2000 Klickitat County Fall North American Migration Count

        2000 Klickitat County Fall North American Migration Count
  
  Conducted  9.16.00	Compiled by Bob Hansen	   Version 10.10.00

Whte Slmn= White Salmon, Trt Lk = Trout Lake Cnby NWLR = Conboy National 
Wildlife Refuge, Cthr Crk = Catherine Creek, Klck Rvr = Klickitat River and 
includes Dallesport this year, Aldr = Alder Creek


   Sector----> Whte  Trt Cnby  Cthr  Klck  Sim-  Upper   Lower   Aldr  Aldr  Total 
       	       Slmn  Lk  NWLR  Crk   Rvr   coes  Rock    Rock    Cr S  Cr N
                                                 Creek   Creek 

Common Loon									0
Pied-bill Grebe			3		  1		   1		5
Horned Grebe									0
Red-nckd Grbe									0
Eared Grebe									0
Western Grebe			      3						3
Clark's Grebe									0
D-crstd Crmrnt	1		4    12		 27		  16	       60
A. Bittern									0
Gr Blue Heron	     1     2	7     1     2*	  1	  1	   4	 1     20
Green Heron									0
Bl-cr Nght Hrn	 						   1*		1
Turkey Vulture	4	   1   23    11	    7*	 30			       76
Tundra Swan									0
Gr.Wht-frtd Gs									0
Canada Goose	              178    62		 45			      285
Wood Duck		   2   29			  8	   3	       42
Gadwall					    9*					9
A. Wigeon	     			    7	  22			       29
Wigeon, sp.									0
Mallard 	26   1	   2   10     2	    4	   4		  35	 2     86
Bl-winged Teal				    8* 					8
Cinnamon Teal	    			    4*					4
N Shoveler			7 	   22*				       29
N Pintail				    6			  7	       13
Gr-winged Teal	     1	       17	    7*			  2	 2     29
Redhead					    1*					1
Rng-nckd Duck			           28*				       28
Greater Scaup									0
Lesser Scaup				    2					2
scaup, sp				    7					7
Harlequin Duck									0
C. Goldeneye									0
B. Goldeneye									0
Bufflehead									0
Hd Merganser									0
C Merganser			4     6					       10
R-brstd Mrgnsr									0
Ruddy Duck			      2	   13*				       15
Duck, sp.			1           			  13           14
Osprey	        1		            1	   1				3
Bald Eagle			1						1
N. Harrier	1	   3		    1					5
Sh-shnd Hawk		   1	1     2		   2		   2	 1	9
Cooper's Hawk	3	   1	1     1	    1	   1				8
Accipiter,sp.			1						1
Rd-shld. Hawk	1*	  							1
Swnsn's Hawk									0

   Sector----> Whte  Trt Cnby  Cthr  Klck  Sim-  Upper   Lower   Aldr  Aldr  Total 
       	       Slmn  Lk  NWLR  Crk   Rvr   coes  Rock    Rock    Cr S  Cr N
                                                 Creek   Creek 

