[obol] Census Count: Mt. Tabor Park, Multnomah County, Oregon on August 19, 2006

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This report was mailed for Tom McNamara by http://birdnotes.net

Date: August 19, 2006
Location: Mt. Tabor Park, Multnomah County, Oregon

Low temperature: 62 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

It'd been a while.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Mallard                             1
Red-tailed Hawk                     2 [1] 
Rock Dove                           5 [2] 
Band-tailed Pigeon                  2
Vaux's Swift                       40
Anna's Hummingbird                 10 [3] 
Rufous Hummingbird                  2
Downy Woodpecker                    2
Northern Flicker                    7
Western Wood-Pewee                  5
Hammond's Flycatcher                1 [4] 
Pacific-slope Flycatcher            1 [5] 
Hutton's Vireo                      2
Warbling Vireo                      2
Steller's Jay                       8
Western Scrub-Jay                   1
American Crow                       4
Black-capped Chickadee             12
Chestnut-backed Chickadee          16
Bushtit                            25
Red-breasted Nuthatch              18
Brown Creeper                       5
Bewick's Wren                       7
American Robin                      5
Wilson's Warbler                    1
Western Tanager                     1 [6] 
Spotted Towhee                      3
Song Sparrow                       18
Golden-crowned Sparrow              2
Black-headed Grosbeak               5
House Finch                        15
Pine Siskin                         9
Lesser Goldfinch                    8

Footnotes:

[1]   2 juvs--one heard & seen the other screaming. Mixed flock of
     small passerines utterly nonchalant when juv.RT alit amongst
     them.Their summer reading including K.Lorentz and silhouette ID
     of accips and buteo?
[2]  unusual for Tabor
[3]  saw more than 12 hummers total but minimally 10 Anna's (adult
     and juv both). Other hummers too far away and going farther
[4]  good look at bill underside etc.
[5]  singing
[6]  I think. Heard what I think was on pr-tik only.

Total number of species seen: 33