Oregon trip : March 2017
March 1 - Lower Klamath and Tule NWR
Oroville Dam
The spillway damage was incredible.
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Bufflehead
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Bald Eagle
Casting a pellet
Spotted Towhee
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American Coot
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Tundra Swan and White-fronted Goose
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Juvenile Bald Eagle
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Red-tailed with a snack
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Why did the Ring-necked Pheasant cross the road?
Northern Shoveler
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American Kestrel
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Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
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Common Goldeneye (blinking)
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Lesser (?) Scaup
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Tundra Swan
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Great Blue Heron
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Common Goldeneye (female)
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Great Horned Owl
Prairie Falcon
It's too early in the evening!
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Off to hunt...
March 2 - Lower Klamath and Tule NWR
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Bald Eagle convention
Golden Eagle
Ring-necked Pheasant
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White-fronted Geese
Coyote runs off the eagles
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Northern Shoveler
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At the same perch as yesterday.
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The Golden Eagle nest was empty, but it looks like they're installing ethernet.
Sandhill Cranes
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Canvasback
Grebe
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Northern Harrier
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Lots of "heat shimmer" :(
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Stalking prey...
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Devil's Homestead flow (Lava Beds NM)
The Mushpot
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Ceiling of Mushpot Cave (lava tube)
Water boatmen were stuck on the snow
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Sunshine Cave
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California Quail
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Mating Prairie Falcons
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March 4 - Cascade Raptor Center, Eugene, OR
Bald Eagle nest at Skinner Butte
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Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Weighing the eagle
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Long-eared Owl
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White-tailed Kite climbing the walls
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Ferruginous Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Elton John was in town that night, and I managed to get a ticket!
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2nd row side stage at Matthew Knight Arena
Gadwall at Delta Ponds
March 6 - Baskett Slough and Finley NWR
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Turkey Vulture with a meal
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Double-crested Cormorant
Dunlin?
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Ring-necked Duck
Mallards
Hooded Merganser
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March 7 - Oregon Coast
The wind was blowing a good 50+ mph at Yaquina Head!
Common Murres at Yaquina Head
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Heceta Head Lighthouse
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Roosevelt Elk at Dean Creek
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The cows were bedded down
Some light sparring
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