There was an active feeding flock at the fron end of
King Ave, between the abandoned cars and the burned
out house. Most was centered around the Hawthorns
and Holly tree. An immature SWAMP SPARROW cooperatively
sat in the open along the jeep trail that runs east from
the abandon cars. A bright yellow ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
was with BUSHTITS.

I also had a close encounter with a NUTRIA that didn't
seem to want me to get by him on the jeep trail. Not
only do they hiss, but they also click their teeth when
they're trying to get their point across.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron 4
Mallard 3
Virginia Rail 1
Mew Gull 32
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 4
Bushtit 12
Bewick's Wren 3
Marsh Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 22
Varied Thrush 1
European Starling 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 [1]
Spotted Towhee 1
Fox Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 10
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1 [2]
Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Red-winged Blackbird 40
House Finch 15
House Sparrow 1

Footnotes:

[1] with Bushtits
[2] immature; seen before heard

Total number of species seen: 27

--
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

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