[obol] Great-tailed Grackles, Tillamook

[Wink Gross]

I birded Tillamook today.  As often happens, the best bird of
the day was early:  2 male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES flying along
Hwy 6 at MP3.  Unfortunately, by the time I pulled over, they
had gone.

Other stuff:

Barview:  Harlequin Ducks (a pair close in), Surfbird, Wandering
       Tattler (across the channel on S jetty), Black Oystercatcher
       130 Pigeon Guillemots

Nehalem STP:  Redhead (male), 2 male Cinnamon Teal, Killdeer pair
       with half grown chicks (cute!), Northern Rough-wing Swallows,

Bay City (end of Salmon St):  1 male Eurasian Widgeon.  No Tufted
       Duck at sewage ponds.

Rain River (end of Goodspeed Rd): Olive-sided and Pacific-slope
       Flycatchers, Western Wood-pewee

Fenk Rd:  250 White-fronted Geese

Bayocean:  Brant (10 or so). 2 Marbled Godwits (way out on "Cormorant
      Island").  2 Horned Grebes, 10 Western Grebes.

Shorebird numbers were very low.  A few flocks of peeps (Westerns,
I think) flying north.

Wink Gross
Portland