Subject: Columbia Estuary Report - 12/13/98
Date: Dec 13 16:25:35 1998
From: Mike Patterson - mpatters at orednet.org


Columbia Estuary Report - 12/13/98

A lot of rain and wind over the last 48 or so hours failed to blow
anything interesting in once again.

An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD made a brief stop in my backyard on Tuesday to
check out the Fuschias. I put out a feeder, but have not seen it
since.

The WHITE-TAILED KITE at Astoria airport continues to appear and
disappear in Cheshire Cat fashion.

About 1200 SANDERLINGS and 1800 DUNLIN were on Clatsop Beach between
Del Rey and Sunset Accesses on Wednesday. By Sunday, there were only
about 300 birds, mostly SANDERLINGS. A GLAUCOUS GULL was at the
Sunset access on Sunday.

Dead things on the beach:
Western Grebe 2
Northern Fulmar 2
Short-tailed Shearwater 1
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Rhino Auklet 1


--
Mike Patterson "Change comes one funeral at a time"
Astoria, OR Doc Hatfield-in response to the question: Why
mpatters at orednet.org don't more cattlemen choose to use a proven
method of range management that is more
economically AND environmentally sound.

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html