Sparrow Report - 11/28/1999

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT were at the
Astoria mitigation bank sparrow patch today. At least two
PADDLE-TAILED DARNERS are still cruising around indicating the
mildness of the weather so far.

A second very gray ORANGE-CROWN was at the Heron Avenue patch in
Warrenton and good numbers of LINCOLN'S SPARROWS can still be found
at the Warrenton Sewage Ponds. The complete list for the Mitigation
Site as well as Heron Av and Warrenton SP are attached below:

Date 19991128
Wind ESE6
Sky clear
Rain no
Temp 46F
Pres 1019

Time 0900- 1000- 1030-
0955 1025 1100
Mit Her Warr total
Blackbird, RW RWBL 3 3
Bushtit, C COBU 6 6
Chickadee, BC BCCH 4 1 5
Crow, Am AMCR 3 3 6
Eagle, Bald BAEA 3 3
Finch, House HOFI 1 3 10 14
Finch, Purple PUFI 1 1
Flicker, No NOFL 2 2
Harrier, No NOHA 1 1 2
Hawk, R-t RTHA 1 1 2
Heron, Great Blue GBLH 1 1
Kingfisher, B BEKI 1 1
Kinglet, GC GCKI 11 1 12
Kinglet, RC RCKI 28 6 3 37
Rail, Virginia VIRA 1 1
Raven, C CORA 1 1
Robin, American AMRO 9 1 10
Snipe, C COSN 1 1
Sparrow, Fox FOSP 12 8 8 28
Sparrow, GC GCSP 2 9 11
Sparrow, Lincoln LISP 1 1 3 5
Sparrow, Song SOSP 18 12 8 38
Starling, E EUST 5 11 40 56
Teal, Green-winged GWTE 7 7
Warbler, Orange-cr OCWA 1 1 2
Warbler, YR YRWA
Woodpecker, Downy DOWO 1 1
Wren, Bewick's BEWR 2 1 1 4
Wren, Marsh MAWR 10 2 1 13
Wren, Winter WIWR 1 1
Yellowthroat, C COYE 1 1

Diversity 25 15 14 30
Density 126 59 90 275
--
Mike Patterson The common view of science is that it is a sort of machine
Astoria, OR for increasing the race's store of dependable facts.
mpatters at oregonvos.net It is that only in part; in even larger part
it is a machine for upsetting undependable facts.

----- H.L.Mencken
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