Fort Stevens State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon on January 14, 2001

The SNOWY OWL is still at SJCR and could be seen from parking
lot C this morning. A light phase NORTHERN FULMAR was off
the breakers.

Temperature: 50?F
Wind direction: S
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 30%
Precipitation: none

Includes 15min seawatch from SJCR

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Red-throated Loon 2
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Western Grebe 1
Northern Fulmar 1 [1]
Brandt's Cormorant 1
Mallard 8
Ring-necked Duck 1
Surf Scoter 1
White-winged Scoter 1
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Dunlin 4
Western Gull 4
Glaucous-winged Gull 8
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Common Murre 1
Snowy Owl 1 [2]
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 2
Varied Thrush 3
European Starling 70
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Pine Siskin 80

Footnotes:

[1] light phase
[2] sitting on driftwood; visible from the parking lot

Total number of species seen: 35

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