[obol] Lower Columbia Birders - 11/1/2013
- From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, swalalahos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:46:14 -0700
It was very windy (steady 12-15 with gusts to 30), occasional showers.
Not a great birding day. We headed east to Brownsmead. Best bird was
a HARRIS'S SPARROW with GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS at Svensen Island.
This is only the second one I've seen in the county.
It's pretty clear that ducks are still moving in. We missed Bufflehead,
Gadwall and Ring-necked Duck, saw no scaup, so the big winter duck
transition in still coming...
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Greater White-fronted Goose 25
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal 1 [1]
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Hooded Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Least Sandpiper 20
Dunlin 75
Common Snipe 5
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow 1 [2]
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrow
Footnotes:
[1] Svensen Island
[2] Svensen Island in sparrow flock between bridge and abandoned
yellow house.
Total number of species seen: 42
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
On watch in the Seawatch
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1506
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