[obol] Astoria in the snow - 1/12/2007

[Mike Patterson]

I took a very long walk today that began at my house and
included a stop at Bucky Barnett's feeder, the Astoria 
Waterfront from about 8th street, east all the way to the
Astoria Sewage Ponds and Alderbrook.

There are places in Alderbrook that still have about 6 inches 
of snow on the ground.  Getting around by vehicle is still
pretty dicey off the main roads.

At least 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER is still coming to Bucky's
hummingbird feeder.  Also saw a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER and an
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD.

A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, presumably the same bird seen last 
week, was sitting on a piling in the tidal lagoon just east
of the Astoria Sewage Ponds.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose                        6
Cackling Goose                     35
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-Winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter                         8
Bufflehead
Common Merganser                    6
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe                   1
Horned Grebe                        1
Western Grebe                       3
Double-crested Cormorant            1
Pelagic Cormorant                   9
Great Blue Heron                    3
Bald Eagle                          4
Northern Harrier                    1
Red-shouldered Hawk                 1 [1] 
American Coot
Killdeer                            5
Spotted Sandpiper                   1
Mew Gull
Herring Gull                        1
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna's Hummingbird                  2 [2] 
Belted Kingfisher                   1
Northern Flicker                    3
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven                        2
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet              1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                4
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler              1 [3] 
Townsend's Warbler                  1
Spotted Towhee                      2
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow              12 [4] 
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch                         4
Red Crossbill                      16
Pine Siskin                         2
American Goldfinch                  8
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1]  Near Astoria Sewage Treatment, presumably the same bird seen
     last week.
[2]  One at Bucky Barnett's; one at Alderbrook feeder.
[3]  Coming to Bucky Barnett's hummingbird feeder
[4]  Single flock at Maritime museum; no obvious feeder around.

Total number of species seen: 56

-- 
Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
celata at pacifier.com  
 
I'm not jealous or 
Why I've never Seen Black-throated Blue Warbler in Oregon
http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/mbalame/archives/004174.html