A visit from Nancy’s sister Karen, and a break in the rain, had us at Cooper Mountain Nature Park in nearby Beaverton. Just enough trails for a good walk, and plenty of views and critters.
Nancy writes about this trip on her blog.
The PNW clouds get a lot more interesting when surrounded with blue.
A California Scrub Jay hanging on to this spot in the breeze.
This fluffed up Dark-eyed Junco seems to be wearing a borrowed fur coat.
We heard lots of Purple Finch songs, but it took us a while to find this singer.
I’m thinking this might be a Red-tailed Hawk, from the lighter underbelly and the wing markings. On eBird, other birders at this park recently reported Coopers, Sharp-shinned, Red-shouldered, and Rough-legged hawks, so maybe there are a lot of different hawks in this area, or maybe everyone else has as hard a time with hawk ID at a distance as I do.
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