With all teams accounted for and one feeder watcher pending
the count for Columbia Estuary stand at 128. Weather started
out icky, with heavy drizzle and a cold NW wind, but eventually
turned sunny and about 55?F. Inspite of the nice weather,
several teams complained that the birds were unresponsive and
scarce.

The mouth of the river was also full of dead mackerel and
pilchard.

Notables include:
Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Jeffer's Gardens)
Caspian Tern (Chinook)
Barred Owl (Coxcomb Hill)
Rufous Hummingbird (Bucky' feeder)
Wilson's Warbler (Chinook)

Aggravating misses:
Tropical Kingbird
Palm Warbler
Bullock's Oriole

Weird misses:
Spotted Sandpiper
American Goldfinch

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

If you want to end war and stuff, you've got to sing loud
- Arlo Guthrie