May 10, 2008 Total Species 148
Conboy Cath. Creek Klickitat River Brooks Park N. East S. East Total
             
Loons, Grebes              
Common Loon              
Loon, sp.              
Pied-billed Grebe              
Horned Grebe           4 4
Eared Grebe           11 11
Western Grebe              
Clark's Grebe              
               
Pelicans, Herons, Vultures              
American White Pelican           1 1
Double-crested Cormorant   1       1 2
American Bittern              
Great Blue Heron 1 2 2     1 6
Great Egret              
Green Heron              
Black-crowned Night-Heron              
Turkey Vulture   13 2 1 4   20
               
Waterfowl              
Trumpeter Swan 5           5
Tundra Swan            
Gr. White-fr. Goose 10           10
Cackling Goose              
Canada Goose 36 33 10     14 93
Wood Duck 14 3         17
Gadwall           2 2
American Wigeon 22           22
Mallard 55 4 3 16 1 20 99
N. Pintail 2           2
Blue-winged Teal 2           2
Cinnamon Teal 15         4 19
Northern Shoveler 1           1
Green-winged Teal 19           19
Redhead              
Ring-necked Duck   1       6 7
Greater Scaup              
Lesser Scaup           7 7
Scaup, sp.              
Harlequin Duck              
Bufflehead 2         26 28
Common Goldeneye              
Barrow's Goldeneye              
Hooded Merganser 1     2     3
Common Merganser     8       8
Red-breasted Merganser              
Merganser, sp.              
Ruddy Duck              
Duck, sp.              
               
Raptors              
Osprey   2 1     3 6
Bald Eagle 1 2 1     1 5
Northern Harrier 1   4   3   8
Sharp-shinned Hawk         1   1
Cooper's Hawk 1           1
N. Goshawk              
Accipiter, sp.              
Swainson's Hawk         1   1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 9 10   6 1 28
Ferruginous Hawk         1   1
Rough-legged Hawk              
Golden Eagle       Count Week 1   1
American Kestrel 1 2 9   13 4 29
Merlin              
Peregrine Falcon              
Prairie Falcon         2   2
Buteo, sp              
Falcon, sp.              
               
Gallinaceous Birds              
Chukar           2 2
Gray Partridge     2     2 4
Ring-necked Pheasant   1         1
Ruffed Grouse       Count Week      
Sooty Grouse       Count Week      
Wild Turkey 1 1         2
California Quail   5     11 3 19
               
Rails, Cranes              
Virginia Rail   Count Week       3 3
Sora 5         3 8
American Coot           20 20
Sandhill Crane 8           8
               
Shorebirds              
Semipalmated Plover              
Killdeer   1 4 2 5 12 24
Black-necked Stilt           7 7
American Avocet           2 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1           1
Spotted Sandpiper 2     4   6 12
Greater Yellowlegs              
Lesser Yellowlegs 1           1
Upland Sandpiper              
Long-billed Curlew     5   1 4 10
Sanderling              
Western Sandpiper              
Least Sandpiper              
Dunlin              
Short-billed Dowitcher              
Wilson's Snipe 9           9
Wilson's Phalarope              
Phalarope, species 8           8
Sandpiper, sp.              
               
Jaeger, Gulls              
Bonaparte's Gull              
Ring-billed Gull   7       3 10
California Gull           2 2
Herring Gull              
Thayer's Gull              
Glaucous-winged Gull              
Gull, sp.           60 60
             
Terns, Acids              
Caspian Tern              
Forster's Tern              
Black Tern              
             
Doves, Pigeons              
Rock Pigeon              
Band-tailed Pigeon         2   2
Eurasian Collared-Dove              
Mourning Dove 1 9 11   36 6 63
             
Owls              
Barn Owl              
W. Screech Owl              
Great Horned Owl              
Northern Pygmy-Owl              
Burrowing Owl              
Long-eared Owl              
Short-eared Owl              
N. Saw-whet Owl              
Owl, sp.              
             
