Columbia Estuary Report - 12/9/2000

Buckey Barnett has an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER coming to his
hummingbird feeder along with several ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS.

Steve Warner reports 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS are regularly coming
to the outflow near the Pizza Castle on the Necanicum River,
Seaside.

A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was with 100+ MEW GULLS on Hammond
Boat Basin today. Two LEAST SANDPIPERS were roosting on the dock.
There were also 3-4 kittiwakes at SJCR.

There are still CLARK'S GREBE mixed in with the WESTERN
GREBES on Youngs Bay.

Today's rain route list of 62 species has be posted at:
http://birdnotes.net . Click on recently added reports.


--
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
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html