Columbia Estuary Report - 01/01/2001

Todd Thornton and I went in search of first of the year
rarities. We failed to find any ibises in Ilwaco, but the
MOUNTAIN PLOVER was right there within 10m of the northern
lean-to on the north jetty beach of Ft Canby. Four WHITE-
TAILED KITES were on Lingenfelter Rd at Chinook.

A SHORT-EARED OWL and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were on King Av.
A SNOWY OWL was in the driftwood behind the back ponds at
the the shorebird flats of parking lot C. Three LAPLAND
LONGSPURS were near the big pond.

Steve Warner reports a EURASIAN WIGEON from Del Moor Loop.

--
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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