I'm finishing my 14th year on the lower Columbia and there's been
gorse along Stringtown Rd, the Ilwaco airport and the boat basin
for at least that long. Surprisingly, it is extremely rare on the
Oregon side of the river.

Hal Opperman wrote:
>
> Tweets:
>
> After successfully chasing the Mountain Plover about a month ago,
> Jolynn, Tom Aversa, and I birded around the Ilwaco area for a while.
> I was surprised to come across what appeared to be a patch of gorse
> growing on an embankment of the sewage pond near the Ilwaco marina.
> Maybe this scourge of the Oregon coast is known to have established a
> toehold in our state, but if so, this is the first I've heard about
> it. Can anybody help clarify the situation?
>
> [Apologies for posting my response to Ken Knittle's magazine giveaway
> to the entire list. If anybody else has issues of Western Birds they
> want to get rid of, please let me know. Ken did have one for me.]
>
> Hal Opperman
> Medina, Washington
> mailto:halop at accessone.com

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