Brownsmead, Clatsop County, Oregon on March 30, 2001

Michelle and I went out to Brownsmead to look for spring
arrivals and do a raptor count. We found 9 TURKEY VULTURES.
SAVANA SPARROWS were found at Bug hole rd, one in full song.
Two BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were found under a cow at Aldrich Pt
(just up the road from the EMU).

Raptor count 0900-1030hr

Turkey Vulture 9 [1]
Bald Eagle 11
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 6


Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Savannah Sparrow 2 [2]
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 [3]
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] in groups of 1-4
[2] Both see at Bug hole Rd; one was singing.
[3] both males under a cow at Aldrich Pt rd.

Total number of species seen: 51

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