The Todd Thornton invitational Anseriformes challenge
Date: February 18, 2001, 0815-1100hr
Location: Clatsop County, Oregon

Todd Thornton thought it might be fun to see how many kinds
of Anseriformes given that there were a couple of cool ones
currently in the county. I managed to keep up with him until
around 1100hr (he was off to Brownsmead when I last saw him).
I managed 22 species in just short of 3 hours.

Temperature: 45 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: NE
Prevailing wind speed: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Precipitation: showers/intermittent rain

Ross' Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan [1]
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon [2]
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck [3]
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Killdeer
Common Snipe [4]
Mew Gull
Herring 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
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] 2 in the Tongue Point boat basin
[2] 1 at DelMoor Loop
[3] sitting on the aerator at Astoria SP
[4] a FLOCK of 11 at Cemetary Lake

Total number of species seen: 58

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