Nighthawks, Swifts              
Common Poorwill              
Black Swift              
Vaux's Swift 5   10 12 3   30
White-throated Swift              
             
Hummingbirds              
Black-chinned Hummingbird              
Anna's Hummingbird              
Calliope Hummingbird 4 1   2 4   11
Rufous Hummingbird 6 2 1 2 1   12
Hummingbird, sp. 1           1
             
Kingfisher              
Belted Kingfisher              
             
Woodpeckers              
Lewis's Woodpecker   5 8   5   18
Acorn Woodpecker   1         1
Red-naped Sapsucker       1     1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Count Week         1
Sapsucker, sp.              
Downy Woodpecker   3   Count Week 1   4
Hairy Woodpecker       Count Week      
White-headed Woodpecker              
Northern Flicker 5 10 1 3 4   23
Pileated Woodpecker   1   Count Week     1
Woodpecker, sp.              
             
Flycatchers, Shrikes              
Olive-sided Flycatcher              
Western Wood-Pewee 3 1     2   6
Willow Flycatcher     1   1   2
Hammond's Flycatcher 2     2 1   5
Gray Flycatcher       5 5   10
Dusky Flycatcher 1     8 2   11
Pacific-slope Flycatcher              
Empidonax, sp.              
Say's Phoebe 1 2 4   5   12
Ash-throated Flycatcher         3 1 4
Western Kingbird 7 1 6   21 9 44
Eastern Kingbird              
Flycatcher, sp.              
Loggerhead Shrike         3   3
             
Vireos              
Cassin's Vireo 1 1   10 1 1 14
Hutton's Vireo              
Warbling Vireo   2   5 6 5 18
Red-eyed Vireo              
Vireo, sp.              
             
Corvids              
Gray Jay              
Steller's Jay   13   7     20
Western Scrub-Jay   9 8       17
Black-billed Magpie     5   5 4 14
American Crow 3 7 26     18 54
Common Raven 21 1 4 5 35 4 70
             
Larks, Swallows              
Horned Lark     2   140 1 143
Purple Martin              
Tree Swallow 234 8 3       245
Violet-green Swallow 11 17 2 7 25 2 64
N. Rough-winged Swallow 8           8
Bank Swallow           4 4
Cliff Swallow 107   512   12 70 701
Barn Swallow 39 3 6   24 13 85
Swallow, species   200         200
             
Chickadees, Bushtit              
Black-capped Chickadee 2 18 9       29
Mountain Chickadee 5     12     17
Chestnut-backed Chickadee   2         2
Chickadee, sp.              
Bushtit              
             
Nuthatches, Creeper              
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 2   5 2   15
White-breasted Nuthatch              
Pygmy Nuthatch       6     6
Brown Creeper       3     3
             
Wrens              
Rock Wren         2 1 3
Canyon Wren   1 1       2
Bewick's Wren   1 1     3 5
House Wren 5       12   17
Winter Wren 1           1
Marsh Wren              
             
Dipper              
American Dipper              
               
Kinglets              
Golden-crowned Kinglet   1   5 6 2 14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet              
               
Thrushes              
Western Bluebird 8 8 4 6 13   39
Mountain Bluebird 1       113   114
Bluebird, sp.              
Townsend's Solitaire 3 3         6
Swainson's Thrush              
Hermit Thrush              
American Robin 35 35 3 20 17 7 117
Varied Thrush              
               
Mimics              
Gray Catbird              
Sage Thrasher         1   1
               
Pipits              
American Pipit              
               
Waxwings, Starling              
Cedar Waxwing         1 2 3
European Starling 62 8 47   47 14 178
               
Warblers              
Orange-crowned Warbler 3     2 9 3 17
Nashville Warbler 8 17 2 12 7 1 47
Yellow Warbler 6   3 2 2 9 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler 44 35   17 19 10 125
Black-throated Gray Warbler   1         1
Townsend's Warbler 1     5     6
Hermit Warbler              
Northern Waterthrush              
MacGillivray's Warbler   2   3 1   6
Common Yellowthroat 13         1 14
Wilson's Warbler 5 2 4 15 6 12 44
Yellow-breasted Chat              
Warbler, sp.              
               
