It was a wet and cold morning at the Marine Hatfield Science Center parking lot, but 13 folks decided to brave the elements. Field guide Mark Elliott was quick to find birds in his scope on the Yaquina Bay. After walking the trail we headed over to the south jetty to add a few more birds to our list.

Sightings of the Day

Great Egret

American Coot

Northern Harrier

Western Gull

Bald Eagle

Pelagic Cormorant

Surf Scoter

Bufflehead

Song Sparrow

Horned Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Hooded Merganser

Red-necked Grebe

American Crow

Northern Pintail

Lesser Scaup

Greater Scaup

European Starling Brandt

American Wigeon

Ring-necked Duck

Western Meadowlark

Northern Flicker

Red-shouldered Hawk

Dark-eyed Junco

Pine Siskin

House Finch

Rock Pigeon

Anna's Hummingbird

White-crowned Sparrow

American Goldfinch

Varied Thrush

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Merganser

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Black Turnstone

Harlequin Duck

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Mew Gull

Pigeon Guillemot

Marbled Murrelet

Barn Swallow