Oregon trip : March 2017

March 1 - Lower Klamath and Tule NWR

Oroville Dam	The spillway damage was incredible.	pIMG_9544.JPG	Bufflehead
pIMG_9560.JPG	Bald Eagle	Casting a pellet	Spotted Towhee
pIMG_9595.JPG	American Coot	pIMG_9647.JPG	pIMG_9652.JPG
pIMG_9660.JPG	Tundra Swan and White-fronted Goose	pIMG_9716.JPG	Juvenile Bald Eagle
pIMG_9736.JPG	Red-tailed with a snack	pIMG_9772.JPG	pIMG_9780.JPG
pIMG_9793.JPG	Why did the Ring-necked Pheasant cross the road?	Northern Shoveler	pIMG_9817.JPG
pIMG_9822.JPG	American Kestrel	cIMG_9830.JPG	Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck	pIMG_9846.JPG	pIMG_9847.JPG	Common Goldeneye (blinking)
pIMG_9849.JPG	Lesser (?) Scaup	pIMG_9861.JPG	pIMG_9866.JPG
pIMG_9872.JPG	pIMG_9873.JPG	Tundra Swan	pIMG_9888.JPG
pIMG_9897.JPG	pIMG_9898.JPG	pIMG_9904.JPG	Great Blue Heron
pIMG_9916.JPG	pIMG_9919.JPG	Common Goldeneye (female)	pIMG_9928.JPG
Great Horned Owl	Prairie Falcon	It's too early in the evening!	pIMG_9970.JPG
pIMG_9971.JPG	pIMG_9972.JPG	pIMG_9975.JPG	pIMG_9985.JPG
pIMG_9996.JPG	pIMG_9999.JPG	pIMG_0007.JPG	Off to hunt...

March 2 - Lower Klamath and Tule NWR

cIMG_0039.JPG	Bald Eagle convention	Golden Eagle	Ring-necked Pheasant
pIMG_0049.JPG	White-fronted Geese	Coyote runs off the eagles	pIMG_0065.JPG
pIMG_0069.JPG	Northern Shoveler	pIMG_0078.JPG	At the same perch as yesterday.
pIMG_0091.JPG	pIMG_0107.JPG	pIMG_0110.JPG	pIMG_0112.JPG
pIMG_0118.JPG	pIMG_0123.JPG	pIMG_0126.JPG	The Golden Eagle nest was empty, but it looks like they're installing ethernet.
Sandhill Cranes	pIMG_0148.JPG	Canvasback	Grebe
pIMG_0154.JPG	pIMG_0156.JPG	pIMG_0157.JPG	pIMG_0161.JPG
pIMG_0167.JPG	Northern Harrier	pIMG_0180.JPG	Lots of "heat shimmer" :(
pIMG_0198.JPG	pIMG_0211.JPG	pIMG_0215.JPG	Stalking prey...
pIMG_0231.JPG	pIMG_0244.JPG	pIMG_0250.JPG	cIMG_0253.JPG
pIMG_0257.JPG	pIMG_0258.JPG	pIMG_0260.JPG	Devil's Homestead flow (Lava Beds NM)
The Mushpot	cIMG_0271.JPG	Ceiling of Mushpot Cave (lava tube)	Water boatmen were stuck on the snow
cIMG_0289.JPG	Sunshine Cave	cIMG_0297.JPG	cIMG_0302.JPG
California Quail	pIMG_0339.JPG	pIMG_0351.JPG	pIMG_0355.JPG
Mating Prairie Falcons	pIMG_0371.JPG	pIMG_0372.JPG	pIMG_0374.JPG

March 4 - Cascade Raptor Center, Eugene, OR

Bald Eagle nest at Skinner Butte	cIMG_0407.JPG	Northern Goshawk	Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Saw-whet Owl	cIMG_0433.JPG	Weighing the eagle	pIMG_0451.JPG
pIMG_0469.JPG	pIMG_0472.JPG	Long-eared Owl	cIMG_0477.JPG
cIMG_0479.JPG	White-tailed Kite climbing the walls	pIMG_0486.JPG	Ferruginous Hawk
Gyrfalcon	Elton John was in town that night, and I managed to get a ticket!	cIMG_1318.JPG	2nd row side stage at Matthew Knight Arena
Gadwall at Delta Ponds

March 6 - Baskett Slough and Finley NWR

pIMG_0529.JPG	pIMG_0536.JPG	cIMG_0543.JPG	Black-capped Chickadee
pIMG_0551.JPG	pIMG_0557.JPG	pIMG_0563.JPG	pIMG_0565.JPG
Turkey Vulture with a meal	pIMG_0577.JPG	pIMG_0587.JPG	pIMG_0590.JPG
pIMG_0596.JPG	pIMG_0599.JPG	Double-crested Cormorant	Dunlin?
pIMG_0610.JPG	pIMG_0611.JPG	Ring-necked Duck	Mallards
Hooded Merganser	pIMG_0621.JPG	pIMG_0626.JPG	pIMG_0638.JPG

March 7 - Oregon Coast

Common Murres at Yaquina Head	pIMG_0643.JPG	pIMG_0653.JPG	Heceta Head Lighthouse
pIMG_0663.JPG	Roosevelt Elk at Dean Creek	pIMG_0672.JPG	pIMG_0679.JPG
pIMG_0681.JPG	The cows were bedded down	Some light sparring	pIMG_0703.JPG
pIMG_0709.JPG	pIMG_0720.JPG	pIMG_0729.JPG