Subject: Brownsmead, Clatsop County, Oregon on February 15, 2001
Date: Feb 15 17:40:08 2001
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Brownsmead, Clatsop County, Oregon on February 15, 2001

Temperature: 45?F
Wind direction: N
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Barometric pressure: 1012 millibars
Precipitation: showers/intermittent rain

Raptor census from 0915-1045hr

White-tailed Kite 1
Bald Eagle 10
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1

Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow

Total number of species seen: 48

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Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
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