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Category: Aves (Birds)

Chestnut-backed Chickadees (Poecile rufescens)

September 21, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I really love Chestnut-backed Chickadees! As a bird that is endemic to the region I have chosen to call home…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Paridae, Passeriformes, Plants, Poecile, Species Profiles Filed under: Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Poecile rufescens

Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura)

August 23, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Who doesn’t love mourning doves, with their subtle beauty, melancholy call, distinctive silhouette, and seemingly gentle ways? I’ve wanted to…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Columbidae, Columbiformes, Columbiformes, Plants, Species Profiles, Zenaida Filed under: Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

February 8, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This past weekend Pam and I took our regular late winter field trip to the central Columbia River Gorge. The…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Galliformes, Meleagris, Phasianidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey

Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)

January 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

It has been a busy couple weeks for yours truly! In addition to the holiday festivities, my nbo Morgan recently…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Charadriiformes, Chordata, Haematopodidae, Haematopus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani

Black Turnstones (Arenaria melanocephala)

November 29, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Black Turnstones are fun birds to watch, with their darting ways and debris flipping, hammering at barnacles and prying off…

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Posted in: Animals, Arenaria, Aves (Birds), Charadriiformes, Charadriiformes, Chordata, Plants, Scolopacidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Arenaria melanocephala, Black Turnstones

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

October 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I am always excited to find any of the woodpeckers (including flickers and sapsuckers) and Picadae is probably my favorite…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Dryocopus, Picidae (Woodpeckers and their allies), Piciformes, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dryocopus pileatus, Pileated Woodpecker

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura ssp. meridionalis)

July 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

I really wasn’t sure I’d ever end up doing a Turkey Vulture (TV in birding shorthand) profile, and not because…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cathartes, Cathartidae, Cathartiformes, Chordata, Species Profiles Filed under: Cathartes aura ssp. meridionalis, Turkey Vulture

Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)

May 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I had a very interesting and productive trip to the River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR last Friday. Even…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cardinalidae, Chordata, Passeriformes, Pheucticus, Species Profiles Filed under: Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus

Piranga ludoviciana (Western Tanager)

May 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 23 Comments

Western Tanagers are always an exciting bird to see, flashing that bright red head and yellow body, with the black…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cardinalidae, Chordata, Passeriformes, Piranga, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Piranga ludoviciana, Western Tanager

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

April 30, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For anyone curious about my prolonged vacation from writing these profiles, I talk about it in this blog “Refocusing in…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Parulidae, Passeriformes, Setophaga, Species Profiles Filed under: Audubon's Warblers, Myrtle Warblers, Setophaga coronata, Yellow-rumped Warblers

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