The Trip:
Beautiful sunny COLD (mid to high 30s low 40s) morning ... went to see if we could find the Scoters seen the previous day ... no Scoters but had a Short-eared Owl !!!!!!!! ...
The Locale:
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17 species seen and/or photographed (in alphabetical order):
- American Coot ... (HI) ...
- American Crow ... (BB)...
- American Pipit (heard) ... (BB) ...
- Bald Eagle ... (BB) ...
- Bufflehead ... (HI) ...
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California Gull ... (HI) ...
- Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon Junco) ... (HI) ...
- Double-crested Cormorant ... (BB, HI) ...
- Glaucous-winged Gull ... (BB) ...
- House Sparrow ... (HI) ...
- Loon (species) ... (HI) ...
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Red-breasted Merganser ... (BB) ...
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Red-necked Grebe ... (HI) ...
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Ring-billed Gull ... (HI) ...
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Short-eared Owl ... (BB) ...
- Song Sparrow ... (HI) ...
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Western Grebe ... (BB, HI) ...
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California Gull, Hayden Island, Columbia River, Oregon.
Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Red-breasted Merganser, Broughton Beach, Columbia River, Oregon.
Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Red-necked Grebe, Hayden Island, Columbia River, Oregon.
Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Ring-billed Gull, Hayden Island, Columbia River, Oregon.
Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Short-eared Owl, Broughton Beach, Columbia River, Oregon.
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Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Short-eared Owl, Broughton Beach, Columbia River, Oregon.
Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Western Grebe, Hayden Island, Columbia River, Oregon.
Sunny and cold, temperature in the high 30s low 40s.
Image taken November 20, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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