Chinook Valley Raptor Count, Pacific Co, WA
September 14, 2001 0915-1000hr

It was probably not the best day to do a raptor count. There
was heavy fog with visibility less than a kilometer in places.
An adult WHITE-TAILED KITE was at Lingenfelter Rd just west
of Chinook. BROWN PELICANS were all along the Columbia River
from the WA/OR bridge to at least Ilwaco airport

Turkey Vulture 5 [2]
White-tailed Kite 1 [3]
Bald Eagle 1 [4]
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2

Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Brown Pelican [1]
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Western Sandpiper 5
California Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch

Footnotes:

[1] large numbers up to the WA/OR bridge
[2] in one tree
[3] Lingenfelter Rd
[4] sub-adult

Total number of species seen: 30

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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.
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