This report covers our trip to Sisters, Camp Sherman, Crater Lake,
Frenchglen, and Steens Mountains in Oregon from Aug 19 to Aug 26.
8/19
Around Hatton Coulee rest stop: Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier,
Swainsons Hawk, American Crows
Boardman rest stop: Ring-billed Gull, Brewers Blackbird, Barn Swallow,
Double Crested Cormorant, Turkey Vulture
Camp Sherman: Common Nighthawk
8/20
Camp Sherman/Wildhaven/Nature House (Nature Conservancy):White Breasted
Nuthatch, Hairy woodpecker, many, many Red Crossbills (close-up), Rufous
Hummingbird, Stellar's Jay
8/21
To Crater Lake:Bald Eagle, Turkey Vultures (many near roadkill deer),
Clark's Nutcracker
8/23
Travel to Frenchglen: American Kestrel, Golden Eagle, many, many
migrating Mountain Bluebirds & Western Bluebirds, Prairie Falcon,
Brewer's Blackbird, Turkey Vultures, At Malhuer Narrows: Wilson's
Phalarope, American Coot, Pied Billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Canada
Geese, Great Egret, White faced Ibis, American Avocet, Black Necked
Stilt, Caspian Tern, Double Crested Cormorant, Barn Swallows, Rough
Winged Swallows, Barn Swallows, Yellow Headed Blackbirds, Red-winged
Blackbirds, Black Crowned Night Heron, American White Pelican. At
Frenchglen: Belted Kingfisher, Turkey Vultures at P-ranch, Brewers
Blackbird, Red Winged Blackbird, Rufous Hummingbird
8/24
Frenchglen: Belted Kingfisher, P-ranch: Violet Green Swallow, Barn
Swallows, Tree Swallows, Bank Swallow, Northern Harrier, Great Blue
Heron, many perched raptors on hay bales, many Northern Harriers,
American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Marsh Wren, At Knox Pond:150+ American
White Pelicans, 12 Great Egrets, several Common Snipe, Northern Shoveler,
Redhead, American Coots, Great Blue Heron, Logger Head shrike.
8/25
At Frenchglen: Belted kingfisher, On Steens Mountain Loop Rd: Meadow
Larks, Red-Tailed Hawk, Rough Legged Hawks (many), From Kiger Gorge
Lookout: 100+ elk herd, At Steens Mountain Lookout crossroads: One
antelope, many soaring raptors.
8/26
Leaving Frenchglen for home: Yellow-headed blackbird, Red-winged
blackbird, Belted Kingfisher, many raptors. At Narrows: Common Loons,
Clark's Grebe, Immature Golden Eagles, two jackrabbits, Logger head
Shrike at Burns.
Seneca, Oregon: perched Swainson's, migrating Mountain Bluebirds.

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