Subject: Columbia Estuary Report 12/9/2001
Date: Dec 9 13:00:06 2001
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


The RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen again this morning at
the Astoria Airport Mitigation Bank.

A census along King Avenue, before the dirt bikers arrived
included the following:

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Bufflehead 5
Northern Harrier 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Virginia Rail 3
Common Snipe 2
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker 3
Steller's Jay 1
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Bewick's Wren 1
Marsh Wren 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
American Robin 22
Varied Thrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Fox Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 15
Lincoln's Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Western Meadowlark 1
House Finch 34
House Sparrow 1

Total number of species seen: 29

--
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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