Subject: Ft Stevens State Park 1/9/2002
Date: Jan 9 11:24:51 2002
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Fort Stevens State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon
January 9, 2002

The SNOWY OWL was seen today at the previously reported spot
at the NW edge of Trestle Bay. There were at least 15 HORNED
GREBES seen in the bay from the parking lot "d" wildlife
bunker. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were everywhere making lots
of noise.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pacific Loon 3
Horned Grebe 15 [1]
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Canada Goose 20
Mallard 30
Greater Scaup 3
Bufflehead 30
Northern Harrier 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Snowy Owl 1 [2]
Northern Flicker 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Hermit Thrush 1
Varied Thrush 20
European Starling 100
Yellow-rumped Warbler 75
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 5

Footnotes:

[1] all seen in Trestle Bay from the "d" bunker
[2] NW corner edge of Trestle Bay

Total number of species seen: 22
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