<![CDATA[New Year, new year bird list.]]>New Year, new year bird list. As I've often said, I'm a better watcher than lister, but I'd still like to see more birds this year than last. A rainy, cold Jan 1 was never going to be the fastest start ever. But between a long look out the window and a quick walk along the river, I'm very happy with it. Highlight of the day was seeing two of our white-headed winter ducks side by side for easy comparison.

1) Anna's Hummingbird
2) Steller's Jay
3) California Scrub-Jay
4) Black-capped Chickadee
5) Red-breasted Nuthatch
6) Dark-eyed Junco
7) Yellow-rumped Warbler
😎 Mallard
9) Bufflehead
10) Hooded Merganser
11) Double-crested Cormorant

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spore.social/users/leapingwoman/statuses/116537039392378733https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spore.social/users/leapingwoman/statuses/116537039392378733Fri, 08 May 2026 04:21:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Fri, 08 May 2026 03:29:17 GMT]]>I'm really tired of waiting for the decolonized new common names for North American birds. It was supposed to happen years ago, and I have a suspicion that a few old men are holding it back. Like everything else. Anyway, nice to see what should be called a Black-capped Yellow Warbler. And I don't rank birds, but if I did, waxwings would be top ten.

91) Cedar Waxwing
92) Band-tailed Pigeon
93) Wilson's Warbler

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It's been at least 15 years since I've seen any in our area (Middle Fork of the Willamette). ☹️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116519899854008374https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116519899854008374Tue, 05 May 2026 03:42:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Tue, 05 May 2026 03:09:20 GMT]]>This shouldn't be a rare sight, but it's starting to be. These beauties, with that strong cardinal bill, are one of the fastest declining songbirds in North America. It was great to see two today, and see reports of many more around town. Stick around. Make babies.

90) Evening Grosbeak

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116519767904325166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116519767904325166Tue, 05 May 2026 03:09:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Fri, 01 May 2026 17:09:58 GMT]]>I'm pretty sure I've heard them already, but got my first good look of the year at this classic American farm bird. Incidentally, when I started typing its name, my phone tried to autocorrect to "Brown-hearted" and I have questions.

89) Brown-headed Cowbird

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116500424217297331https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116500424217297331Fri, 01 May 2026 17:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:54:35 GMT]]>Another one that I really thought I'd already counted this year, but apparently not. Always happy to see these stripey boys with their trademark whistling calls and the most misleading name in all of birddom. An old coworker of mine once drew a comic of them flying straight through deer like arrows.

88) Killdeer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116480309693900945https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116480309693900945Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:54:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:42:04 GMT]]>@ianrosewrites oh good!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/sarae/statuses/116432602686976744https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/sarae/statuses/116432602686976744Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:42:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:34:49 GMT]]>@sarae I just went at the wrong time. Great puffins this morning at Haystack!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116432574206725716https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116432574206725716Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:34:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:34:27 GMT]]>Morning was the puffin time. Alcid paradise at Haystack Rock this morning.

86) Tufted Puffin
87) Pigeon Guillemot

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Beautiful photo!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116429527512708487https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116429527512708487Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:40:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:34:36 GMT]]>@ianrosewrites I saw puffins in Port Orford yesterday -- you went the wrong direction!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/sarae/statuses/116429506228151650https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/sarae/statuses/116429506228151650Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:34:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:27:23 GMT]]>Farthest north I've gone on the coast this year (Haystack Rock) and sadly no puffins today. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. But I did see these beauties. But the real treat was the rock itself.

84) Common Murre
85) Pelagic Cormorant

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They are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116355712926391421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116355712926391421Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:47:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:10:00 GMT]]>@scandigonian This is the earliest in the year I've seen them, and this time they were only flying over, but in the summer, you can pretty regularly find them on Cabell Marsh in the refuge. Glorious birds.

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Pelicans come to Finley National Wildlife Refuge?! Are they just flyovers or do they hang out there for a bit?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116354254637227037https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116354254637227037Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:37:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:28:26 GMT]]>Big day at Finley yesterday, my first full day of the year at our fantastic local wildlife refuge. It's a gem, as are so many of our public lands. Two big surprises on the day: I didn't think the pelicans were back for the season, and how HOW did I not have any coots yet? I could have sworn. But I have to trust the app and this thread. They say it's new, it's new.

78) American Wigeon
79) Ring-necked Duck
80) American Coot
81) American White Pelican
82) Hutton's Vireo
83) Marsh Wren

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116353748599917695https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116353748599917695Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:28:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:36:28 GMT]]>It remains very finchy out. A day after I got one common goldfinch species confirmed, I get the other. There are also purples about, but I want to get an actual look before I count them.

77) Lesser Goldfinch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116342219657796876https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116342219657796876Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:36:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:51:01 GMT]]>Very finchy out today on my short walk, just after the rain cleared. Lots of little guys flitting here and there, but I did see my first definitive breeding season goldfinches of the year. Spring keeps springing.

76) American Goldfinch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116336850491433960https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116336850491433960Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:04:08 GMT]]>Two more spring arrivals, and more importantly, two great moments with both of these birds along the Willamette River today. It's also nice to hit 75, the second earliest in my 9 eBird years that I've reached that number. I'm a slow and careful lister, who only marks birds I am very sure of, so every one is a fairly close, unique experience.

74) Greater Yellowlegs
75) Osprey

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I am definitely enjoying and appreciating the blue, clean skies while they last. 🫤

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116297284497923946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pnw.zone/ap/users/115879404891846113/statuses/116297284497923946Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:08:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:43:27 GMT]]>Spring continues to arrive, one migrant bird at a time. I had a fabulous half-hour walk at Jackson-Frazier Wetland, with 18 species and 2 new for the year. Oregonians, get out every day you can. Literally see it before it burns, because the summer is going to be rough.

72) Barn Swallow
73) Orange-crowned Warbler

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116297184535323617https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116297184535323617Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:43:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:40:05 GMT]]>This was my first real trip to the coast this year, where I could actually sit and watch birds, and it was spectacular. Seaducks for days. The harleys in particular are a bird I don't see every year and haven't in the last few. Add in my first pelicans of the year and a lovely close look at a male crossbill, and it was all such a treat.

65) Western Gull
66) Harlequin Duck
67) Black Oystercatcher
68) Surf Scoter
69) Red Crossbill
70) Black Scoter
71) Brown Pelican

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116275701702458257https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/ianrosewrites/statuses/116275701702458257Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:40:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New Year, new year bird list. on Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:22:59 GMT]]>I spend most of my time watching birds in parks and wilder land, and that means I sometimes miss the ones that hang out in human spaces. These days, you're more likely to see these dudes in a big box store parking lot than their native wetlands and grasslands, but I'm glad I saw them on the farm, in the grass where they belong.

64) Brewer's Blackbird

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63) Rufous Hummingbird

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