Brownsmead, Clatsop County, Oregon
April 22, 2002 0800-0930hr

There are still plenty of flooded areas around Brownsmead.
GREATER YELLOWLEGS numbers seem to be dropping, but LEAST
SANDPIPERS were seen in small flocks at several locations.


Raptor Count:
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 7
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Peregrine Falcon 1

Other birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Least Sandpiper 46
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin 5 [1]
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] at Ziak nest gourds

Total number of species seen: 58

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html