Things are starting to turn green. Fressh activity at the
BEAVER Dam. Water north of the dam is at least a foot higher
than on the south. Fresh BLACK BEAR claw mark on several
trees. I may have heard a couple of bear "woofs".

There was a noticible YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER movement early.
I watched a bright male PILEATED WOODPECKER work over one
of the snags near st09. A RUFFED GROUSE was drumming from
the same spot at st13 where it was heard all last spring.

In the completely unsubstantiated rumor department, I talked
to a golfer while doing the edge along Pennisula Golf Course.
There's apparently some concern that the golf course may become
a subdivision when the current owner of the property passes
on.

Also:
very fresh Black Bear sign
Mesoleuca gratulata

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose 6
Gadwall 16
American Wigeon 14
Mallard 14
Green-Winged Teal 35
Ruffed Grouse 1 [1]
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 1
Western Gull 3
Unidentified gull 2
Rufous Hummingbird 9 [2]
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1 [3]
Hutton's Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 11
American Crow 18
Common Raven 1
Violet-green Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 16
Bushtit 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Bewick's Wren 5
Winter Wren 8
Marsh Wren 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 27
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
American Robin 20
Varied Thrush 1
European Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Townsend's Warbler 2 [4]
Fox Sparrow 1 [5]
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 3
Red Crossbill 2
Pine Siskin 15
House Sparrow 3

Footnotes:

[1] drumming from the same spot a st13 as last year
[2] at least one displaying
[3] male
[4] singing
[5] singing

Total number of species seen: 45

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

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