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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LOCATION: Perkins Peninsula Park
Directions: Going W on W. 11th/126, partway along Fern Ridge Reservoir on the R = N side, Perkins Peninsula is on the N side of W. 11th/126 opposite Central Rd. To get to Cantrell Rd., from Perkins Peninsula, cross W. 11th/126 carefully, go S on Central Rd., then L = W on Cantrell Rd. The Cantrell Rd. N pullout is on N side of Cantrell, then South Coyote Unit is on S side of Cantrell, then Nielsen Rd. goes N from Cantrell. Nielsen turns E and eventually runs into W. 11th going back to Eugene.

TRIP ATTENDEES & Weather: About 22 people, in 10 cars.
Cold, cloudy and breezy, with light showers, then a heavy rain and wind front that came in at around 11:20am.

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Bird lists & Highlights by JANET NAYLOR

  1. White pelican (2, plus 5 more seen by 1 person)
  2. Canada goose (10)
  3. Green-winged teal (10)
  4. Mallard (2)
  5. Grebe, ? species (1)
  6. Pied-billed grebe (1)
  7. Western grebe (5)
  8. Double-crested cormorant (1)
  9. Turkey vulture (1)
  1. Bald eagle, adult (1)
  2. Red-tailed hawk (1)
  3. Killdeer (2)
  4. Acorn woodpecker (1)
  5. Northern flicker (2)
  6. Steller's jay (1)
  7. American crow (4)
  8. Common raven (1)
  9. Swallows, (possibly tree sw.) (5)
  10. Black-capped chickadee (1)
  1. Black-capped chickadee (1)
  2. Ruby-crowned kinglet (1)
  3. Kinglet, ? species (2) (seen by one person)
  4. American robin (42)
  5. European starling (2)
  6. Spotted towhee (1)
  7. Golden-crowned sparrow (3)
  8. Song sparrow (1)
  9. Dark-eyed junco (6)
  10. Red-winged blackbird, male (1)
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N pullout along Cantrell Rd., approx. 300 yards W of South Coyote Unit.

  1. Canada goose (2)
  2. Green-winged teal (6)
  3. Shoveler (21)
  4. Violet-green swallow (22)
  5. Western bluebird (2)
  6. Yellow-rumped warbler (myrtle race) (2)

N pullout along Cantrell Rd., approx. 300 yards W of South Coyote Unit.

  1. Canada goose (2)
  2. Green-winged teal (6)
  3. Shoveler (21)
  4. Violet-green swallow (22)
  5. Western bluebird (2)
  6. Yellow-rumped warbler (myrtle race) (2)

South Coyote Unit. On S side of Cantrell Rd. approx. 200 feet W of where Nielsen Rd goes N.
(Restricted area; park and bird from Cantrell Rd.)

  1. Canada goose (10)
  2. Green-winged teal (18)
  3. Pintail (5)
  4. Hooded merganser (2)
  5. Turkey vulture (1)
  6. Northern harrier, male (1)
  7. Greater yellowlegs (1)

Along the north/south section of Nielsen Rd.:

  1. Cackling goose (500)
  2. Canada goose (1)
  3. Greater yellowlegs (13)
  4. American crow (17)
  5. Western meadowlark (1) - heard only.

OF INTEREST:

  • No Varied thrushes today at Perkins Peninsula. Sometimes in winter, one or two will be on the lawns with the robins.
  • Seeing a few pelicans and Western grebes out on the water.
  • See 2 Turkey vultures - one flying over Perkins, the other flying over South Coyote Unit). In the last 10 or 15 years, some years one or two will winter here.
  • Seeing an adult Bald eagle at Perkins Peninsula, also a Red-tailed hawk. (No Red-shouldered hawk today.)
  • 3 people saw an Acorn woodpecker at Perkins Peninsula.
  • Seeing some early swallows - possibly Tree swallows at Perkins, and definitely Violet-greens at Cantrell Rd. N pullout.
  • Seeing approx. 500 cacklers east of the N/S section of Nielsen Rd. They generally winter at Fern Ridge and come in to Cantrell/Nielsen Rds. during the day.
  • Seeing a few Greater yellowlegs at the water at South Coyote Unit and N/S Nielsen Rd.
  • Seeing a pair of Hooded mergansers at South Coyote Unit.
  • Seeing a male Northern harrier flying (we usually mostly see females).
  • Seeing 2 Western bluebirds flying around and landing on a horizontal gate post, at Cantrell Rd. N pullout.
  • Seeing so many Shovelers (17 males plus 4 females) in a vernal pond at Cantrell Rd. N pullout.

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Note: We didn't do Perkins Peninsula's NE shore path today; water high, ground wet, and path degraded when I checked it in 2022.
Note: We didn't do South Marsh (1/4 mile W of Perkins Peninsula, a little pullout on N side off W. 11th/126) today, as there have been no Yellow-headed blackbird sightings recently in Lane Co.

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