1997 Lyle,WA Christmas Bird Count, held December 28th
Compilied by Bob Hansen, version 2.18.99
Cthrine Klcktat Stcker Dlles Rowena The Total
Creek River Butte port Dalles
1 Pied-bill Grebe 1 0 0 11 3 8 23
1 Horned Grebe 0 0 0 6 1 8 15
1 Eared Grebe 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1 Western Grebe 15 0 0 6 11 22 54
1 Db-cr Cormorant 20 13 0 11 21 12 77
0
1 Grt Blue Heron 3 0 0 3 3 1 10
0 Tundra Swan 0
1 Canada Goose 63 238 79 977 263 430 2050
0
1 Wood Duck 31 8 39
1 Grn-winged Teal 1 18 3 22
1 Mallard 49 11 21 3 26 110
1 N Pintail 6 6
1 N Shoveler 15 15
1 Gadwall 15 12 42 69
0 Eurasion Wigeon 0
1 American Wigeon 31 116 7 88 242
1 Canvasback 15 5 7 1 28
1 Redhead 1 1
1 R-necked Duck 5 42 10 246 303
1 Greater Scaup 4 90 94
1 Lesser Scaup 64 328 392
Scaup,species 125 125
1 Cmmon Goldeneye 5 63 16 84
1 Brrow's Gldneye 1 2 3
1 Bufflehead 6 4 4 26 6 13 59
1 Hded Merganser 9 2 3 14
1 Cmmon Merganser 120 29 80 56 8 293
1 R-brst Mergnser 2 2
0
1 Bald Eagle 0
adults 3 2 1 1 1 2 10
immatures 4 1 5 10
1 N Harrier 1 1 7 1 10
0 Sh-shinned Hawk 0
1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 3
1 Red-tailed Hawk 6 4 12 14 7 7 50
1 Rgh-legged Hawk 4 2 6
1 Golden Eagle 2 2
1 Am Kestral 2 8 1 5 16
1 Pergrine Falcon 1 1 2
1 Gray Partridge 4 4
1 Chucker 10 10
0
1 R-neck Pheasant 4 3 7
1 Ruffed Grouse 2 2
0 Wild Turkey 0
1 California Quail 1 19 12 9 12 53
0
1 American Coot 146 1 364 74 272 857
1 Killdeer 25 25
1 Least Sandpiper 4 4
1 Common Snipe 2 8 1 11
0
1 Rng-billed Gull 3 4 33 40
1 California Gull 5 1 6
1 Herring Gull 1 1
1 Gls-winged Gull 7 1 5 1 14
0 W.x Gls-wgd Gll 4 4
Gull, species 0
1 Rock Dove 37 1 87 20 188 333
1 Mourning Dove 5 5
0
0 Gr Horned Owl 0
1 N Pygmy Owl 3 3
0
1 Bltd Kingfisher 2 1 1 2 1 2 9
1 Lewis Woodpcker 46 6 1 20 8 81
1 Acorn Woodpcker 3 3
1 Rd-br Sapsucker 1 1
1 Downy Woodpcker 2 4 2 2 10
1 Hairy Woodpcker 1 2 3
1 N Flicker 21 6 12 26 26 18 109
1 Pilted Woodpckr 2 2
1 Say's Phoebe 1 1
0
1 Horned Lark 4 4
1 Stellers Jay 46 7 1 14 4 72
1 Scrub Jay 31 23 1 8 51 29 143
1 Bl-blled Magpie 1 1 33 35
1 American Crow 4 187 1 1 7 200
1 Common Raven 11 5 4 5 5 2 32
1 Bl-cpd Chckadee 9 7 7 5 43 13 84
Mt Chickadee 0
1 Ch-bkd Chckadee 15 15
1 R-brst Nuthatch 13 4 1 5 23
1 W-brst Nuthatch 1 2 1 4
0
1 Canyon Wren 1 3 4 8
1 Bewick's Wren 3 1 10 14
1 Winter Wren 2 2
1 Marsh Wren 4 4
1 American Dipper 2 2
1 Gl-crnd Kinglet 38 3 2 18 61
1 Rb-crnd Kinglet 7 7 5 11 11 6 47
1 W Bluebird 9 9
Tnsds Solitaire 0
1 Hermit Thrush 2 2
1 American Robin 10 1 1 54 91 157
1 Varied Thrush 13 1 14
1 Northern Shrike 1 1 1 1 4
1 Euro Starling 125 37 314 160 300 368 1304
1 Y-rmped Warbler(Audubon)11 5 48 12 76
1 Spotted Towhee 42 13 2 8 16 10 91
1 Fox Sparrow 1 1
1 Song Sparrow 11 15 13 15 15 53 122
1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1
1 Gld-cr Sparrow 12 12 11 23 8 34 100
1 W-crwnd Sparrow 3 4 34 43 1 41 126
Slt-clred Junco 1 1
1 Dk-eyed Junco 120 103 75 119 272 137 826
0
1 Rd-wd Blackbird 4 310 15 13 342
1 W Meadowlark 1 3 21 1 4 30
1 Brr's Blackbird 102 300 402
1 House Finch 13 11 22 54 216 177 493
1 Red Crossbill 10 10
1 Pine Siskin 2 2
1 Lsser Goldfinch 1 5 6
1 Am Goldfinch 55 65 4 4 128
1 Evening Grosbeak 7 7
1 House Sparrow 21 17 12 17 8 203 278
Total
99 Species/birds 1305 933 742 3102 1674 3365 11121
Count week (12-29-97)
Tundra Swans 3
Peregrin Falcon (3rd) 1
Weather: Low 44, High 56, partly cloudy, clearing at noon, only
trace of precipitation on west side, none east side, Stacker
Butte in fog cloud
Miles driven 53.9 64.5 30 45 121.6 154 469
Hours in car 5.5 3.17 2 4 7.5 5.5 27.67
Miles on foot 1.5 1 5 2 1 1 11.5
Hours on foot 4 5.5 7 4 1 4 25.5
Particpants
Rowland Lake: Dallesport:
Franklin Peterson Molly Hukari
Sarah Jacobson Dave Anderson
Stuart Johnston John Ford
Bob Hansen
Klickitat River:
Alan Richards Rownena:
Ann Musche Donna Lustoff
Dan Lichtenwald Patty Bernardi
Stacker Butte: Stationary in Rowena:
Dennis White Jill Barker
Bonnie White
Chuck Barker The Dalles:
Craig Miller
Bing Wong
Jim Minick