September 19, 1998 Total Species 131 Trt Lake/ W. Sal. Conboy Cath. Creek Klickitat River Dalles- port Rock Creek Alder Creek Total                 Loons, Grebes                 Common Loon                 Loon, sp.                 Pied-billed Grebe 1 4 2   3   1 11 Horned Grebe                 Red-necked Grebe                 Eared Grebe                 Western Grebe                 Clark's grebe                                   Pelicans, Herons, Vultures                 Am. White Pelican                 Double-cr. Cormorant   1 16 1 2     20 American Bittern                 Great Blue Heron 1 1 5   2     9 Great Egret                 Green Heron                 Black-cr. Night-Heron                 Turkey Vulture 6 26 47 36 28 1   144                   Waterfowl                 Trumpeter Swan                 Tundra Swan                 Gr. White-fr. Goose                 Cackling Goose                 Canada Goose 1   238   185     424 Wood Duck 1 1 11         13 Gadwall   22     4     26 American Wigeon         1     1 Wigeon, sp.           3   3 Mallard 2   18 3 32 7   62 N. Pintail         14     14 Blue-winged Teal                 Cinnamon Teal                 Northern Shoveler         12     12 Green-winged Teal         42     42 Redhead                 Ring-necked Duck     1   1 4   6 Greater Scaup   7           7 Lesser Scaup                 Scaup, sp.                 Harlequin Duck                 Bufflehead                 Common Goldeneye                 Barrow's Goldeneye                 Goldeneye, sp.                 Hooded Merganser                 Common Merganser       11       11 Red-br. Merganser                 Merganser, sp.                 Ruddy Duck         1     1 Duck, sp.                                 Raptors                 Osprey             1 1 Bald Eagle                 Northern Harrier   5   2 1 4 4 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 2 3 4 9 2 24 Cooper's Hawk 4 2 2 1     1 10 N. Goshawk                 Accipiter, sp.             1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk                 Swainson's Hawk                 Red-tailed Hawk 11 12 12 5 8 11 5 64 Ferruginous Hawk                 Rough-legged Hawk   2           2 Golden Eagle   1     1     2 American Kestrel 6 24 2 8 9 42 7 98 Merlin       3       3 Peregrine Falcon         2     2 Prairie Falcon           1   1 Buteo, sp                 Falcon, sp.                                   Gallinaceous Birds                 Chukar                 Gray Partridge       13     12 25 Ring-neck Pheasant       1 18   4 23 Ruffed Grouse 1   2         3 Blue Grouse                 Sooty Grouse                 Grouse, sp.                 Wild Turkey 23 3           26 California Quail     12 27 18 8 26 91                   Rails, Cranes                 Virginia Rail 1             1 Sora   1           1 American Coot   3 1   36 4   44 Sandhill Crane                                   Shorebirds                 Semipalmated Plover         1     1 Killdeer 1 4 8   8 1   22 Black-necked Stilt                 American Avocet                 Solitary Sandpiper                 Spotted Sandpiper                 Greater Yellowlegs                 Lesser Yellowlegs                 Upland Sandpiper                 Long-billed Curlew                 Sanderling                 Semipalmated Sandpiper                 Western Sandpiper         17     17 Least Sandpiper         15     15 Baird's Sandpiper                 Pectoral Sandpiper                 Dunlin                 Short-billed Dowitcher                 Long-billed Dowitcher         2     2 Wilson's Snipe                 Wilson's Phalarope                 Red-necked Phalarope         2     2 Phalarope, species                 Sandpiper, sp.                                   Jaeger, Gulls                 Sabine's Gull                 Bonaparte's Gull                 Mew Gull                 Ring-billed Gull     12   6     18 California Gull     30   4     34 Herring Gull                 Thayer's Gull                 Glaucous-winged Gull     4         4 W x G-w Hybrid                 Gull, sp.                                 