Brownsmead, Clatsop County, Oregon
November 22, 2001 0930-1045hr
Raptor Count

It was a good day for ducks out at Brownsmead this morning,
but not much else. There was a constant, heavy rain for most
of the observation period. Raptor numbers were disappointing...

A SNOW GOOSE was feeding with about 300 CACKLING CANADA GEESE
on Jackson Rd. Two CINNAMON TEAL were in the flood field
nearby. There were big mixed flocks of blackbirds throughout
the area.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snow Goose 1 [1]
Canada Goose 600
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal 2 [2]
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Dunlin 200
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Pine Siskin

Footnotes:

[1] With about 300 Cackling Geese
[2] on Jackson Road

Total number of species seen: 37

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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.
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