Columbia Estuary Report 8/11/98

Perhaps the most interesting event recorded this week was
a movement of LADYBIRD BEETLES (with 19 spots) outward along the
South Jetty at about 2/min.

A single BONAPART'S GULL was at parking lot D of Fort Stevens
on Monday. Huge numbers of BROWN PELICANS are gathering at the
mouth of the Columbia River.

Shorebirding around the estuary is still pretty dismal. A small
flock of WESTERN SANDPIPERS (all but on a juvenile) has been hanging
around the ponds. A single SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER made a flyover
on Sunday.


Shorebird count for 8/11/98 high tide
SJCR- Semipalmated Plover 2
Western Sandpiper 26
Least Sandpiper 14

Wireless Rd-
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Western Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 20


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Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR _Birds and other Wildlife of the
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