Jeff et al.,
There are crazy numbers of Common Goldeneyes along that section of the Columbia
right now. Last weekend (Friday after Thanksgiving) Shawneen and I saw a group
of about 30 on the Oregon side by the entrance to the little lagoon just before
you get to Rentenaar Rd. Then on that Sunday we birded the Washington side up
around Woodland Bottoms and counted nearly 90 near Deer Island. We only
scrounged up one female Surf Scoter and could not tease a Tufted Duck out of
several hundred scaup (mostly Lessers). We continued north through Kalama and
Longview and back over to the Oregon. At Prescott County Park we had another 20
or so goldeneyes. I love birding along the Columbia River this time of year
(both up and downstream from Portland).
Dave Irons
Beaverton, OR
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Steve Rogers and I saw an adult male White-winged Scoter and a female Surf
Scoter, with about 15 Common Goldeneyes on the Columbia River, where the
pavement on Reeder Road along the Columbia River ends and gravel begins.
Jeff Gilligan
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