Subject: Chinook Valley Raptor Count - 11/26/2001
Date: Nov 26 10:29:06 2001
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Chinook Valley Raptor Count
Pacific County, Washington
November 26, 2001 0845-0945hr

Conditions were cold and showery. I could find only one
WHITE-TAILED KITE, but given how cold and wet things
were I wouldn't be surprised if some were still holed up
in the roost.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 1
Western Grebe 8
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
American Wigeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
White-tailed Kite 1 [1]
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Killdeer 12
Least Sandpiper 35 [2]
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch

Footnotes:

[1] Lingenfelter Rd, hover at a distance.
[2] on the dock at Ilwaco

Total number of species seen: 35

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