Chinook Valley, Pacific Co., WA
December 7, 2001

The is shining today....

There were 2 WHITE-TAILED KITES and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
viewable from Ligenfelter Rd. this morning.

Two LEAST SANDPIPERS were grass next to the parking lot
in Ilwaco Boat Basin. Two TRUMPETER SWANS were on the
big Lake next to the campground at Ft Canby.

Chinook Raptor Count 0830-1000hr
White-tailed Kite 2 [2]
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 4
Red-tailed Hawk 10
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1


Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
TRUMPETER SWAN 2 [1]
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Killdeer 13
Least Sandpiper 2 [3]
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] Ft Canby lake
[2] Ligenfelter Rd; together in 1 tree
[3] Ilwaco Boat Basin

Total number of species seen: 44

--
Mike Patterson When I despair, I remember
Astoria, OR that all through history
celata at pacifier.com the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...always.
- Mahatma Gandhi

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