[obol] Colombia Estuary Report

[Craig Miller]

Mike,

It looks like those gulls on the left are having a good laugh at the red 
legs...

Craig



Mike Patterson wrote:
> 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
>
>