Subject: This morning's aftermath
Date: Dec 13 10:25:03 1995
From: Raymond Korpi - rkorpi at clark.edu


Here are a few post-storm notes.
--At the height of the storm, I had birds at my feeders, primarily house
finches, house sparrows, and juncos. Golden-crowneds were at the feeders
very early this morning (pre sunrise).
--Smith-Bybee Lakes had nothing unusual on the water, but there were two
nice Hermit Thrushes and an Orange-cronwed Warbler (one of the
grey-headed forms) and a Bald Eagle. Other birds (the usual suspects) were
also very active. The trail is currently not wheelchair accessible as
several willows fell about 150 yards in. The waters are still very high--
the lookouts are not accessible.
--At the Faloma Rd. site, there were seven Black-crowned Night-Herons
this morning, including one immature. There was a little tree damage
there (one older hollow snag was split).
--At Vancouver Lake, there were 300 Tundra Swans, 40 Western Grebes, and a
Pacific Loon. 18 Common Goldeneye were found fartehr up the road from
the lake toward the larger heron rookery. 6 meadowlarks were also seen.

Hope you made it through the storm alright.

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Ray Korpi "Nearby, on the trunk of a high barkless cottonwood,
Hm: Portland, OR a flicker with ungodly ease
Wk: Clark College is defying gravity,
Vancouver, WA the crescent of red on its busy nape
rkorpi at clark.edu the only color in all the world
it could be." --William Kloefkorn, from
_Platte_Valley_Homestead_, #49