Thursday, April 3, 2025
Thursday's Bird Watch!
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Spring Birding
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Thursday's Bird Watch!
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Birding at Fort Yamhill
Thursday, March 20, 2025
First Osprey!
This morning, we went out to check on a group of nests in the West Salem area. The Murlark Ave. nest site was empty, as was the Patterson St. nest site, and the Bartel Dr. nest site. When we got to Wallace Marine Park, we struck gold. Here at the ball field nest site, we found a female Osprey on the nest crying her eyes out. We took a few minutes to photograph and add the information in to eBird.org, and then we noticed a 2nd Osprey in flight. It made a couple of loops around the ball field area and then landed in the nest. The male Osprey!
We are so excited for our first Ospreys of the season and look forward to keeping track of their development in the upcoming months before they leave us again in September for their winter hangouts.
Thursday's Bird Watch!
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Thursday's Bird Watch!
We have more excitement in the hummingbird world here at Dallas Retirement Village! This is a male Rufous Hummingbird, photographed by Lodge resident LaVerda Gallager at her third-floor balcony juice feeder on March 6th. This is only the second Rufous Hummingbird to be reported in Polk County this year! In general, Rufous Hummingbirds migrate through the Willamette Valley in the Spring on their way North for nesting, and then again on their way South for the Winter. Although smaller than our resident Anna's Hummingbirds, thay are fierce competitors, and cause quite a commontion while they are passing through.