Subject: [Tweeters] Breaker Lake - 9/24/2004
Date: Sep 24 17:25:10 2004
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Breaker Lake, Pacific County, Washington
September 24, 2004

Beautiful, crisp fall day with surprisingly few birds....

There was a big migrant flock of AMERICAN ROBINS moving around
in a big gang. Also single a male WESTERN TANAGERS, a YELLOW-
RUMPED WARBLER and a VARIED THRUSH.

Beginning next month, I will be shifting into winter mode
with visits only once a month (best weather day around the 15th)
and will shift back to bimonthly mode next April.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 7
Steller's Jay 10
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9
Brown Creeper 1
Bewick's Wren 2
Winter Wren 15
Marsh Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28
American Robin 39
Varied Thrush 1 [1]
European Starling 14
Cedar Waxwing 24
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Western Tanager 1 [2]
Fox Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 13
House Finch 1
Red Crossbill 3
American Goldfinch 2

Footnotes:

[1] heard only
[2] male calling from top of a spruce

Total number of species seen: 24

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

Common species are more common than rare species
--- Dennis Paulson in
_Shorebirds of the PNW_