[obol] Census Count: Hood River (city), 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: Hood River (city), 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 2:00 to
4:30 PM on November 24, 2007 in Hood River, Oregon along the Columbia
River from The Columbia River bridge west to Wells Island.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose                       35
Gadwall                             6
American Wigeon                     6
Mallard                            60
Northern Shoveler                   4
Green-Winged Teal                   3 [1] 
Ring-necked Duck                  100
Greater Scaup                      50
Lesser Scaup                      400
Bufflehead                         30
Common Goldeneye                   20
Common Merganser                    2 [2] 
Ruddy Duck                          1 [3] 
Pied-billed Grebe                   8
Horned Grebe                       10
Western Grebe                      30
Double-crested Cormorant            6
Great Blue Heron                    3
Bald Eagle                          2 [4] 
American Coot                     700
Mew Gull                           30
Ring-billed Gull                   50
California Gull                     6
Western Gull                        2 [5] 
Glaucous-winged Gull               30
Belted Kingfisher                   1
Western Scrub-Jay                   4
Townsend's Solitaire                1
European Starling                  50
Yellow-rumped Warbler               1
Song Sparrow                        2
Dark-eyed Junco                    20

Footnotes:

[1]  Green-winged Teal--  males
[2]  Common Merganser-- females
[3]  Ruddy Duck-- female
[4]  Bald Eagle--  pair of adults on Wells Island
[5]  Western Gull-- 2 adults

Total number of species seen: 32