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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2016
Audubon Christmas Bird
Count gears up for 117th year
OBITUARIES
Brenda Kay (Bassett) Brown
Seaside
Sept. 21, 1970 — Oct. 24, 2016
Bringing people
together with
binoculars
In loving memory of our beautiful and
With her husband, Lindsay Brown, and
sassy Brenda, born in Astoria, Oregon, Sept. their girls, they traveled to Disneyland sev-
21, 1970, to Donna Kay and Paul Lavern eral times. Road trips with tunes were always
Bassett.
a big favorite of Brenda’s in
Brenda spent her youth through
remembrance of her mom, Donna.
adulthood in Gearhart and the sur-
Her family meant everything to her.
rounding areas fi lling her days with
Brenda is survived by her hus-
family, close friends and taking
band, Lindsay Brown; daughters
care of her two daughters, Jessica
Jessica and Whitney Brown; broth-
and Whitney Brown, whom she
ers Terry and Jon Bassett; sister
loved fi ercely. In her youth, Brenda
Tracy Borlaug; Aunt Cheryl Diet-
was very athletic and was part of
rich: Uncle Darcy Dobson: and
the Sons Of Norway softball team.
many, many more aunts, uncles,
As an adult she was always ready
cousins and those who love her
to take the boys down in a game of Brenda Brown dearly.
fl ag football at the family property
Brenda was a beautiful and
(sometimes with her car). We love
wild force that we will carry in
you Brenda!
our hearts, never to be forgotten and greatly
Brenda also loved camping, spending missed.
time with close ones, friends and family, tak-
A public celebration will be held from 2 to
ing drives on the beach or looping the back 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at BJ’s Pizza Pal-
highways to pick daffodils with Fleetwood ace, 2490 U.S. Highway 101 N., Seaside, OR
Mac as a co-pilot.
97138.
By RICH LANDERS
The Spokesman-Review
Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
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Chilly with partial
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ALMANAC
Chilly with times of
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Last
Dec 20
First
Dec 28
Burns
7/27
The Daily Astorian
Klamath Falls
16/39
Lakeview
14/36
Ashland
27/43
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
Tonight's Sky: The Great Square of Pegasus passes
high overhead before midnight.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
6:07 a.m.
7:09 p.m.
Low
2.4 ft.
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REGIONAL CITIES
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi Lo
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64 48
65 55
53 42
83 71
51 34
77 63
49 34
51 31
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Ontario
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Roseburg
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Brookings
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understand birds that frequent
this region in winter.
They also invite newcomers
to join groups of birders that
survey 15-mile diameter circles
on designated days between
Wednesday and Jan. 5.
A colossal database has
been compiled in 116 years of
number keeping by compul-
sive birders as interest in the
annual event has spread.
The last Christmas Bird
Count set overall records for
turnout — 76,669 volunteers
participating in 2,505 group
counts across North America,
Latin America, Bermuda and
the Pacifi c Islands.
They tallied a total of 58.9
million birds, down from
the record 68.8 million birds
counted the previous year.
The inland Northwest is
rich with bird species, but the
count helps put the numbers in
perspective.
Propane truck crash closed
Highway 26 for six hours
Baker
7/20
John Day
16/32
Bend
11/28
Medford
30/43
UNDER THE SKY
High
8.4 ft.
10.6 ft.
Prineville
10/29
Lebanon
27/41
Brian Flick looks for a
rough-legged
hawk
in
Peaceful Valley in Spokane,
Wash., during the Audubon
Society Christmas Bird
Count in 2003.
La Grande
17/28
Salem
30/43
Newport
34/45
Eugene
27/41
New
Pendleton
19/23
The Dalles
23/33
Portland
32/42
SUN AND MOON
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
Clouds and sun with a
shower; chilly
Tillamook
32/44
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 7:50 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today .......................... 4:00 p.m. 34/48
Moonset today ............................ 5:52 a.m.
Time
12:36 a.m.
12:04 p.m.
