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Shoot 2025-05-26-151435

This gallery represents about a week's worth of enjoyable birding outings. Highlights include another two photo opportunities for MacGillivray's Warblers (I had zero photos of these over 2 or 3 years of trying, and now three within a few weeks!), nice views of singing male birds: Indigo Bunting, Dark-eyed Junco, and Yellow-breasted Chat, and a look at a Dark-eyed Junco nest with nestlings on the forest floor.

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My "birds in review" collages can be found here.

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10:18AM Wednesday May 14, 2025

Cliff Swallow

10:18AM Wednesday May 14, 2025

Cliff Swallow

8:30AM Thursday May 15, 2025

8:31AM Thursday May 15, 2025

Red-breasted Nuthatch

9:01AM Thursday May 15, 2025

Western Wood-Pewee

9:33AM Thursday May 15, 2025

MacGillivray's Warbler

9:29AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:29AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:29AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:29AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:30AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:30AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:30AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

9:30AM Friday May 16, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

10:03AM Friday May 16, 2025

Lazuli Bunting

10:03AM Friday May 16, 2025

Lazuli Bunting

10:03AM Friday May 16, 2025

Lazuli Bunting

10:04AM Friday May 16, 2025

Lazuli Bunting

9:12AM Sunday May 18, 2025

Anna's Hummingbird

9:12AM Sunday May 18, 2025

Anna's Hummingbird

9:12AM Sunday May 18, 2025

Anna's Hummingbird

2:03PM Monday May 19, 2025

Cooper's Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird

This begins a sequence of shots of an immature Cooper's Hawk being chased by what appears to be a pair of Brewer's Blackbirds.

2:03PM Monday May 19, 2025

Cooper's Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird

2:03PM Monday May 19, 2025

Cooper's Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird

2:03PM Monday May 19, 2025

Cooper's Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird

The tail looks somewhat squared off here, which is a Sharp-shinned Hawk field mark, but the overall size and shape lead me to believe this is a Cooper's Hawk.

2:04PM Monday May 19, 2025

Cooper's Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird

2:04PM Monday May 19, 2025

Cooper's Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird

2:09PM Monday May 19, 2025

Sharp-shinned Hawk

This hawk has a dark nape, very squared off tail, and short neck. I'm pretty sure this is a Sharp-shinned Hawk. I photographed this hawk after the Cooper's Hawk about five minutes later from roughly the same location.

2:09PM Monday May 19, 2025

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2:09PM Monday May 19, 2025

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2:09PM Monday May 19, 2025

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2:09PM Monday May 19, 2025

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2:16PM Monday May 19, 2025

2:23PM Monday May 19, 2025

Bald Eagle

2:24PM Monday May 19, 2025

Bald Eagle

2:24PM Monday May 19, 2025

Bald Eagle

2:36PM Monday May 19, 2025

2:38PM Monday May 19, 2025

2:43PM Monday May 19, 2025

2:43PM Monday May 19, 2025

2:44PM Monday May 19, 2025

2:45PM Monday May 19, 2025

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

I think it had been a couple of years since I was able to photograph a Chat, so it was special to get such a long good look at this one. I heard him singing from quite a ways away. The habitat was so densely overgrown with young trees and other vegetation was able to slowly approach without him noticing. Unfortunately, as I got near the Chat, an American Robin started giving loud alarm calls. I think I was perhaps too close to its nest. The Robin made such a racket I had to leave for fear of disturbing nesting birds. The Robin did attract a few other birds, and before I left I was able to snap a few shots of a curious Yellow Warbler overhead.

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:56AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow-breasted Chat

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

I used Photoshop's "generative fill" feature to paint over a prominent stick near the bird.

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

I used Photoshop's "generative fill" feature to paint over a prominent stick near the bird.

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

I used Photoshop's "generative fill" feature to paint over a prominent stick near the bird.

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

I used Photoshop's "generative fill" feature to paint over a prominent stick near the bird.

8:57AM Tuesday May 20, 2025

Yellow Warbler

I used Photoshop's "generative fill" feature to paint over a prominent stick near the bird.

8:22AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Violet-green Swallow

8:22AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Violet-green Swallow

8:54AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

8:54AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

9:12AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile)

I noticed a Dark-eyed Junco enter a nest on the forest floor! It was pretty dark, so I had to use a slow shutter speed and manual focus. I did a terrible job of focusing these next few shots but you can still see the nestlings.

9:12AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile)

9:15AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile)

9:15AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile)

9:15AM Wednesday May 21, 2025

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile), Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Brown-headed Cowbird

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:32AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:37AM Thursday May 22, 2025

MacGillivray's Warbler

11:43AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Osprey

11:44AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Osprey

11:45AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Osprey

11:45AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Osprey

11:58AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:58AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

11:59AM Thursday May 22, 2025

Cedar Waxwing

12:21PM Thursday May 22, 2025

Chipping Sparrow

12:21PM Thursday May 22, 2025

Chipping Sparrow

12:24PM Thursday May 22, 2025

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)

12:24PM Thursday May 22, 2025

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)

12:24PM Thursday May 22, 2025

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)

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