Columbia Estuary Report - 10/17/1999

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was along the Jetty Trail at the
Ft Stevens Historical Area this morning.

Taking up the challenge presented from the south, I hit all
of the reasonably dependable fall passerine sites looking
for something rare. A singing WESTERN MEADOWLARK was on
Wireless Rd. GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were at the
mouth of the Lewis & Clark River. Two LINCOLN SPARROWS
were on the old road into the airport.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was cruising the dunes near parking
lot A. An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was with two BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS on Trestle Bay.

There are good numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS in all
the usual spots and flocks of TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS are
fairly easy to pish up. I saw 1 BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER on Saturday at the Neawanna Wetlands.
A SWAMP SPARROW was also seen there Saturday.


--
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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