Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!cbnewsl!dune
From: dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (sandon.l.joren)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Northwestern Crow
Message-ID: <1480@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 89 14:05:48 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I just returned from a (much too brief) trip to Oregon.  Although I only
had one day to bird, I did manage to get a number (10) of life birds.  One
question I have though;  what is the status of the Northwestern Crow in 
Northern Oregon, along the coast.  My range maps and descriptions mention
that it is only south to Puget Sound, and I have been told that even there,
most of them are hybrids.  Many of the crows that I saw in Ecola Park however,
had a much more nasal call than I am used to.  In fact, they sounded much like
Fish Crows!

As an aside, one of the life birds that I managed to get was a Heerman's Gull.
This is one bird that I never really believed I would see.  I am something of
a gull fanatic, and I must say that it was one of the most beautiful birds
that I have ever seen!

Other lifers included Tufted Puffin and Pigeon Guillemot at Haystack Rock,
Glaucous-winged and California Gull, Bushtit, Steller's Jay, Vaux's Swift,
Pelagic Cormorant, and Band-tailed Pigeon.  (Yes, it was only my second
trip out west :-)).

Greg Pasquariello
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