This gallery shows some visits over the last couple weeks to the coast, local lakes, and the river. Over that period it's been consistently rainy, but I've still been able to get out with my camera. November is gull and waterfowl season here so I've been on the lookout for them, especially for a few potential lifers and county birds. On that note, I just bought the brand-new book "The Gull Guide, North America" by Amar Ayyash. It has tons of annotated photos and has been very useful to refer to when trying to ID gulls from photos.
These photos are © 2024 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
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3:41PM Monday November 04, 2024
3:41PM Monday November 04, 2024
12:33PM Thursday November 07, 2024
3:54PM Friday November 08, 2024
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
4:01PM Friday November 08, 2024
California Gull1st-cycle California Gull. Bill is long and straight, too long for Ring-billed, without enough of a bulge at the gonys for a Western/Glaucous-winged/Herring. Prominent gape. The pale tips of the tail feathers is visible. The eye is not beady enough (too large relative to head) for Western. Overall color is too dark for Ring-billed.
8:12AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
8:13AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)Possibly a Western x Glaucous-winged Hybrid. American Herring can be ruled out because the back is too dark and the bill is too bulbous. The eye also doesn't seem bright enough for a Herring.
8:13AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
8:13AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Glaucous-winged Gull
8:52AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Bewick's Wren
10:44AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Surf Scoter
10:44AM Saturday November 09, 2024
Surf Scoter
2:16PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
2:16PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
2:16PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
2:16PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
2:16PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Western Gull
2:24PM Saturday November 09, 2024
BuffleheadI used Photoshop to flip these birds horizontally to create more room ahead of them.
2:24PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Bufflehead
2:25PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead
2:25PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Bufflehead
2:25PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Bufflehead
2:25PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Bufflehead
2:28PM Saturday November 09, 2024
Greater/Lesser Scaup, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, BuffleheadThis pano is useless as a thumbnail here, oh well. The full image is 36,240 by 2,075 pixels — at full 300dpi resolution it would be 10 feet wide if printed! These ducks were a bit less than a half mile away. I took a bunch of photos and used Lightroom Classic's panorama tool to merge them. This is quick and easy enough to do that I do it pretty often just for counting distant birds (with my Click Counter app). This image was so large that it had to be cropped into two halves (and possibly scaled down a little, I don't remember) before the Click Counter web app would allow it to be dropped onto the page.
8:02AM Sunday November 10, 2024
Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead
9:50AM Sunday November 10, 2024
8:02AM Monday November 11, 2024
California GullThese are yellow-legged gulls, which on the Oregon coast means California, Ring-billed, or Short-billed. The bills are too large, and have red and black markings, which eliminate Short-billed. The red markings on the bills, prominent gapes, and dark lines behind the eyes mean these are California Gulls.
8:02AM Monday November 11, 2024
California Gull
8:02AM Monday November 11, 2024
California Gull
8:02AM Monday November 11, 2024
California Gull
8:03AM Monday November 11, 2024
Western Gull
7:44AM Saturday November 16, 2024
Tundra Swan
7:44AM Saturday November 16, 2024
Tundra Swan
7:47AM Saturday November 16, 2024
Tundra Swan
7:47AM Saturday November 16, 2024
Tundra Swan
7:47AM Saturday November 16, 2024
Tundra Swan
9:12AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:17AM Monday November 18, 2024
Bald Eagle
9:17AM Monday November 18, 2024
Bald Eagle
9:22AM Monday November 18, 2024
Horned Grebe, Lesser ScaupI thought there was a chance this was an Eared Grebe, since the bill looks a bit dark and small. The head shape doesn't look right though, so it's almost certainly a Horned Grebe.
9:23AM Monday November 18, 2024
Horned Grebe
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted KingfisherThere was a pair of noisy Kingfishers hanging out the edge of the lake. As per usual they were pretty flighty and hard to photograph, but right as I was heading to my car I noticed this one perched in a good spot. I was able to sneak up a little on her with the car between us and get these shots.
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:35AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:36AM Monday November 18, 2024
Belted Kingfisher
9:54AM Monday November 18, 2024
Greater White-fronted Goose (Juvenile), Greater White-fronted Goose, Ring-billed Gull
9:57AM Monday November 18, 2024
American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant
9:57AM Monday November 18, 2024
American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant
9:57AM Monday November 18, 2024
American Herring Gull, Double-crested CormorantI was not expecting an American Herring Gull to be so large compared to a Cormorant!
8:56AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:56AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:56AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:56AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:56AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:56AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:57AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:57AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
8:57AM Wednesday November 20, 2024
Bufflehead
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