Tweets,

The following groups or species are unknown away from the ocean in the
Pacific Northwest:

Tubenoses-15 species recorded in NW
Alcids- except Ancient Murrelet and Marbled Murrelet-12 species in NW
Black Turnstone
Tock Sandpiper


Then there's the odd tropicbird, booby and frigatebird.

Otherwise, almost any species usually associated with the coast may occur
along the Columbia River in eastern WA.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA


>A WESTERN GULL report in Richland was recently questioned as a strange
inland sighting. The WESTERN GULLS we get in the Umatilla, Oregon area are
as pure or impure as the ones at the mouth of the Columbia River.
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>My experience makes me believe that almost any bird normally seen on the
ocean is possible on the inland Columbia River. My records include 4
species of LOONS, all three JAEGERS, STELLER'S EIDER, RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER, LITTLE GULL, ROSS'S GULL, HEERMANN'S GULL, MEW GULL, SABINE'S
GULL, ANCIENT MURRELET. Others have seen MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD in Morrow
County, Oregon and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at the John Day Dam in Sherman
County, Oregon. I've probably forgotten something important.
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>I'm still looking for my first inland ALBATROSS!
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>Good Birding,
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>Craig Corder
>ccorder at eonet.com All typos are intentional.
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