAL AVE beginning at 8am on mornings. Highlights were
Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Bullock's Oriole and a Western Bluebird.
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Photos
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Skinner Butte Warbler Migration
April 15 & 19, 2019
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Three of us, Janet Naylor, Jennifer Haynes and myself (Priscilla Sokolowski)
went to the top of Skinner Butte at 8am two mornings and saw a nice variety of
Spring Warblers migrating through and to our area. HIghlights were
Cassin's Vireos and Nashville Warblers. I had a good day getting
Many very nice photos
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Photos
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Belts & Diamond Hill Rds,
Jan 26, 2018
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Don Laufer and I re-drove some of the Raptor Run route the very next day after the BOGS trip. Nice photos
of the Great Horned Owl nest on Awbrey; Videos of Dunlin flocks flying; Close-ups of Tundra Swans,
a Western Meadowlark, an American Kestrel and a Red-tailed Hawk
Dunlin Flock in flight
Second video Dunlin Flock in flight
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Photos
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Springfield Ruff Park
Jan 19, 2018
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Don Laufer got close to a Fox Sparrow and Pileated Woodpeckers
and was able to get some VIDEO of each of them!
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VIDEOS:
Fox Sparrow & Pileated Woodpecker
Fox Sparrow scratching for grubs
Pileated Woodpecker Slow-Motion
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Photos
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Springfield Millrace Birds
Sept. 9, 2017
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I returned to the Millrace to photograph birds of September.
Identified and photographed my first Black-throated Gray Warbler. Also, a Warbling Vireo; and lots of Goldfinches
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Solo Millrace trip
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Solo Trip, North of Eugene Airport, Oct 14, 2016
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Stormy weekend: birding north of the airport back roads between storms
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Short Trip Report
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| Solo Trip, North Delta Ponds, Sept 30, 2016
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8am, one hour walk along North shore of Delta Ponds east of Goodpasture Is. Rd.
Bewicks Wrens, Wilsons Snipe, Common Bushtit, Greater Yellowlegs.
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Slideshow
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Wildlife; (non-birds) |
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Date / Event
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Description & Sample Photo
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Photo Album
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Green Heron eating Lamprey Larvae, Delta Ponds
July 2, 2019
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Lampreys are known to use the Jasper Slough in Springfield and have also been found in Delta Ponds during fish-sampling projects
in recent years
I came across this Green Heron feeding on Lamprey Lavae (called Ammocoetes) one morning around 9am
The Heron found and ate four of these in less than six minutes!
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Web Page with links to photos
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| Red Foxes, Mar. 15, 2018
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Foxes have been known to nest in a popular Eugene Oregon park at least since 2010.
This year and last, many people have been seeing them out in morning and even mid-day sunlight.
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Slideshow
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| A MUSKRAT, Aug 14, 2015
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We do have Muskrats at Delta Ponds, though one rarely sees them. One day I saw one climb out of the water,
which revealed its full-length keeled tail and partial webbing beween the toes of the hind feet. (Nutria have fully webbed
hind feet). Muskrats are kind of small compared to adult Nutria or Beaver and they are even smaller than adult Mink.
Click on the thumbnail below to see
the full webpage of annotated photos.
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Annotated photos page
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Special Interest Projects
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Date / Event
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Description & Sample Photo
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Photo Album
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Wood Duck Iridescence
Oct 2 & Nov 11, 2014
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When the Sun, the photographer and the bird are all lined up
so the photographer is between Sun and bird, iridescence is maximized.
Nothing in the PNW matches the magnificent colorful brilliance of the male Wood Duck
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Wood Ducks
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Favorites Potpouri
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Favorite photos taken in the Eugene area
Sept 2013 - April 2014
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Potpourri Album
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Lunar Eclipse
April 15-16, 2014
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See the entire Lunar Eclipse sequence!
Although clouds began covering the sky before totality,
I discovered my camera could photograph the eclipsed
Moon through the clouds! Even when my eyes
could not see the Moon at all, by setting the ISO to 6400,
the increased light sensitivity could detect the copper-colored light
of the eclipsed Moon through the clouds!
The exposure time of a photograph (and the aperture size) can be changed;
in this case allowing the camera to show the dimmer, more subtle
aspects of the moments when the Earth's shadow first begins to "bite"
the edge of the Moon. Our eyes shut down too much to see these,
because of all the bright light from the rest of the Moon.
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Photo Album
For some photos, I changed the exposure time to feature
the darker portion of the phenomenon; and for other photos
I featured the brighter portions. But for most photos
I stayed with a similar setting which best captured
what was most interesting to see.
Because I could not keep the Moon centered in the camera field of view
especially when I couldn't SEE the Moon, the slideshow is jumpy
the Moon appears in a different portion of the frame in each picture.
I apologize for the jumpiness
and hope you will enjoy what I was able to capture.
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Bird Photos posted to OBOL or eBIRD
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Bird Photos posted to OBOL and/or eBIRD
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From time to time I go out and photograph a bird which is enough interest to report to eBird and/or OBOL.
I add those photos to this particular file (webpage) every time I make another such posting.
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Birds of Interest
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Materials for Digital Photography Class
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| Basic Concepts of Digital Photography
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Understanding Exposure time, ISO, f-stop and more
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Photo album
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| Canon SX50 dials and settings
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Some of the most important dials and settings of the Canon SX50 camera
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Photo album
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Questions about BOGS? EMAIL: priscilla@blog.priscillanhk.com
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