Terns, Acids                 Caspian Tern                 Common Tern                 Forster's Tern                 Sterna Tern                 Black Tern                                 Doves, Pigeons                 Rock Pigeon 16 8 5   56 11 1 97 Band-tailed Pigeon                 Eurasian Collared-Dove                 Mourning Dove 1   2 4 22 10 43 82                 Owls                 Barn Owl     2         2 W. Screech owl 1             1 Great Horned Owl 1     1     2 4 Northern Pygmy-Owl                 Burrowing Owl                 Barred Owl                 Long-eared Owl                 Short-eared Owl                 N. Saw-whet Owl                 Owl, sp.                                 Nighthawks, Swifts                 Common Poorwil                 Black Swift                 Vaux's Swift   2   2 2     6 White-throated Swift                                 Hummingbirds                 Black-chinned Hummingbird                 Anna's Hummingbird                 Calliope Hummingbird                 Rufous Hummingbird                 Hummingbird, sp.                                 Kingfisher                 Belted Kingfisher 2     4 3 3 1 13                 Woodpeckers                 Lewis's Woodpecker   1 14 24 8 53   100 Acorn Woodpecker     2         2 Williamson's Sapsucker                 Red-naped Sapsucker                 Red-breasted Sapsucker   1 1       1 3 Sapsucker, sp                 Downy Woodpecker 1 5 1 4 1   1 13 Hairy Woodpecker                 White-headed Woodpecker                 Northern Flicker 8 46 19 63 12 33 11 192 N. Flicker (Yellow-shafted)       1       1 Pileated Woodpecker     1         1 Woodpecker, sp.             1 1                 Flycatchers, Shrikes                 Olive-sided Flycatcher                 Western Wood-Pewee     1 2 1     4 Willow Flycatcher                 Hammond's Flycatcher                 Gray Flycatcher                 Dusky Flycatcher                 Pacific-slope Flycatcher                 Empidonax, sp.             1 1 Say's Phoebe     2   1   3 6 Ash-throated Flycatcher                 Western Kingbird                 Eastern Kingbird                 Flycatcher, sp.                 Loggerhead Shrike             1 1 Shrike, sp.                                 Vireos                 Cassin's Vireo           1   1 Hutton's Vireo   1           1 Warbling Vireo         1   2 3 Red-eyed Vireo                 Vireo, sp.                                 Corvids                 Gray Jay                 Steller's Jay 13 24 15 42 5 1 2 102 Western Scrub-Jay 1 10 56 31 1     99 Jay, sp.                 Clark's Nutcracker                 Black-billed Magpie       4 30 20 2 56 American Crow 58 25 28 32 44 21   208 Common Raven 9 18 38 9 12 18 7 111                 Larks, Swallows                 Horned Lark         13 40 75 128 Purple Martin                 Tree Swallow       1       1 Violet-green Swallow 8 36   25 43 18 37 167 N. Rough-winged Swallow                 Bank Swallow                 Cliff Swallow                 Barn Swallow 1       4   1 6 Swallow, species                                 Chickadees, Bushtit                 Black-capped Chickadee 1 36 2 6 7 4   56 Mountain Chickadee   2   8     4 14 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5             5 Chickadee, sp.                 Bushtit 2             2                 Nuthatches, Creeper                 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 10 5 3 1   1 23 White-breasted Nuthatch   1   5     2 8 Pygmy Nuthatch   1           1 Brown Creeper 2             2                 Wrens                 Rock Wren           3 1 4 Canyon Wren     2   3 2   7 Bewick's Wren   2     3     5 House Wren       1 1   5 7 Winter Wren             1 1 Marsh Wren                 Wren, sp.                                 Dipper                 American Dipper 3 3   1       7                   Kinglets                 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 24         16 44 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 2     2   13 19                   Thrushes                 Western Bluebird 10 107 42 42 1 35   237 Mountain Bluebird 6         136 102 244 Bluebird, sp.                 