Oregon Birding - Day Three

Yesterday was the warmest day for the next several - today being overcast, much cooler, and windy. As a result, the bird activity around the neighborhood is minimal. There were no birds inside the nearby Oregon Ash woodland that I search around yesterday, but there was a little bit of activity on the eastern, leeward side of the trees. Other than occasional swallows swooping over the grassland, and one hawk floating by over head,
there were few birds to hear, and even fewer to see. Near the sidewalk is a pushed up pile of tree trunks and old branches, probably the remnants of the street being cut through the woodland. Beyond the pile of spent trees, extends the grassland. Walking across the area, it is obvious that in winter much of the area is covered in water.  The three birds shown below were seen in and around this pile today.

American Goldfinch

I can't tell whether this is a female American Goldfinch, or something else that is yellow. The bird seem more rotund than the typical female goldfinch I am used to seeing in Maryland, and does match up with the Lesser Goldfinch, either.

Bushtit

Similarly for difficulty with identification, I think this bird is a Bushtit. With the poor results I got for this photograph with all of the brush placed at different depths in front of and behind the bird, I consulted with my daughter on how to set the auto-focus on my camera so that it will ignore the other distractions.

American Robin

This American Robin must be used to people, he was quite the subject - letting me walking around him, getting closer with each shot. There were a good number of robins perched on neighbors' roofs this evening, seeming to make up a flock intent in hanging out together for the evening.

Other flying critters included the following - they like the woodland margin and open grassland:

Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly

Twelve-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly