Bird Bio: Black-backed Woodpecker
The Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) is wide-ranging but uncommon in the northern coniferous forest of the US and Canada, with a long finger of its distribution extending southward into the […]
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Bird Bio: Pacific Wren
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By Ellie Armstrong, KBO Trinity River Field Technician The Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus) is North America’s smallest wren, measuring only about four inches from the beak to the tip of […]
Bird Bio: Acorn Woodpecker
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Bird Bio: Acorn Woodpecker By Ellie Armstrong, KBO Research and Monitoring Intern The Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is common year-round in oak woodlands near the West Coast. Oregon was believed […]
Bird Bio: American Dipper
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By Teresa “Bird” Wicks, KBO Education Intern American Dippers (Cinclus mexicanus), sometimes called Water Ouzels, are one of five species worldwide in the family CINCLIDAE, and the only cinclid found […]
Bird Bio: Black Phoebe
Written by Caitlyn Gillespie on . Posted in Klamath Call Note, Birds & Birding.
By: Teresa “Bird” Wicks, KBO Education Intern The Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is the only black and white flycatcher found in North America. Thus, they are easily distinguished by their […]
Bird Bio: Yellow-breasted Chat
Written by Nate Trimble on . Posted in Klamath Call Note, Birds & Birding.
By Ian Ausprey, Klamath Bird Observatory Research Biologist The Yellow-breasted Chat, one of our more charismatic riparian species, plays an important role in our region’s cultural and ecological heritage. It […]
Bird Bio: Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Written by Caitlyn Gillespie on . Posted in Klamath Call Note, Birds & Birding.
Bird Bio: Pacific-slope Flycatcher By: Jenna Curtis, KBO Research and Monitoring Intern Formerly grouped with the Cordilleran Flycatcher as “Western Flycatchers”, the Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) was recognized as a unique species in […]
Bird Bio: Hermit Warbler
Written by Caitlyn Gillespie on . Posted in Klamath Call Note, Birds & Birding.
By: Liz Williams, KBO Education and Outreach Project Leader During the breeding season, the Hermit Warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) can be found in coniferous forests along the west coast of Oregon, […]
Bird Bio: Swainson’s Thrush
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Bird Bio: Swainson’s Thrush By: Robert Frey, KBO Biologist and Banding Project Leader One of the most commonly heard, although seldom seen, birds of its range is the sedately plumed and […]
Bird Bio: Golden-crowned Sparrow
Written by Caitlyn Gillespie on . Posted in Klamath Call Note, Birds & Birding.
By Bob Frey, KBO Biologist and Banding Project Leader Remember Flower Power – a slogan used as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violent ideology in the 1960s? The Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia […]