A walk at the park

My wife and I took a walk at Eagle Creek Park on Tuesday. We saw many birds and I managed to capture photos of most of them. Here's what we saw:

Great Blue Heron

Cedar Waxwing

I saw this bird flying over the water, and managed to get a
fairly clear shot of it. It looks like it's a Belted Kingfisher.

Tree swallow

Yellow Warbler

Brown-headed Cowbird (with 2 young ones?) -
this bird lays eggs in other birds nests!

It was a lot of fun to see so many interesting birds. It took forever to get a photo of the yellow warbler as it was moving so quickly without pause, but I finally found one that took a break to pose near the top of a tree.

My first ever "birding" expedition

I went on my first ever birding expedition last weekend. I brought along my binoculars and camera, obviously, and did some hiking at Eagle Creek Park. Not knowing what I'm doing, I more or less just walked around keeping my eyes and ears out for birds. In the woods I didn't see very many. I could hear them, but rarely saw them. I did manage to see one bird in the woods through the binoculars, however, it moved so quickly I didn't get a good look - all I could say is that it was grayish and sparrow-sized - I didn't notice much color. Perhaps a thrasher? I don't know and didn't have time to get a photo.

Out around the reservoir, it was easier to see them due to less foliage. I didn't take many photos, but here are a few that I took:

Female Red-winged Blackbird

I'm not sure what this next one is. It flew by while I was taking photos of the blackbird so I snapped a quick picture of it and was surprised when I looked at it later. I think it looks like an Orchard Oriole, but I'm not certain. I'm also not sure what's in his mouth.

Male Orchard Oriole?

I also saw but didn't photograph: some Cedar Waxwings (I think), and an American Coot. I saw some others, but couldn't get good enough looks at them to identify them or even describe them.

All in all, I'd say it was pretty successful and I enjoyed it and look forward to doing it again.