Columbia Estuary Report - 3/24/2004

I saw my first CASPIAN TERN this morning at Youngs Bay.
Steve Warner saw them last week on the Necanicum and
Lee Cain saw one on Youngs Bay a couple days ago while
kayaking.

A singing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at Breaker Lake,
Pacific Co., WA. and a single TURKEY VULTURE was
cruising over the Chinook Valley (also Pacific Co.)

In Butterfly news, I saw a Satyr Anglewing (_Polygonia
satyus_) and several Spring Azures (_Celastrina argiolus_)
this last Sunday. I've also been seeing some specie of
white (pres. _Pieris sp._), but have had the opportunity
to chase them down. David Myers saw a Mourning Cloak
(_ Nymphalis antiopa_) over the weekend.

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

Half-a-bee, philosophically must ipso-facto half not-be.
But half the bee, has got to bee Vis-a-vis its entity...
d'you see?
But can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee due to some ancient injury?
-Monty Python

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