Subject: Census Count: Fort Stevens State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon on July 09, 2001
Date: Jul 9 23:43:55 2001
From: lcain at seasurf.net - lcain at seasurf.net


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Date: July 9, 2001
Location: Fort Stevens State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon

Low temperature: 60 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: NW
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h gusting to: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

I birded Fort Stevens, Clatsop County, OR today, in the general
vicinity of Coffenberry Lake, Battery Russell, and the road out to
the South Jetty.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant 1 [1]
Mallard 6 [2]
Herring Gull 10 [3]
Western Gull 15 [4]
Caspian Tern 2 [5]
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 7
American Crow 50
Violet-green Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
Swainson's Thrush 35
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 4
Western Tanager 1 [6]
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red Crossbill 2 [7]
American Goldfinch 3 [8]

Footnotes:

[1] feeding in Coffenberry Lake
[2] female with ducklings
[3] fly-over
[4] fly-over
[5] feeding in Coffenberry Lake
[6] male feeding in mature shore pine canopy
[7] fly-over
[8] fly-over

Total number of species seen: 27