[obol] Ecola Point, Clatsop County, Oregon on May 01, 2007

[David Bailey]

This report was mailed for David C. Bailey by http://birdnotes.net

Date: May 1, 2007
Location: Ecola Point, Clatsop County, Oregon

Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 90%
Precipitation: none
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Eva and I doodled around Ecola Point and park from 0900 to 1000 this
morning. Not much evidence of Passerine migration, but a few warblers
and sparrows were present. 

All the Murres are in huge meandering vermiform slicks just offshore
from their nesting rocks. The raptors must be keeping them from
placing their nests. 

Highlights include BROWN PELICAN, RED-NECKED GREBE, WANDERING TATTLER and HARLEQUIN DUCKS.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Mallard                             2
****Harlequin Duck***               15 (actual count)
Surf Scoter                        20
Red-necked Grebe                    1
Brown Pelican                       2
Double-crested Cormorant           20
Pelagic Cormorant                  20
Black Oystercatcher                 3
***Wandering Tattler***             1
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull                2
Common Murre                    20000
Pigeon Guillemot                   10
Downy Woodpecker                    1
Northern Flicker                    1
Steller's Jay                       1
American Crow                       2
Violet-green Swallow                2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee           3
Winter Wren                         2
Golden-crowned Kinglet              2
American Robin                     30
Varied Thrush                       1
Orange-crowned Warbler              5
Black-throated Gray Warbler         2
Hermit Warbler                      1
Wilson's Warbler                    4
Song Sparrow                        1
Lincoln's Sparrow                   2
White-crowned Sparrow               8
Brown-headed Cowbird                2
House Finch                         1

Total number of species seen: 32