This report was mailed for Lee Cain by http://birdnotes.net

Date: February 16, 2002
Location: Twilight Eagle Sanctuary, Clatsop County, Oregon


Evan and I briefly stopped and glassed and scoped the overlook at
about 0830 hrs.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron 2
SNOW GOOSE 71 [1]
Canada Goose 36
TUNDRA SWAN 74 [2]
Mallard
Northern Pintail 6
Green-Winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 1
Bald Eagle 1 [3]
Northern Harrier 1
American Coot 1
Common Snipe 1
Western Gull
Unidentified gull 50
Northern Flicker 1
Steller's Jay 1
American Crow
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6
Bewick's Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush 1
European Starling
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Pine Siskin 3

Footnotes:

[1] WAY OUT on sandy bar in river
[2] feeding and sleeping on muddy bar in river
[3] attempted capture of Common Snipe

Total number of species seen: 35

Lee Cain
Aquatic Biology/Integrated Science
Astoria High School
lcain at seasurf.net