[obol] Census Count: Mt. Tabor Park, Multnomah County, Oregon on April 01, 2008

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This report was mailed for Tom McNamara by http://birdnotes.net

Date: April 1, 2008
Location: Mt. Tabor Park, Multnomah County, Oregon

Low temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: N
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Precipitation: haze or fog

No fooling, finally  the first, singleton Orange-crowned warbler of
'08 migration..... Another no-Winter wren outing--hmmm. .... More
Downy woodpeckers than I can ever recall  seeing/hearing in park.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Mallard                             5
Bufflehead                          9
Band-tailed Pigeon                  1
Anna's Hummingbird                  5
Downy Woodpecker                    4 [1] 
Northern Flicker                    8
Hutton's Vireo                      4
Steller's Jay                       3
American Crow                      25
Black-capped Chickadee              4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee           4
Bushtit                             4
Red-breasted Nuthatch               3
Brown Creeper                       2
Bewick's Wren                       4
Golden-crowned Kinglet              8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet               10
Hermit Thrush                       3
American Robin                     35
Varied Thrush                       8
Orange-crowned Warbler              1 [2] 
Spotted Towhee                      4
Fox Sparrow                         2
Song Sparrow                       30
Dark-eyed Junco                    50
House Finch                        30
Pine Siskin                        50
Lesser Goldfinch                   20

Footnotes:

[1]  Most previous to this was 2
[2]  FOY

Total number of species seen: 28