Columbia Estuary Report - 07/22/98

An OLDSQUAW was at the South Jetty of the Columbia River today.
It can be considered unusual to see this species in July. A
juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was with the small flock of
shorebirds on the shorebird flats.

13 WHIMBRELS were at the Necannicum River in Seaside yesterday.

Shorebird count for 7/22/98
SJCR-
Semipalmated Plover 2
Wandering Tattler 1
Western Sandpiper 59
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 1
Least Sandpiper 28



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