northern shrike

7 min read 2021-03-22 21:07:00

Sherman County

Yesterday I went out to Sherman County east of the Cascades to do some hiking and birding. My first stop was Deschutes River State Park which is

1 min read 2020-11-07 04:43:03

Pine Siskins have really thinned out this week, but still remain common and widespread. This was one in a small group at Kettle Cove in Cape

6 min read 2020-01-26 07:58:00

As the wacky weather continues, I have been doing some wandering. I would like to go farther afield some weekend, but every single weekend the

6 min read 2020-01-16 01:06:00

Now that it's a couple weeks into 2020 I thought I'd look back at the 5MR birding challenge last year and share some of my favorite things. Let's

6 min read 2019-12-20 05:20:00

Let's start with the most popular Washington bird recently, the Rustic Bunting at Cape Disappointment State Park. In the past Rustic Bunting

8 min read 2019-12-07 21:50:00

This week I completed my first winter raptor survey for the season in Portland. It's not as flashy as my old Gilliam County routes with their

11 min read 2019-10-11 00:45:00

This is the story of my Walmart patch.The blue lines represent the new sidewalks where I do most of my birding from Last October I finally made an

9 min read 2019-03-10 21:23:00

It's been a few weeks since my last 5MR post so there is a lot to catch up on! I've picked up eight 5MR year birds including two that were