Subject: Chinook Valley Raptor Count - 10/12/2001
Date: Oct 12 11:21:26 2001
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Chinook Valley Raptor Count, Pacific County, Washington
October 12, 2001 0900-0945hr

The weather was very windy and rainy today for the weekly
raptor count. RED-TAILED HAWK numbers are on the increase.
There were still at least 4 easy to find WHITE-TAILED KITES
along Chinook Valley Rd. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on
Chinook Dike.

For those who have posted queries about Chinook Valley, I
have placed a map at:
http://home.pacifier.com/~neawanna/temp/Chinook.gif

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
White-tailed Kite 4
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Peregrine Falcon 1
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird

Total number of species seen: 20

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--
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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