19 participants attended our Spring Lake bird walk on March 7, sponsored by Lincoln City Parks and Recreation. For many, it was their first experience with one of Lincoln City’s open spaces and they were all suitably impressed. Our birding guide Seth, out of Corvallis, was very knowledgeable and helpful with bird identification.

As with most of our woodland bird walks, the number of visual bird sightings was somewhat limited and many in the group observed and discussed the various mushrooms and other fungi we encountered along the way. By the end of our two-hour walk, we had identified 16 bird species.

Sightings included:

*Birders on trail, photo by Heather Goble*

Canada Goose
Eurasian Collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller’s Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Varied Thrush
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler