Our feathered friends...

Some of our birding was done here at the hatchery and quite a bit right across the state line in California.

The inland white pelicans are cool and so different from their brothers, the Brown Pelicans. While it is great to sit on the coast and watch the brown pelicans diving for fish from up to 50 feet, the white pelican never dives into the water but rather float around and swims underwater looking for food.

Here is the White Pelican

The Brown Pelican in California.

Turkey Vulture enjoying a seal breakfast.

It's fun to watch the Western Sandpiper scurry in and out of the wave line.

An Evening Grosbeak giving us the "stink eye"!

This American Robin is looking for a meal.

Aah... success.

Edgar the Bold Eagle dragging a two pound trout until airborne.

Edgar and a couple of his buddies eyeing the Osprey's pond.

Although the Osprey is half the size of the Bold Eagle, it will dive bomb the eagle unmercifully until it leaves its hunting grounds.

This photo I took is on some Oregon birding websites only because our resident biologist told me to take the picture. Apparently the Indigo Bunting is very rare this far west and caused a big stir on an Oregon birders blog and thus increased birders coming to the hatchery. Only spotted once more a couple days later the little bugger then disappeared.

We have many Tree Swallows as this one below, plus Barn and Cliff Swallows on the property.

           A group of White Pelicans on Klamath Lake passing in front of Mount Mcloughlin

We saw this Barn Owl, courtesy of Larry the farmer, about 5 miles from Dorris, California. We stopped for lunch on Larry's property and he wondered over to make sure we weren't "rabble-rousers".

Donna and I both believe this is a Swainson's hawk, on the two sections of Larry's farm.

Here is a regular of the area...a Bullock's Oriole

This female Blackbird was very unhappy that I was taking pictures of her nest.

And finally for this blog is the American Avocet

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