Fox Creek forest north Boundary Saddle Mt State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
July 6, 2002 0500-0730hr

Neal Maine arranged for keys into the Fox Creek side of Saddle
Mountain to do our annual MARBLED MURRELET census. I saw at
at least 7 more likely 9 individuals coming into the forest and
7 leave. The total count from the two observation positions was
at least 11.

Neal Maine and Steve Warner also saw two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS which
I did not get to see from my vantage point. Neal saw 3 nighthawks
in the area yesterday.

Other species seen:
Townsend's Chipmunk
California Ground Squirrel
Black-tailed Deer

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

MARBLED MURRELET [1]
Band-tailed Pigeon
COMMON NIGHTHAWK [2]
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Hutton's Vireo
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red Crossbill

Footnotes:

[1] Official census; at least 9 bird seen.
[2] 2 birds seen by Steve Warner and Neal Maine

Total number of species seen: 25

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

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

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