North Coast Diaries /blogs/mbalame/ Natural History on the Oregon North Coast en-us 2009-03-30T07:26:48+00:00 We've move to the new Surfbirds server /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/03/20090315.html We've moved our blog to a newer, vippier site where the comments button works... mbalame 2009-03-30T07:26:48+00:00 Forward into the past /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/02/20090223.html I got an email the other day from my good friends at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center alerting me to a new data recovery effort called North American Bird Phenology Program. I spent the weekend transcribing scanned copies of... mbalame 2009-02-23T12:10:34+00:00 Post-Valentine's day photo quiz /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/02/20090215.html Seen today at Brownsmead The Answer... mbalame 2009-02-15T14:14:20+00:00 The Grebage of Blind Slough /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/02/20090208.html mbalame 2009-02-08T18:36:43+00:00 Name that goose /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/02/20080205.html From the goose mines of Capp Rd on Youngs Bay. How many kinds of geese do you see?... mbalame 2009-02-05T16:30:03+00:00 This weekend's photo safari /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/02/20090201.html My goal this weekend was to get photos of House Sparrow and Purple Finch for a project I'm doing. In the process, I got a couple other shots that aren't too embarrassing...... mbalame 2009-02-01T16:05:46+00:00 Variations on a theme /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/01/20090129.html mbalame 2009-01-29T18:20:26+00:00 The last sunny day... /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/01/winter20090121.html If the weather forecast is to be trusted, the sunny and unseasonably warm weather is about to end. I went out today and took advantage of the light to get a few pictures...... mbalame 2009-01-21T13:22:36+00:00 A trip to Marshland /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/01/marshland20080115.html Donald Coggswell reported TUFTED DUCK yesterday on the Columbia River at Marshland and today, I went out to see if I could relocate it. Sure enough there it was with GREATER SCAUP in the river along River Front Rd about... mbalame 2009-01-15T13:39:14+00:00 Studies in ambiguity /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/01/ambiguity20090111.html For your perusal, two quiz birds. The first a regularly occurring winter visitor barely identifiable in this photo and therefore perhaps too hard for the some. It was taken today, the only shot I was able to get off, at... mbalame 2009-01-11T12:19:30+00:00 water, water, everywhere /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/01/flood20080108.html According to the National Weather Service, a little over 4 inches of rain fell yesterday.... mbalame 2009-01-08T15:03:36+00:00 Cottage Grove UCBC highlights /blogs/mbalame/archives/2009/01/npow20090101.html Here are a couple pictures from the unofficial Cottage Grove Christmas count held today.... mbalame 2009-01-01T18:51:27+00:00 quiz20081230 /blogs/mbalame/archives/2008/12/quiz20081230.html Taken today at BrownsmeadThe Answer... mbalame 2008-12-30T20:57:06+00:00 mishaving Brown Pelicans /blogs/mbalame/archives/2008/12/pelicans20081229.html As mentioned in previous posts, BROWN PELICANS are over-wintering this year in unprecedented numbers. We expected them to finally move out in response to the recent really cold, really stormy weather... but no soap. Today I counted 62 at Seaside... mbalame 2008-12-29T13:14:56+00:00 Youngs Bay Raptors /blogs/mbalame/archives/2008/12/hawk20081228.html I did the Youngs Bay portion of my raptor census route today and managed to get a couple interesting photos in the process...... mbalame 2008-12-28T13:13:52+00:00