Saddle Mountain State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon
August 18, 2001, 0830-1500hr

Sean Burgett and I went up to Fox Creek again to do so
more for amphibian abundance work. Sean managed to find
a larval PACIFIC GIANT SALAMANDER as well as quite a few
DUNN'S SALAMANDERS both of which were not found on our
last trip. We also managed to find a juvenile Dicamptodon
without gills that we believe is a COPE'S GIANT SALAMANDER.
The terrestrial form of Cope's Giant Salamander is very
rare (fewer then a dozen records). Stay tuned for the
photographs.

Things were suprisingly quiet on the bird side of things.
Mostly CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS.
We did hear the deliberate pecking of a PILEATED WOODPECKER
and saw lots of fresh holes. We also heard GRAY JAYS.

Herptiles:
Rough-skinned Newt 9
Pacific Giant Salamander 1
Cope's Giant Salamander 2
unidentified Dicamptodon 1
Dunn's Salamander 3
Western Red-backed Salamander 1
Tailed Frog 7
Red-legged Frog 4
Common Gartersnake 1

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker [1]
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Gray Jay [2]
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Wilson's Warbler
Song Sparrow
Red Crossbill

Footnotes:

[1] drumming only
[2] heard only

Total number of species seen: 14
--
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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