Tanager              
Western Tanager   13 24 4 7 2 50
               
Sparrows              
Black-headed Grosbeak 2 11 1 5 6 1 26
Lazuli Bunting   1         1
Spotted Towhee 4 4 2 5 5   20
Chipping Sparrow 48 6 3 16 18   91
Brewer's Sparrow         2   2
Vesper Sparrow     4   26   30
Lark Sparrow     6 1 11   18
Black-throated Sparrow         6   6
Sage Sparrow              
Savannah Sparrow 7       4 2 13
Grasshopper Sparrow         3   3
Fox Sparrow   Count Week     1   1
Song Sparrow 5 3   4 5 5 22
Lincoln's Sparrow       Count Week   2 2
White-throated Sparrow       Count Week      
White-crowned Sparrow 18 9   1 12 4 44
Golden-crowned Sparrow 3 Count Week 2 Count Week 4 5 14
Zonitrichia, sp              
Dark-eyed Junco 19 10   17 3   49
Sparrow, sp.              
             
Blackbirds, Orioles              
Red-winged Blackbird 116 25 12 Count Week 16 66 235
Tri-colored Blackbird              
Western Meadowlark 24 3 25 Count Week 114 20 186
Yellow-headed Blackbird 24         1 25
Brewer's Blackbird 73 40 2 6 49 10 180
Brown-headed Cowbird 113 50 13 6 12 5 199
Blackbird, sp.              
Bullock's Oriole     1   6 8 15
               
Finches, Weaver Finch              
Purple Finch   2 2       4
Cassin's Finch       10 4   14
House Finch 8 2 3   19 17 49
Red Crossbill   40   6     46
Pine Siskin   1   17     18
Lesser Goldfinch   2       5 7
American Goldfinch 8 9 1 5 12 4 39
Finch, sp              
Evening Grosbeak 4 5     1 1 11
House Sparrow 2 7 10   11   30
             
Total species 79 71 55 46 79 71 148
Total individuals 1373 763 856 310 1012 596 4910  
             
Total Observers 2 4 2 1 3 1 13
Total Parties 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Start time 7:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 5:30 7:56  
End time 18:00 18:00 16:30 16:00 18:15 17:36  
Miles by car 59 74 80 5 119 110.3 447.3
Miles by foot 3.5 2 2 4 1 1.6 14.1
Hours by car 5 8 5.5 4 5.75 3.53 31.78
Hours by foot 5.5 3 3.5 3 7 6.13 28.13
Hours stationary              
Owling              
Hours              
Miles              
Observers              
Parties              
Temp              
Start   42   40 46    
Noon 60 60   52 69    
End 53 55   50      
Cloud cover              
Start 100% cloudy overcast 100% 80% 100%  
Noon 100% dim sun overcast 100% 70% wan sun  
End 100% cloudy overcast 95% 50% mostly cloudy  
Wind              
Start              
Noon              
End              
Precip              
Start              
Noon              
End              
               
Sector Observers Randy Robinson Diane Gadway J. Letto Nancy Wallwork Scott Downes Stuart Johnston  
Jane Hadley Roger Gadway D. Stover   Rachel Chambers    
  Bets Stover     John Luginbuhl    
  John Murphy          
Notes from Stuart Johnston
One of the Yellow-rumped Warblers at the former Petroglyph Park slough, e. edge of Roosevelt, was a singing male Myrtle Warbler.
10:00 light wind, 5 mph, Rock Creek lagoon.
Mostly calm, or nearly calm.