It's not often that I get messages from respected birders in two
different states asking me the same question which was, "how come
you haven't found that missing Bean Goose?" So I figured I'd
better put aside efforts to tally White-throated Sparrows and
Great Gray Owls in Clatsop County and spend the morning sifting
through flocks of CANADA GOOSES. Here are my results.

Chinook Reikola Youngs total
Valley Unit Bay
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small form CAGO 411 700 1111
large form CAGO 14 127 47 188
dusky CAGO 8 20 28
undetermined form 950 950
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all Canada Geese 433 1097 747 2277

White-fronted Goose 1
White-tailed Kite 2

The large mixed flock at Reikola was just to complicated for me
to sort by size, though I would guess a third were Aleutian/Cackling.
There were also quite a few pale medium size birds (Lesser's?).
I also had 22 large form birds not listed above at Black Lake
(Ilwaco).

--
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

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