Rare birds aplenty during the Central Oregon winter By Brian Rathbone, The Bulletin (Bend, Ore.)
Published: February 7, 2021, 12:30pm
Share: A cedar waxwing pauses to check its surroundings while eating berries from a tree near the Old Mill District on Jan. 13, 2021. (Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin/TNS)
BEND, Ore. Some days, a message is sent out on WhatsApp, alerting birders of a northern saw-whet owl, others it might be a message on the Central Oregon Birders Online website informing the close to 1,000 members on the site’s message boards about a swarm of purple finches and hermit thrushes taking over a birdbath.