[birding] Corvallis to Marys Peak backpacking bird list

[Lisa Millbank]

Last week (6/10-6/13), Don and I went on a backpacking trip from our apartment to the top of Marys Peak.  If you're interested in reading about it, see http://groups.google.com/group/mid-valley-nature.  That also includes plants, mammals, insects, reptiles, etc. with some photos and videos.

>From our neighborhood to the summit and back, we had 89 species, bolded ones are new "motorless birding" species for us this year:

      Mallard 
      Mountain Quail 
      California Quail 
      Ruffed Grouse 
      Sooty Grouse 
      Great Blue Heron 
      Turkey Vulture 
      Osprey 
      Sharp-shinned Hawk 
      Red-tailed Hawk 
      American Kestrel 
      Killdeer 
      Band-tailed Pigeon 
      Mourning Dove 
      Western Screech-Owl 
      Northern Pygmy-Owl 
      Barred Owl 
      Northern Saw-whet Owl 
      Common Nighthawk 
      Vaux's Swift 
      Rufous Hummingbird 
      Acorn Woodpecker 
      Red-breasted Sapsucker 
      Downy Woodpecker 
      Hairy Woodpecker 
      Northern Flicker 
      Pileated Woodpecker 
      Olive-sided Flycatcher 
      Western Wood-Pewee 
      Willow Flycatcher 
      Hammond's Flycatcher 
      Pacific-slope Flycatcher 
      Cassin's Vireo 
      Hutton's Vireo 
      Warbling Vireo 
      Gray Jay 
      Steller's Jay 
      Western Scrub-Jay 
      American Crow 
      Common Raven 
      Horned Lark 
      Violet-green Swallow 
      Northern Rough-winged     Swallow 
      Cliff Swallow 
      Barn Swallow 
      Black-capped Chickadee 
      Chestnut-backed Chickadee 
      Bushtit 
      Red-breasted Nuthatch 
      White-breasted Nuthatch 
      Brown Creeper 
      Bewick's Wren 
      House Wren 
      Winter Wren 
      Golden-crowned Kinglet 
      Western Bluebird 
      Swainson's Thrush 
      Hermit Thrush 
      American Robin 
      Varied Thrush 
      Wrentit 
      European Starling 
      Cedar Waxwing 
      Orange-crowned Warbler 
      Yellow Warbler 
      Yellow-rumped Warbler 
      Black-throated Gray Warbler 
      Hermit Warbler 
      Common Yellowthroat 
      Wilson's Warbler 
      Spotted Towhee 
      Chipping Sparrow 
      Savannah Sparrow 
      Song Sparrow 
      White-crowned Sparrow 
      Dark-eyed Junco 
      Western Tanager 
      Black-headed Grosbeak 
      Lazuli Bunting 
      Brewer's Blackbird 
      Brown-headed Cowbird 
      Purple Finch 
      House Finch 
      Red Crossbill 
      Pine Siskin 
      Lesser Goldfinch 
      American Goldfinch 
      Evening Grosbeak 
      House Sparrow 


Lisa
www.neighborhood-naturalist.com
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