Subject: Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon on December 13, 2000
Date: Dec 13 11:57:32 2000
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon on December 13, 2000
Around the PreMarq and Costco while waiting to have work done my car.

Temperature: 2?C
Wind direction: NE
prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h (leaves rustle, wind felt on face)
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Precipitation: none

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Canada Goose 20
Mallard 4
Green-Winged Teal 8
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Least Sandpiper 2 [1]
Long-billed Dowitcher 8 [2]
Common Snipe 1
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 10
Marsh Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
European Starling 4
Spotted Towhee 1
Fox Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln's Sparrow 3 [3]
Swamp Sparrow 1 [4]
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 80

Footnotes:

[1] In the slough by the Shilo Inn
[2] In the slough by the Shilo Inn
[3] There were probably more than 3.
[4] On the railroad right of way just east of the blue tank.

Total number of species seen: 26

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