[birding] Black-headed Grosbeaks, Spotted Sandpiper

[Don Boucher]

5-3-09 Corvallis

We ran some errands on the bikes today and squeezed some looks at birds and wildflowers in-between destinations.

Sunset Park: Spotted Sandpiper. If weren't for an angry Red-winged Blackbird who was inexplicably chasing the sandpiper, we might have not noticed it.

Marys River Natural Park: Black-headed Grosbeaks, several singing.
Downtown Riverfront: An adult Bald Eagle went soaring by but had to fly away to avoid harassment of a determined Osprey.

Everywhere: American Goldfinches singing, singing and more singing.

If you want to read up on the wildflowers seen, follow this link to the Mid-Valley Nature group:
http://groups.google.com/group/mid-valley-nature?hl=en
see "Corvallis birds and wildflowers"

Don Boucher
Corvallis, OR
www.Neighborhood-Naturalist.com
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