Bittern!

Pictures I could upload without cropping.

A cool frog at Tommy's house in VA.

Yellow headed blackbird amongst..?  (Oklahoma)

Harris's Sparrow.  (Oklahoma)

Scissor Tailed Flycatcher. 

Can you believe how gorgeous this bird is?

It is one of my favorite all time birds

 since seeing it in Oklahoma on my road trip to Oregon.

Violet Green Swallows.

(Malheur Lake N.W.R.,

near Burns, OR)

Coyote.

(Malhuer Lakes N.W.R.)

Clark's Grebe.

(Malhuer Lakes N.W.R.)

Pine Siskin.

(My Backyard at the Bunkhouse,

Ochoco National Forest, OR)

White Pelicans.

(Ochoco Resevoir,

Prineville, OR.)

THIS IS NOT A STUFFED ANIMAL.

THIS IS A REAL GREAT HORNED OWL FLEDGLING.

And she or he is learning to fly.

(Ochoco National Forest, OR)

Shorebirds

Long Billed Curlews were like mythical creatures to me when I was living in Massachusetts.

Oh, how I longed to see one.

Luckily I've been able to see Wonderful Whimbrels, as Curlews have eluded me.

Until now! 

I saw about six or seven of these near Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Princeton, OR.

Curlews are even bigger than Whimbrels, and have longer bills.

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Here are some other neat shorebirds for your enjoyment:

American Avocet.  Blue Legs!

Least Sandpiper.  Tiny.  Green Legs.

Western Sandpiper.  Tiny.  Black Legs.

Black Neck Stilt.  Awesome.

Solitary Sandpiper.  Understated.  Very pretty.

"Pil-Wil-Western-Willet!"



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Stilt, Avocet and Curlew are the three shorebirds I was dying to see in Oregon. 

I guess I can go home now!