Rd-tailed Hawk	3    2	  5	5     4	    3*	  12	   8	  3	4      49
R-legged Hawk								        0
Buteo, sp			1						1
Golden Eagle			1			   1			2
A.  Kestral		 15	2     8     7 	   5	  11	  8	8      64
Merlin			  1							1
Pergrne Falcon									0
Prairie Falcon	          1		    1	   4	   1			7
large  falcon,sp	  1							1
Gray Partridge							       53      53
Chukar							   2	  7	8      17
R-nk Pheasant			      1		   2			1	4
Blue Grouse			            1					1
Ruffed Grouse	1		1						2
Wild Turkey			     11					       11
Calif. Quail   20	       52    43	   14	  38	  49	 70	8     294
Virginia Rail			2     1 			  3		6
Sora								1cw*		0
American Coot		       13	    7			  1	       21
Sandhill Crane									0
Semiplm  Plvr									0
Killdeer	     1		2     1	    1	   4		  1    21      31
Bl-necked Stilt									0
Avocet										0
G. Yellowlegs	          1						5*	6
L. Yellowlegs								6*	6
Sltry Sndpiper								2*	2
Spt Sandpiper	1	1					  2	        4
Lng-blld Curlew	   							        0
Sanderling									0
S-palm.Sndppr								1*	1
W. Sandpiper								45*	45
L. Sandpiper								1*	1
Baird's Sndppr									0
Pectorial Sdnpr								2*	2
Dunlin										0
L-billd Dwitchr									0
Common Snipe						          2		2
W.  Phalarope									0
R-nk Phalarope									0
Bonapartes Gl									0
Ring-billed Gull 2		1		  4		  1		8
California Gull	36	       25      5	 41		  1	      108
Herring Gull									0
Thayer's  Gull									0
Glcs-wngd Gull					  1				1
Sabine's Gull			1		  2				3
Gull, species	15					  5	 16	       36
Caspian Tern					  			        0
Common Tern				          1				1
Forster's Tern			                 18			       18
Rock Dove	10		      27	 12		 18	       67
Bnd-tld Pigeon	 2								2
Mourning Dove	 1	  1	5      9    2	 21	 13	 17	 8     77
Barn Owl		               1					1
W Screch Owl                    2					1	3
Gr Horned Owl			1     1				   1	 2	5
Burrowing Owl									0

   Sector----> Whte  Trt Cnby  Cthr  Klck  Sim-  Upper   Lower   Aldr  Aldr  Total 
       	       Slmn  Lk  NWLR  Crk   Rvr   coes  Rock    Rock    Cr S  Cr N
                                                 Creek   Creek 

Sht-eared Owl									0
N Saw-wet Owl									0
C.  Poorwill								 3	3
Vaux Swift	1		5						6
Wh.thrtd Swift									0
Bl-chndHmgbrd									0
Anna'a Hmgbrd									0
Caliope Hmgbd									0
Rufous Hmgbrd									0
hummngbrd,sp									0
Bltd Kingfisher	1     2		1     2     2			   1		9
Lewis Wdpckr		       47    66     7	   23	  44	              187
Acorn Wdpckr			6						6
Rd-npd Spsckr									0
R-brstd Spsckr	2								2
Dwny Wdpckr	      4		1     1	            3				9
Hairy Wdpcker		   1							1
W-hd Wdpcker									0
N Flckr (R-shft)9     6	   5	7    14     4	    6	   6	   2	 4     63
N Flckr (Y-shft)								0
Pleatd Wdpckr	1								1
Woodpckrs, sp			1						1
Olv-sd Flyctchr									0
W Wood Peewee	      1								1
Hmds Flyctchr	      1								1
Dsky Flyctcher									0
Empidonax, sp									0
Gray Flyctcher									0
P Slp Flyctchr		   2							2
Say's Phoebe						   1	          1    	2
A-thrt Flyctchr									0
W Kingbird									0
Lggrhd Shrike		 				   1	   1    	2
Cassin's Vireo					     1				1
Hutton's Vireo									0
Warbling Vireo	      1				     2				3
Red-eyed Vireo									0
Stellers Jay   17     2	  15   10      2     5	     2			  3    56
Scrub Jay      37     1	   1   45     45     8	     1			      138
Clark's Ntcrckr		       30*					 20    50
Bl-blld Magpie		   2           3     1	    19	  10	   2	  3    40
American Crow  13    88  350   97     19    15	    61		  16	  2   661
C. Raven       14     2	  10   12     24    10	    10	   6	   2	  6    96
Horned Lark			      46	    18		  11	 42   117
Purple Martin									0
Tree Swallow									0
V-Gr Swallow   18     8  300  245     33   800*				     1404
N.R-w  Swallow	   					   3			3
Bank Swallow									0
Cliff Swallow									0
Barn Swallow	2     1    6          15	    2		  10	       36
Bl-c Chickadee	3     6	   6	5      5    10		   1		       36
Mtn Chickadee	      1	   6		     2					9
Ch-b Chckadee	5     7	   9	7					       28
Bushtit										0
R-brst Nuthtch	      2	  17   10      1     2	    4		  cw	       36
W-brst Nuthtch		   3	1      1     1	    1				7
Pgmy Nuthtch		   3							3
Brown Creeper	1     2	   6							9