Townsend's Solitaire   2 2     4 4 12 Swainson's Thrush       1       1 Hermit Thrush       8     5 13 American Robin 23 160 31 40 12   4 270 Varied Thrush 2 7   9     2 20                   Mimics                 Gray Catbird                 Sage Thrasher                                   Pipits                 American Pipit   1 25   74     100                     Waxwings, Starling                 Cedar Waxwing       16 8 10 1 35 European Starling 60 110 125 81 448 62 26 912                   Warblers                 Orange-crowned Warbler   2 4   9   5 20 Nashville Warbler 1 1   5       7 Yellow Warbler         3     3 Black-thr. Blue Warbler             1 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 489 143 55 92 15 38 840 Yellow-rumped Wrblr (Myr)                 Black-thr. Gray Warbler   2     1     3 Townsend's Warbler                 Hermit Warbler                 Northern Waterthrush                 MacGillivray's Warbler                 Common Yellowthroat 11       1     12 Wilson's Warbler 3           2 5 Yellow-breasted Chat                 Warbler, sp.                                   Tanager                 Western Tanager     3   1 2   6                   Sparrows                 Black-headed Grosbeak                 Lazuli Bunting                 Spotted Towhee 2 12 18 6 16 10 21 85 Chipping Sparrow 10 7 13 3     6 39 Brewer's Sparrow             1 1 Vesper Sparrow           1 3 4 Lark Sparrow                 Black-throated Sparrow                 Sage Sparrow                 Savannah Sparrow 11 3 2   3   9 28 Grasshopper Sparrow           3   3 Fox Sparrow 1       2   3 6 Song Sparrow 4 20 2 4 11 7 4 52 Lincoln's Sparrow   1   4 1   1 7 White-throated Sparrow                 White-crowned Sparrow 3 81 16 34 27 11 47 219 Golden-crowned Sparrow 1 1 9   18 3 2 34 Zonitrichia, sp                 Dark-eyed Junco 37 281 23 169 13 7 28 558 Sparrow, sp.             15 15                 Blackbirds, Orioles                 Red-winged Blackbird   644 3   64     711 Tri-colored Blackbird                 Western Meadowlark   32 12 10 72 47 48 221 Yellow-headed Blackbird                 Brewer's Blackbird 84 292 22   50 100 32 580 Brown-headed Cowbird                 Blackbird, sp.                 Bullock's Oriole                                   Finches, Weaver Finch                 Purple Finch         2   2 4 Cassin's Finch       3       3 House Finch   16 6 5 34 144 60 265 Red Crossbill   85           85 Pine Siskin 10 35   69     2 116 Lesser Goldfinch     18   7   1 26 American Goldfinch 66 42 35 19 310 18 28 518 Goldfinch , Sp.                 Finch, sp.                 Evening Grosbeak 5   8 2 1   1 17 House Sparrow 3 10 4 6 48 1   72 Total species 57 65 60 56 82 45 64 131 Total individuals 564 2822 1187 978 2084 949 803 9387                   Total Observers 4 2 5 5 1 4 1 22 Total Parties 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 9 Start time 6:30 6:00 6:30 9:30 10:45   6:10   End time 15:45 18:00 18:30 13:30 18:30   18:35   Miles by car 10 150 76 59 68 30 33.2 426.2 Miles by foot 3.5 0.5 0.5 3.5 3.2 2 3.5 16.7 Hours by car 1 7 5.5 7.95 1.3 5.75 3.25 31.75 Hours by foot 7 2.4 6.5 5.65 6 3.75 8.75 40.05 Hours stationary                 Owling                 Hours     2           Miles     3           Temp                 Start 50-65 45-65 58-70 50-60 68-74       Noon 50-65 45-65 58-70 50-60 68-74       End 50-65 45-65 58-70 50-60 68-74       Cloud cover                 Start 15-70% 0-60% 10-60% 0-40%     30-60%   Noon 15-70% 0-60% 10-60% 0-40%     30-60%   End 15-70% 0-60% 10-60% 0-40%     30-60%   Wind                 Start 0-15 0-25 0-20 0-20 0-22   0-20   Noon 0-15 0-25 0-20 0-20 0-22   0-20   End 0-15 0-25 0-20 0-20 0-22   0-20   Precip                 Start 0 0 0 0     0.2   Noon 0 0 0 0     0.2   End 0 0 0 0     0.2                     Sector Observers O. Pearson F. Petersen Bob Hansen D. Lichtenwald Patrick Sullivan B. White Stuart Johnston   B. McCreary M. Hukari C. Ledford L. Smith   D. White     C. Flick   A. Richards D. Dobson   D. Gadway     T. Hertzig   A. Musche C. Dobson   R. Gadway     J. Minick B. Wheelhouse Birds of Interest: Black-throated Blue Warbler, near Bickleton, by Stuart Johnston Northern Bobwhite 2 probable escapees from adjacent hunting club, Fisher Hill Rd Common Poorwill 1 found freshly dead (within 12 hours) at Pine Ck. Br., Bickleton Red-naped Sapsucker 1 seen on 9/20/98 near Bickleton (same area as BTBW) Albinistic Red-tail Hawk Pure white, except for buff-orange tail, and black wing feathers, northern edge of Snowdon