Lots of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS today taking advantage of
the Cascara berries. Most appeared to be females and young
of the year. No warblers or vireos on station, but I worked
a chickadee flock in between stations and managed to call
up Hutton's and Warbling Vireos and a single Wilson's Warbler.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 15
Wood Duck 9 [1]
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Western Gull 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Olive-sided Flycatcher 3
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay 6
American Crow 8
Common Raven 2
Violet-green Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6
Bewick's Wren 1
Winter Wren 2
Marsh Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Swainson's Thrush 9
American Robin 14
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 12
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 4 [2]
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Purple Finch 1
Red Crossbill 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 1

Footnotes:

[1] all juveniles
[2] additional birds, mostly hatch-years seen off station eating
berries

Total number of species seen: 40

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