This morning I spent 5 hours walking around and birding at the Crooked River Wetlands on the O'Neill Hwy near Prineville. It is a beautiful spot to walk, hike, bike or bird! It has 5.4 miles of walking trails of which 3.5 miles are paved. I identified 46 species of birds and saw 1 weasel. It had a reddish brown back and head, a white belly and a black tip on its tail. It was too quick to get a picture but I got lots of bird pics, including this one of an American Coot and several chicks!
I also saw a very elusive Virginia Rail!
A Spotted Sandpiper,
a Savannah Sparrow,
and a Leucistic Brewer's Blackbird,
Leucistic coloring is where white colors replace the normal colors, in this case the bird should have been all black. To see more pics and a complete list of today's birds, click here:
Crooked River Wetlands
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