Subject: Chinook Valley Raptor Count - 11/02/2001
Date: Nov 2 18:33:01 2001
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Chinook Valley Raptor Count
Pacific County, WA
November 2, 2001 0840-1000hr

There were 2 SNOW GEESE in a flock of about 300 CANADA GEESE
on Chinook Dike. There are still at least 4 WHITE-TAILED
KITES that can be seen from Lingenfelter Rd.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 1
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snow Goose 2 [1]
Canada Goose 300
Mallard
Green-Winged Teal
Bufflehead
White-tailed Kite 4 [2]
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Townsend's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch

Footnotes:

[1] with Canada Geese on Chinook Dike
[2] all from Lingenfelter Rd

Total number of species seen: 37


--
Mike Patterson When I despair, I remember
Astoria, OR that all through history
celata at pacifier.com the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...always.
- Mahatma Gandhi

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html