   Sector----> Whte  Trt Cnby  Cthr  Klck  Sim-  Upper   Lower   Aldr  Aldr  Total 
       	       Slmn  Lk  NWLR  Crk   Rvr   coes  Rock    Rock    Cr S  Cr N
                                                 Creek   Creek 

Rock Wren					   1	  11	  2	3      17
Canyon Wren			      2			   1	  1	1	5
Bewick's Wren					   4	   2	  5	       11
House Wren							  1	2	3
Winter Wren			    	    1					1
Marsh Wren	      1   2					  1		4
A. Dipper			      3						3
G-crwn Kinglet	      9	  5    1*		  14	   3	  3	       35
R-crwn Kinglet									0
W. Bluebird		  9   23     47	   16	  19	  11		1     126
Mtn Bluebird			      3		                 12    51      66
bluebird, sp.									0
Twnd's Soltaire	17	       1      4	    2	   4	   2	  2	3      35
Swnsns Thrsh				   	   1				1
Hermit Thrush	      1				   9			       10
A. Robin	8     3	  3    3     15    59	  15		  1	4     111
Varied Thrush		  2	                   1				3
Sage Thrasher									0
American Piptit			      3		   2		  7	       12
C. Waxwing	6     3	  9		   29	  35			       82
E.  Starling   84     1	  4   65    196	   49	 118	  14	  6	6     543
O-crwn Wrbler		 17	      1	    1      8		  2	       29
Nshvlle Wrbler	1	       1	    3					5
Yellow Warbler	      1	       2		   2		  2	        7
Y-r Wrblr(Aud) 10    11	 82	     98	   91	  97	   8	 13	4     414
Y-r Wrblr (Myr)					   3				3
Bl-th Gry Wrblr	2	  1			   1				4
Twnsds Wrbler	      2								2
Hermit Warbler									0
McGlvry Wrbler					   2				2
C Yellowthroat	      3	 11			   1			       15
Wlsons Wrbler	          2			   1		  1		4
W. Tanager	2     1	  1	      2		   5			       11
Bl-hd Grsbeak		       1						1
Lazuli Bunting									0
Sptted Towhee	7     3	  2   10     10     4	  14       2	  5	5      62
Chpng Sparrow	1	  4    2     28	   70	  18			      123
Brwrs Sparrow									0
Vespr Sparrow			      1     1					2
Lark Sparrow									0
Sage Sparrow							  1	4	5
Savnh Sparrow		  13	      3		   4		  1    29      50
Grshpr Sprrow									0
Fox Sparrow	      2			    2	   2		  1		7
Song Sparrow	4     7	   7     4   14     7	  10	  2	 18	2      75
Lnclns Sprrow		              4		   4		  1		9
G-crwn Sprrow  18			   	   5			       23
W-crwn Sprrow  19     1	  22     7    3	   24	  10	  9	 31	      126
Sparrow, sp.							  1		1
Drk-eye  Junco 20    11	  62    42    3	   26	  10	  5		3     182
R-wing Blckbrd	1     1	  10	42   21     7				       82
W. Meadwlark	1     1	  23	 4   14	    3	   1	 22	 20    40     129
Y-hd Blackbird									0
Brwrs Blackbrd 17	  30	66  167	    4	  20	  2	 50    41     397
Brn-hd Cowbird		 	 1    2		  15			       18
blackbird,sp									0

