Brownsmead, Clatsop County, Oregon May 17, 2001
0820-0950hr

A LEWIS'S WOODPECKER was near Knappa this morning and a
WHITE-TAILED KITE was at Bug Hole Rd in Brownsmead.
I also heard winnowing COMMON SNIPE.

Turkey Vulture 5
White-tailed Kite 1 [1]
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3

Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1 [2]
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Coot
Common Snipe 1 [3]
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Mourning Dove 1 [4]
Lewis' Woodpecker 1 [5]
Downy Woodpecker 1
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] at Bug Hole Rd
[2] sitting in a tree on Pentilla Rd
[3] doing a winnowing display
[4] at Bug Hole Rd
[5] at hwy 30 near Knappa

Total number of species seen: 40




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