Breaker Lake, Pacific Co. - 5/24/2005

Finally a nice day for censusing.

Likely movements of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS and SWAINSON'S
THRUSHES. I found and AMERICAN ROBIN nest and a nest cavity
likely being used by RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. Lots of new
EUROPEAN STARLINGS...

The vegetation has really come up because of all the rain. The
BLACK BEARS have been re-arranging the trails again as well.
A female COYOTE was seen sauntering up the fairway of the second
hole on the Penisula Golf Course apparently using it as a quick
access to parts of the Briscoe Lake (just like me).

I also found what were probably RIVER OTTER tracks along a run
near the beaver dam.

Coyote
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Chickaree

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose 16
Mallard 3
Virginia Rail 1
Killdeer 1
Western Gull 1
Caspian Tern 2
Vaux's Swift 1
Rufous Hummingbird 5
Northern Flicker 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 9
Warbling Vireo 4
Steller's Jay 7
American Crow 12
Tree Swallow 1
Violet-green Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 3
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10
Bushtit 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 [1]
Bewick's Wren 5
Winter Wren 3
Marsh Wren 13
Golden-crowned Kinglet 21
Swainson's Thrush 12
American Robin 14 [2]
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 15
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Wilson's Warbler 15
Western Tanager 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 11
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Purple Finch 1
Red Crossbill 53 [3]
Pine Siskin [4]
American Goldfinch 2

Footnotes:

[1] probably nesting; pair hanging around suitable nest hole by gate
[2] nest located
[3] most in a single flock
[4] heard only; off station

Total number of species seen: 45

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

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