Subject: This Morning on Cooxcomb Hill - 8/27/2000
Date: Aug 27 10:16:11 2000
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com
Coxcomb Hill, Astoria, Clatsop Co. OREGON
8/27/2000 0710hr to 0930hr
overcast 14?C wind NNW 11.3kph
pressure 1018
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 9
Vaux's Swift 4
hummingbird sp. 1
Steller's Jay 14
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Barn Swallow 4
Violet-green Swallow 2
Purple Martin 3
Cedar Waxwing 85
American Robin 2
Swainson's Thrush 3
Wrentit 1
Bewick's Wren 3
Winter Wren 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 6
Wilson's Warbler 7
Western Tanager 3
Spotted Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 4
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Red Crossbill 5
Pine Siskin 2
Evening Grosbeak 22
total diversity 36
total individuals 213
Notes: I had big help from the OFO weekenders, led by
Paul Sullivan this morning. Wind from the north slowed
the warbler migration, but there was a small movement of
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and SPOTTED TOWHEES. A reasonably
cooperative PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER made the "official"
PSFL call not often given in the fall and an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER allowed examination through a spotting scope.
--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
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