Chilly with plenty of
sunshine
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Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
35/45
Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.75"
Month to date ................................... 5.26"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.72"
Year to date .................................... 81.76"
Normal year to date ........................ 61.34"
Dec 13
FRIDAY
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/41°
Normal high/low ........................... 49°/36°
Record high ............................ 63° in 2014
Record low ............................. 18° in 1919
Full
THURSDAY
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SPOKANE, Wash. —
Numbers aren’t the only focus
of the annual Christmas Bird
Count.
The event was founded
in 1900 in New York to urge
a change in what was then a
socially accepted practice of
killing birds — all kinds of
birds — as a way of seeing
what species are out there, or
were.
The idea of a count brought
people together with binocu-
lars instead of guns.
Organized by the National
Audubon Society, the 117th
count will kick off next week
across the country and beyond
with numerous single-day
count outings scheduled by
local birders in the inland
Northwest.
All of those eyeballs scour-
ing the landscape through bin-
oculars turn up something new
every year on local counts as
well as rare sightings, accord-
ing to reports fi led by group
leaders.
Local Audubon chapters
have scheduled programs to
help birders understand bird-
ing trends and to identify and
The 78 participants in
the Spokane Christmas Bird
Count, which is limited to a
15-mile circle from the inter-
section of Division and Fran-
cis, listed 87 bird species,
according to local compiler
Alan McCoy.
A large group of birders
contributing to the Koote-
nai County, Idaho, “big year”
count work 12 months to
identify about 210 species.
But a single Christmas bird
count last year in the import-
ant December habitat of Yan-
ayacu, Ecuador, tallied 509
species. That count reinforces
the importance of critical
habitat in specifi c locations,
experts say.
Group leaders who fi le
data also report details that
help researchers monitor
trends.
Last year’s severe, long-
term El Niño event wreaked
havoc in the northwestern
Pacifi c Ocean, with warm
ocean temperatures alter-
ing the food chain for marine
creatures and resulting in huge
die-offs of seabirds, especially
common murres. Storm after
storm pummeled the Pacifi c
Northwest coast, affecting
birds and bird counters.
Regardless of the weather,
Inland Northwest birders plan
to be out in the thick of the
action again to help scientists
get a snapshot of winter bird
distribution.
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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SEASIDE — A propane
truck crash on U.S. Highway
26 Friday morning snarled traf-
fi c and caused delays.
The road was opened in all
directions late Friday afternoon.
The crash occurred 4 miles
east of the Necanicum Junction
at milepost 13.
The Oregon Department of
Transportation had closed the
highway from milepost 12 to
18.
Oregon State Police, the
Department of Transporta-
tion and fi re departments from
Hamlet and Elsie responded to
the scene.
Four Elsie Fire and Res-
cue personnel responded to a
911 report of a vehicle rollover
at 9:56 a.m. “As things pro-
gressed, we were notifi ed it was
a delivery truck with more than
80 percent of its load on board
leaking propane,” Elsie Fire
and Rescue’s Diane Jette said.
The hazardous material
response required a half-mile
evacuation, Jette said.
Responders found the truck
rolled over and leaking propane
and shut the highway down.
Medix transported the
driver, who did not sus-
tain life-threatening injuries.
Hazmat teams were called to
manage the propane leak.
DEATHS
Dec. 11, 2016
MONTGOMERY, Mary
Louise, 99, of Astoria, died in
Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
LARSON, Donald Elmer,
80, of Seaside, died in Sea-
side. Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary & Crematory in Seaside is
in charge of the arrangements.
Visit www.hughes-ransom.
com to share memories and
sign the guest book.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Knappa School Board, 5:30
p.m., Knappa High School
library, 41535 Old U.S. Highway
30.
Jewell School Board, 6 p.m.,
Jewell School library, 83874
Oregon Highway 103.
Cannon Beach Rural Fire
Protection District, 6 p.m.,
Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188
Sunset Ave.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY
Cannon Beach City Council,
5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Warrenton City Commission,
6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Warrenton-Hammond School
Board, 7 p.m., Warrenton Grade
School multipurpose room, 820
S.W. Cedar Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire Depart-
ment Board, 7 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 Highway 101
Business.
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