Washington County Bird Highlights: 2006
Lars Norgren spotted a
Common Nighthawk
on June 5 over his house along Hayward Road. Greg Gillson found another over a nearby clearcut on June 16. It takes searching to find these rare summer residents in the county. These ended up being the only ones mentioned in the county in 2006.
Acorn Woodpecker at Pacific University, Forest Grove, on June 17, 2006, by
Greg Gillson
Don Boucher performed a survey on OBOL (Oregon Birders On-Line, email list) on August 7, asking for the best publically-accessible location to see
Acorn Woodpeckers
in the Willamette Valley. The choice "most popular by far" was the colony at Pacific University in Forest Grove. This, despite the fact that Washington County is the northernmost area to see these woodpeckers in the Willamette Valley. Birds can be found regularly at Orenco Grade School in Aloha, Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro, farmsteads between North Plains and Roy, Dawson Creek Corporate Park and several other areas near the Hillsboro airport.
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