May 9, 2025 Cutler City & Siletz Bay

On a lovely spring morning, 21 birders (including five new participants) gathered at Cutler City Wetlands for a walk through the forest and out to Siletz Bay. The group was greeted by a chorus of calls from the Great Blue Herons nesting overhead. Evan Hayduk and Halle Renn led participants past blooming native rhododendrons and Pacific crabapple. They shared not only bird sightings, but also information on watershed management in the area and fish aggregating devices in the bay.

Sightings of the day included:

Birders and Seven Capes Volunteer by Ruth Shelly

Great Blue Heron
Great Egret 
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Red Crossbill 
Hermit Warbler 
Common Yellowthroat 
Song Sparrow
Eurasian Collared-dove 
Dark-eyed Junco
American Robin 
Anna’s Hummingbird 
Mallard
Bufflehead 
Dunlin 
Semipalmated Plover 
Bald Eagle 
Double-crested Cormorants 
Violet-green Swallow 
Barn Swallow
Wrentit 
Common Raven 
European Starling 
Turkey Vulture 
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Steller's Jay 
Pacific Wren 
Purple Finch
House Sparrow 
Spotted Towhee 
Pine Siskin

Great Blue Heron in nest by Ruth Shelly