[obol] Lots-o-Purple Finches in Seaside

[David Bailey]

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Subject: 	331 Avenue I, Seaside, OR 97138, Seaside, Clatsop County, 
Oregon on April 28, 2008
Date: 	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:59:25 GMT
From: 	baileydc at pdx.edu
To: 	baileydc at pdx.edu



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

Date: April 28, 2008
Location: 331 Avenue I, Seaside, OR 97138, Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon




Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)                  1
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)                     2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)                   1
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)           3
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)           1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)           1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)                1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)                     1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)                    3
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)               1
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)       20
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)                    22 [1] 
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)                      1
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)                           2
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)                  3

Footnotes:

[1]  Purple Finch: most I have seen here, largest flock I can
     remember having seen anywhere actualy

Total number of species seen: 15