August 8, 2026 Lint Slough

Photo by Ruth Shelly

On a picture-perfect morning, 37 birders gathered at Lint Slough, a new Seven Capes bird walk location near Waldport. A juvenile Osprey soared overhead to greet the group as Leaders Liz Laver-Holencik and Zack Schlanger guided them through habitats ranging from wetland to forest to the nearby water treatment plant. Sightings of Belted Kingfishers, Steller's Jays, Barn Swallows, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, and Mallards were complemented by the teasing calls of Wrentits in the brush. The bird watchers were being watched themselves by a nest of two raccoons high overhead!

Mallard chicks and females by Ronald Breeze

Sightings of the day:

Great Blue Heron
Barn Swallow
Band-tailed Pigeon
Steller's Jay
Black-headed Grosbeak
American Crow
European Starling
Wrentit
Anna's Hummingbird
Cooper's or Sharp Shinned Hawk
Great Egret
Osprey
Song Sparrow
American Robin
Spotted Sandpiper
Golden-crowned Sandpiper
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Young Raccoons in a tree

Raccoon nest by Ruth Shelly