Lazuli Bunting, Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, Hillsboro, Oregon on May 24, 2010 by Greg Gillson.The final new expected migrant bird species of spring arrived this week at Jackson bottom Wetlands Preserve with sightings of LAZULI BUNTINGS on May 24 and WILLOW FLYCATCHER on May 25. Both will spend the summer and breed locally.
A rather unusual migrant species showed up May 24 and May 26; a single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER on these days. These larger flycatchers are uncommon but regular in higher forests, and are infrequently spotted in the lowlands during migration.
SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and WESTERN-WOOD-PEWEES arrvied in larger numbers this week. The bird feeders are supporting good numbers of LESSER and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS.
Fledgling EUROPEAN STARLINGS, WESTERN SCRUB-JAYS, and SONGS SPARROWS were noted this week, confirming breeding on the Preserve. These are not a surprise, but breeding birds have not been tracked specifically before this spring season.
Here is the list of birds detected this week...
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow