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Mt. Tabor Park Bird List Species s S F W Species s S F W Jays & Crows Warblers (continued) *Steller’s Jay c c c f Blackpoll Warbler x *Western Scrub-Jay c c c c MacGillivray’s Warbler u o Mt. Tabor Park *American Crow c c c c *Wilson’s Warbler c o c Swallows Hooded Warbler x Tree Swallow r r Tanagers Bird List Violet-green Swallow f f f *Western Tanager c u u x Northern Rough-winged Swallow x Summer Tanager x Cliff Swallow r r Sparrows *Barn Swallow c c c *Spotted Towhee c c c u Purple Martin x x Chipping Sparrow o r Chickadees Savannah Sparrow x *Black-capped Chickadee c c c c Fox Sparrow f f f *Chestnut-backed Chickadee c c c c *Song Sparrow c c c c Bushtits Lincoln’s Sparrow o r *Bushtit c c c c White-throated Sparrow r r r Nuthatches *White-crowned Sparrow u o u r *Red-breasted Nuthatch c c c c Golden-crowned Sparrow f f f Creepers *Dark-eyed Junco c c c c *Brown Creeper c c c c Grosbeaks Wrens *Black-headed Grosbeak f f f *Bewick’s Wren c c c c Rose-breasted Grosbeak x House Wren x x Buntings *Winter Wren c o c c Lazuli Bunting r x Kinglets Blackbirds Golden-crowned Kinglet c u c c Brewer’s Blackbird x x x x Ruby-crowned Kinglet c c c Red-winged Blackbird x x Thrushes Brown-headed Cowbird f f u Townsend’s Solitaire u r r Orioles Portland, OR Swainson’s Thrush c o c Bullock’s Oriole r x Hermit Thrush c c f Finches *American Robin c c c c Purple Finch f u r Varied Thrush c c c *House Finch c c c c Starlings Red Crossbill u o o o Illustrated and compiled by European Starling f f f f *Pine Siskin f u f f Adrian Hinkle Waxwings *Lesser Goldfinch c c c u January 2010 *Cedar Waxwing u u u o *American Goldfinch u u u u Warblers Evening Grosbeak f o o r Northern Parula x Pine Grosbeak x *Orange-crowned Warbler c o c Old world Sparrows Tennessee Warbler x House Sparrow u u u u Nashville Warbler u r Yellow Warbler r r *Yellow-rumped Warbler c o u u Black-throated Gray Warbler c o u Townsend’s Warbler c r f f Hermit Warbler u o Species s S F W Species s S F W Geese & Ducks Pigeons & Doves Greater White-fronted Goose x x *Band-tailed Pigeon c c c o Cackling Goose x x Rock Pigeon f f f f Canada Goose u u u u *Mourning Dove o o o o Key: Wood Duck x Owls s=spring –March to May Gadwall x *Great-horned Owl o o o o S=summer –June through early-August American Wigeon x Snowy Owl x F=fall – Mid-August through mid-November *Mallard f f f f Barred Owl x W=winter –Late-November through February Ring-necked Duck x x *Western Screech-Owl f f f f * Nesting confirmed or suspected Lesser Scaup x x Short-eared Owl x C=common; almost always found in proper habitat Bufflehead u u u Nightjars F=fairly common; often found in good habitat Common Goldeneye x Common Poorwill x U=uncommon; sometimes found in proper habitat Hooded Merganser x x Swifts O=occasional; found a few times every year Ruddy Duck x Vaux’s Swift f f f R=rare; rarely occurs and usually not every year Grebes Hummingbirds X=extremely rare; fewer than 5 records Pied-billed Grebe x *Anna’s Hummingbird c c c c Red-necked Grebe x Calliope Hummingbird r x x Mt. Tabor is a small butte in Southeast Horned Grebe x Costa’s Hummingbird x Portland. Residential neighborhoods are found Cormorants & Herons Black-chinned Hummingbird x x on the lower flanks and 200-acre Mt. Tabor Double-crested Cormorant r r Rufous Hummingbird u u c Park is located atop the butte. Great Blue Heron r r r r Kingfishers Most of the park’s slopes are covered New world Vultures Belted Kingfisher x x Turkey Vulture u u u x Woodpeckers with stands of Douglas Firs and Bigleaf Hawks & Falcons Red-breasted Sapsucker o o o o Maples. The understory on the north side of the Osprey o o o Red-naped Sapsucker x x park is dominated by grass and, in some places, Bald Eagle r r r r Williamson’s Sapsucker x native shrubs. The southern end of the park has Sharp-shinned Hawk u u u u Hairy Woodpecker x a denser understory, mostly consisting of *Cooper’s Hawk u u u u *Downy Woodpecker u u u u native plants and shrubs. Three reservoirs, Northern Goshawk x x *Northern Flicker c c c c which provide Portland with its drinking water, *Red-tailed Hawk f f f f Pileated Woodpecker x x can be found on the south and west sides of the Northern Harrier x x Flycatchers park. Access and birding vantage points are American Kestrel r r r r Olive-sided Flycatcher u o u excellent, including trails, closed roads, and Merlin u u u *Western Wood-Pewee c f c Peregrine Falcon r r r r *Pacific-slope Flycatcher c u c grassy fields. Plovers & Sandpipers Willow Flycatcher o r o The main birding attraction at Mt. Killdeer x x Hammond ’s Flycatcher f r u Tabor is its many neotropical migrants. April Spotted Sandpiper r o r Dusky Flycatcher r r to May and mid-August to early-October are Least Sandpiper x Gray Flycatcher x x the best times to view migrants. Especially Gulls Say’s Phoebe x from late-April to early-May, birders from Mew Gull r r r Vireos across the Portland Metro Area visit the park Ring-billed Gull r r r Warbling Vireo c o c every morning. Winter and summer are less California Gull o r o u *Hutton’s Vireo f f f f productive, but still rewarding. Herring Gull r r o Red-eyed Vireo x Thayer’s Gull r r o Cassin’s Vireo f o u Western Gull r r o Blue-headed Vireo x Glaucous-winged Gull u u f Plumbeous Vireo x .
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