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The western meadowlark is Oregon's state bird. This list of Oregon birds lists wild bird species found in the U.S. state of Oregon and accepted by the Oregon Bird Records Committee (OBRC). [1] As of August 2022, there are 547 species on the list. Of them, 164 are on the review list (see below).
Haystack Rock is a 235 ft-tall (72 m) sea stack in Cannon Beach, Oregon.The monolithic rock is adjacent to the beach and accessible by foot at low tide. The Haystack Rock tide pools are home to many intertidal animals, including starfish, sea anemone, crabs, chitons, limpets, and sea slugs.
The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus Fratercula and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.
The puffins and the rhinoceros auklet are closely related, together composing the subfamily Fraterculini. [11] The oldest alcid fossil is Hydrotherikornis from Oregon dating to the Late Eocene while fossils of Aethia and Uria go back to the Late Miocene. Molecular clocks have been used to suggest an origin in the Pacific in the Paleocene. [12]
Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine waters: Nature News. Gannett. Susan Pike. July 23, 2024 at 5:03 AM. Editor's note. The following is a reprised edition of Nature News, first ...
Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. [1] The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera.
The gray wolf populations has been increasing in recent years and is monitored by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. [6] The first confirmed wolf sighting in western Oregon since 1947, known as Journey or OR-7, was born in April, 2009 and OR-7 became the first wolf in modern times to move to California. [7]
Baird's shrew - Endemic to northwest Oregon. [56]Camas pocket gopher - occurs only in the Willamette Valley, endemic to northwest Oregon in the Northwestern United States. [57]