[obol] Astoria Blue-winged Teal, Green Heron

[lcain at astoria.k12.or.us]

This report was mailed for Lee Cain by http://birdnotes.net

Date: May 18, 2008
Location: Astoria Airport Mitigation Bank, Clatsop County, Oregon

Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 80%
Precipitation: none

0715-0830 hrs

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose                        6
Mallard                            23 [1] 
Blue-winged Teal                    5 [2] 
Cinnamon Teal                       2 [3] 
Northern Shoveler                   2
Greater Scaup                      10
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron                    4
Green Heron                         1
Bald Eagle                          2
Virginia Rail                       1
Whimbrel                            5 [4] 
Unidentified Dowitcher              2
California Gull                     5
Glaucous-winged x Western Gull      1
Unidentified gull
Caspian Tern
Band-tailed Pigeon                 40
Downy Woodpecker                    1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher            1
Western Scrub-Jay                   1
American Crow                      10
Common Raven                        2
Tree Swallow                       25
Violet-green Swallow                2
Cliff Swallow                       1
Barn Swallow                       15
Bewick's Wren                       1
Marsh Wren                         16
Swainson's Thrush                   5
American Robin                     15
Cedar Waxwing                       8
Yellow Warbler                      8
Common Yellowthroat                 2
Wilson's Warbler                    3
Savannah Sparrow                    1
Song Sparrow                       11
Red-winged Blackbird               18
Brown-headed Cowbird               12
Purple Finch                        5
American Goldfinch                  8

Footnotes:

[1]  10 were ducklings
[2]  on mudflats just north of AMB wetland
[3]  pair
[4]  flyover

Total number of species seen: 41