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> From: Mike Patterson <mpatters at orednet.org>
> To: obol at mail.orst.edu; tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Columbia Estuary Report - 5/18/97
> Date: Sunday, May 18, 1997 1:08 PM
>
>
>
> Columbia Estuary Report - 5/18/97
>
> There are still plenty of loons moving north though the majority
> now seem to be RED-THROATED LOONS. At least two ARCTIC TERNS
> were feeding with BONAPART'S GULLS off the South Jetty of the
> Columbia River. A single BROWN PELICAN, 51 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES
> and several northward moving flocks of NORTHERN SHOVELERS were
> seen as well.
>
> A single female PECTORAL SANDPIPER was at the South Jetty ponds
> both Saturday and Sunday along with a basic plumage BLACK-BELLIED
> PLOVER. Shorebird movements seem to be generally over. The
> Clatsop Beach transect (5.5km) produced a scant 85 SANDERLINGS and
> 3 DUNLIN.
>
> A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was making extended use of thermals just north
> of Camp Rilea. This is a late record for spring migration.
>
> New arrivals this week included:
> Olive-sided Flycatcher
> Swainson's Thrush
> Warbler Vireo
> Black-headed Grosbeak
>
> The following wildflowers are currently in bloom at Fort Columbia:
>
> Pacific Waterleaf
> Bittercress
> Pacific Rhododendron
> Creeping Buttercup
> Western Buttercup
> Candy Flower
> Common Delphinium
> Fringecup
> Manroot
> Cow Parsnip
> Foxglove
> Thimbleberry
> Pacific Bleeding Heart
> Dove's Foot Geranium
> Clarkia
> Fairy Bells
> False Lily-of-the-valley
> Yellow Monkey Flower
> Inside-out Flower
>
>
>
> --
> *********************************** I got the blues so bad one time
> * Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR * it put my face in a permanent
frown
> * mpatters at orednet.org * but I am feelin' so much better
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters I could cake-walk into town