Hi Tweets,

I went down to see the MOUNTAIN PLOVER today. It is still in the same place, in between the two drift wood shelters, north of the road. I also saw a immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE. Then we headed over to Ft. Steven's State park to see the SNOWY OWL. The owl was down on the beach, we just had to look for white and we found it, north of the jetty.

I also stopped on a road in Astoria called King Ave. we picked up 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS there, with at little help on the location of the place.

(we are: My mom, my dad, and I)

Heres the list of birds we saw:

Black-Legged Kittiwake-2

Western Gull-too many to count

Thayer's Gull-at least ten to twenty

Ring-Billed Gull-20

Mew Gull-10

Western Grebe-30

Pacific Loon-2

Red-Throated loon-Numerous

American Coot- at least 200

Ruddy Duck-2

Mallard-10

Bufflehead-30

Surf Scoter-40

Sanderling-20

Surfbird-10

Mountain Plover-1
Western Scrub Jay-3

Steller's Jay-1

Northern Shrike-1

American Crow-too many

Common Raven-10

Red-Tailed hawk-5

Sharp-Shinned Hawk-1

Short-Eared Owl-5

Snowy Owl-1

Song Sparrow-a lot

American Robin-5 or so

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet-10

Winter Wren-1

Northern Flicker-2

European Starling-Too Darn Many

Thats about it I am sure we saw more, but I don't remember it right now. It was a good day.

-Brendan

Brendan McGarry, 15
Seattle, Washington
Pica_pica417 at hotmail.com