[obol] Colombia Estuary Report

[Mike Patterson]

It was a nice enough day so I spent the morning out and about.
Walked the Sunset part of the Fort to Sea Trail, drove the beach,
took some snaps.  

This curious Ring-billed Gull seems a little late for the plumage
it's wearing....
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/temp/rbgu20070401.JPG

And here's a junco that seemed a bit territorial, perhaps setting
up a nesting territory...
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/temp/sunset200704012.JPG

This report was mailed for Mike Patterson by http://birdnots.net
Date: March 32, 2007
Location: Sunset Beach, Clatsop Co.
Birds not seen (in taxonomic order):

Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Whooper Swan [1] 
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Redhead
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Spruce Grouse
Eared Grebe
American Bittern
Green Heron
California Condor [2] 
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Swainson's Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Coot
American Golden-Plover
Spotted Redshank
Short-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Common Tern
Thick-billed Murre
Long-billed Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Western Screech-Owl
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Jay
Cliff Swallow
Marsh Wren
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Townsend's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Western Meadowlark
Lesser Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1]  with cormorants
[2]  heard only

Total number of species seen: 62

-- 
Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
celata at pacifier.com  
 
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