I participated in the Christmas Bird Count in Astoria yesterday, counting every bird I could find all day long, for a total of 59 different species and 1,290 individual birds.
Anna's Hummingbird
Townsend's Warbler
"Begun in 1900 as an alternative to the traditional hunts of anything that flew during Christmas Day, hundreds of Christmas Bird Counts are now conducted throughout the Western Hemisphere, and they continue to contribute valuable scientific data to the longest existing records of bird population trends." -Portland Audubon website
Lincoln's Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