   Sector----> Whte  Trt Cnby  Cthr  Klck  Sim-  Upper   Lower   Aldr  Aldr  Total 
       	       Slmn  Lk  NWLR  Crk   Rvr   coes  Rock    Rock    Cr S  Cr N
                                                 Creek   Creek 

Bullocks Oriole									0
Purple Finch	1    11		3		   1	   3		       19
Cassin's Finch		  1		    2	   1				4
House Finch    14     1	       13    10	   12	  66	   4	107	64    291
Red Crossbill									0
Pine Siskin    14    31	 10		    6	   4			       65
Lssr Goldfinch			9     3		  53			       65
Am  Goldfinch	      2	       22     6	    4	  24	   9	  8	 5     80
Evnng Grsbeak			           15				       15
House  Sprrow  15              10    16	    7	  42		286	60    436

* includes observations by others
												
Total birds   513   250	1112 1263  1169  1478   1099	 281	869    594   8628
Total species  51*   46	  55   65*   63	   64*	  77	  35	 58*    49*   151
Additional count week species					  1*		1				1
Total species observed						    	      152

No. of parties	1    1	  1	2     1    1       1	   1	  1	 1     10
No. of obsrvers	2    2	  2	5     2	   1	   2	   2	  1	 4     23

Hours on foot	1    4	 4.5   11     7	   6.33	   2.2	   0	 9.5     3    48.53
Hours in car	5.5 1.5	 2.25   3     6.25 6.08	   6.7	   8	 3.75    7    50.03

Miles on foot	1    3	 4.5	2     2.5   3	   1.5	   0	  2	 1    20.5
Miles in car   60   10	 20    77   139	  150	 114	  78	64.9	74   786.9 

Owling
No. of parties/ observer       01/01				      01/02
Hours				2					1
Miles				7


Start       900	 730   800    630   630	  655	730      850	630	700
Stop time  1620	1500  1500   1922  1915	 1920	        1800   1745    1600

Compiler Diane Barb R Joe E Bob H  Henry Dan L. Patrick Bonnie Stuart  Randy R
Other	 Roger Orin P Tom H Ann T  Jim M	Ruth S. Dennis         Jane H
party			    Kathy P				       Alan R
members			    Dan S				       Ann M
			    Joe S


Participants in order of name appearance above:

Diane Gadway, Roger Gadway, Barbara Robinson, Orin Pearson, Joe Engler, Tom 
Herzig, Bob Hansen, Ann Truax, Kathy Patterson, Dan Sager, Joe Sager, Henry 
Gilmore, Jim Minnick, Dan Lichtenwald, Patrick Sullivan, Ruth Sullivan, Bonnie 
White, Dennis White, Stuart Johnston, Randy Robinson, Jane Hadley, Alan Richards, 
Ann Musche

Weather
Temperatures	40-80	     55-80	 55-75	63-89
Wind, mph		       0	  0-5	10-25         calm
Precipitation	 0	       0	    0	   0             0
Cloud cover, %		       0	  0-15	Sunny         3-40% 

Birds of Interest:

A possible Eurasian Kestrel was observed by Joe Engler. For now, it is being recorded as a large 
falcon, and descriptions, it and a description of the Red-shouldered Hawk, can be seen at

http://www.teleport.com/~bhansen/Eurasiankestrel.htm

and
http://www.teleport.com/~bhansen/redshoulderedhawk.htm

Both are first recorded observations for Klickitat County.

Other non-bird sightings: 
                         3 Porcupines                        2 Greydiggers
                        21 Blacktail Deer                    3 Cottontail Rabbits
                         1 feral cat                        10 Blacktail Deer
                         2 Greydiggers                       1 Monarch Butterfly
                         7 Large, blue dragonflys
                         2 Coyotes (one freshly killed, shot with rag stuffed in mouth)
                       300 Bull Frog tadpoles, Turtle pond next to Acorn Woodpecker granary