Columbia Estuary Report - 5/2/2002

Drizzly with wind from the west....

I spent most of the morning around Youngs Bay and the
South Jetty of the Columbia River. 31 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES were on the exposed mudflat of Trestle Bay,
seen from the parking lot "D" wildlife bunker.
58 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE were along the western
edge of Trestle Bay.

Two WANDERING TATTLERS were on the Jetty at parking
lot "C". A female LONG-TAILED DUCK was in the surf and
easily seen from the viewing platform. Visibility was
not very good, but loons (mostly PACIFIC LOONS) were
going by, nearshore, at 10-15/min during my very brief
10min stop before the next squall hit.

Wireless Rd count 0800-0815hr
Greater White-fronted Goose 12
Whimbrel 35 (94 yesterday afternoon)
Marbled Godwit 3
Western Sandpiper 40
Least Sandpiper 30
Short-billed Dowitcher 6

Trestle Bay count 0930-1000hr
Greater White-fronted Goose 58
Black-legged Kittiwake 31
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern 200
Semipalmated Plover 19
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 4
Western Sandpiper 170
Least Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 180
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

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