I did a raptor count in Chinook Valley this morning. BALD
EAGLE numbers are down from the previous count, RED-TAILS
are up. 1.5hrs and 41mi.

White-tailed Kite 2 [2]
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 12
American Kestrel 2

Other species:
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan 7 [1]
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
American Coot
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird

Footnotes:

[1] Black Lake
[2] 1 near gun club; 1 on Chinook Dike Rd

Total number of species seen: 36
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

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