[obol] Census Count: Government Cove, Hood River County, Oregon on November 24, 2007

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This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: November 24, 2007
Location: Government Cove, Hood River County, Oregon

Low temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: E
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber from about 11:00 AM
to 12:30 PM on November 24, 2007 at Government Cove, near Cascade
Locks, OR.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose                      100
American Wigeon                   600
Mallard                             2
Ring-necked Duck                    6
Greater Scaup                      10
Lesser Scaup                       10
Unknown Scaup                     300 [1] 
Bufflehead                         20
Common Goldeneye                   15
Barrow's Goldeneye                  6
Common Merganser                    2
Common Loon                         1
Pied-billed Grebe                   3
Horned Grebe                        8
Double-crested Cormorant            8
American Coot                    1200
Glaucous-winged Gull               20
Rock Dove                          25
Western Scrub-Jay                   2
American Crow                       4
Common Raven                        2
Black-capped Chickadee              4
Spotted Towhee                      4
Fox Sparrow                         1
Song Sparrow                       10
Dark-eyed Junco                    25
House Finch                         2

Footnotes:

[1]  Scaup sp.--  several large flocks flew up the Columbia R.; most
     were probably Lessers, but could not be certainly identified.

Total number of species seen: 27