Chinook Valley Raptor Count 11/12/2001 0920-1100hr

The weather was overcast with a stiff NE wind. A dark-phase
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was at the west end of Chinook Valley Rd.

A BRANT was with CANADA GEESE on Sandridge Rd just north of
the Riekola Unit. There were at least two collared geese
there as well, one with a white collar and one with a red
collar. Most looked to be Dusky-form.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Brown Pelican [1]
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose 275 [2]
Brant [3]
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Bufflehead
White-tailed Kite 3
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Rough-legged Hawk 1 [4]
Peregrine Falcon 1
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] There are still many around the bridge
[2] including one with a red collar and one with a white collar
[3] with Canadas near Riekola Unit
[4] dark phase

Total number of species seen: 30

--
Mike Patterson When I despair, I remember
Astoria, OR that all through history
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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

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