The TUFTED DUCK has left the county (unless somebody knows
different.)

This week's estuary arrivals include singing WILSON'S WARBLERS and
a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER at the Neawanna Wetland in Seaside.
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were working the main channel of
the river in the same area. Three MARBLED GODWITS flew over the
area on Sunday.

A phenomenal number of RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS were mist-netted at
the Neawanna Banding Station. Males were actively displaying for
females in what could almost be described as lekking behavior.
Among those captured was a male Rufous with a nearly complete
green upper back and green flecking on the lower back to the
coverts (about a 2.0 on the greeness scale.)

A thoroughly dis assembled BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS was on Clatsop
Beach along with a dead alternate plumage RHINOCEROS AUKLET and a
SURF SCOTER. There was also a small "eared" seal most likely
NORTHERN FUR SEAL was dead on the beach.

Shorebirds are starting to move again. A grand total of 70 SANDERLINGS
were on Clatsop Beach Saturday. By the same time Sunday there were
1180 and no other species.

Shorebird totals
Sunday 04/18/1999
Clatsop Beach
Black-bellied Plover 2
Sanderling 1180
Dunlin 711
Western Sandpiper 3

Wireless Rd.
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Least Sandpiper 3


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Astoria, OR Language is a poor enough means of communication
mpatters at orednet.org and we've got to use all the words we've got....
Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands
Henry Drummond in "Inherit the Wind"

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