1998 Klickitat County Fall North American Migration Count
Sept. 19, 1998 Compiled by Bob Hansen Version 11.21.98
TL/WS= Trout Lake/White Salmon, Cnby NWLR= Conboy National Wildlife
Refuge, Cthrn Creek=Catherine Creek, Klckt River= Klickitat River
Sectors--> TL/ Cnby Cthrn Klckt Dalles- Rock Alder
WS NWL Creek River port Creek Creek
Species Total
1 Pied-bill Grebe 1 4 2 3 1 11
Western Grebe 0
1 D-crstd Crmorant 1 16 1 2 20
American Bittern 0
1 Gr Blue Heron 1 1 5 2 9
Bl-crd Nht Heron 0
Tundra Swan 0
1 Canada Goose 1 238 185 424
1 Wood Duck 1 1 11 13
1 Gr-winged Teal 42 42
1 Mallard 2 18 3 32 7 62
1 N Pintail 14 14
1 Northern Shoveler 12 12
1 Gadwall 22 4 26
1 American Wigeon 1 1
Wigeon, species 3 3
1 Ring-necked Duck 1 1 4 6
1 Greater Scaup 7 7
Cmmn Goldeneye 0
Baro's Goldeneye 0
Bufflehead 0
Hooded Merganser 0
1 Commn Merganser 11 11
1 Ruddy Duck 1 1
1 Turkey Vulture 6 26 47 36 28 1 144
1 Osprey 1 1
Bald Eagle 0
1 Northern Harrier 5 2 1 4 4 16
1 Sh-shinned Hawk 2 2 2 3 4 9 2 24
1 Cooper's Hawk 4 2 2 1 1 10
Accipiter,species 1 1
1 Red-tailed Hawk 11 12 12 5 8 11 5 64
1 Rgh-legged Hawk 2 2
1 Golden Eagle 1 1 2
1 Amer Kestral 6 24 2 8 9 42 7 98
1 Merlin 3 3
1 Peregrine Falcon 2 2
1 Prairie Falcon 1 1
1 Gray Partridge 13 12 25
1 R-neckd Pheasant 1 18 4 23
1 Ruffed Grouse 1 2 3
1 Wild Turkey 23 3 26
1 California Quail 12 27 18 8 26 91
1 Virginia Rail 1 1
1 Sora 1 1
1 American Coot 3 1 36 4 44
1 Semiplmtd Plover 1 1
1 Killdeer 1 4 8 8 1 22
Solitary Sandpiper 0
Spotted Sandpiper 0
1 W. Sandpiper 17 17
1 Least Sandpiper 15 15
1 Lg-billed Dowitcher 2 2
Common Snipe 0
1 R-ncked Phalarope 2 2
1 Ring-billed Gull 12 6 18
1 California Gull 30 4 34
1 Glaucs-wngd Gull 4 4
W.x Gl-winged Gull 0
Gull, species 0
Caspian Tern 0
1 Rock Dove 16 8 5 56 11 1 97
1 Mourning Dove 1 2 4 22 10 43 82
1 Barn Owl 2 2
1 W Screech Owl 1 1
1 Gr Horned Owl 1 1 2 4
Short-eared Owl 0
North Saw-wet Owl 0
1 Vaux Swift 2 2 2 6
Anna's Hmingbird 0
Calliope Hmngbrd 0
Rufous Hmingbird 0
1 Bltd Kingfisher 2 4 3 3 1 13
1 Lewis Woodpcker 1 14 24 8 53 100
1 Acorn Woodpcker 2 2
R-napd Sapsucker 0
1 R-brstd Sapsucker 1 1 1 3
1 Dwny Woodpeckr 1 5 1 4 1 1 13
Hairy Woodpecker 0
W-hd Woodpecker 0
1 N Flckr(R-shft) 8 46 19 63 12 33 11 192
N Flckr(Y-shft) 1 1
1 Pileatd Woodpckr 1 1
Woodpeckers, sp. 1 1
1 W Wood Pewee 1 2 1 4
Dusky Flycatcher 0
Empidonax, sp 1 1
Gray Flycatcher 0
1 Say's Phoebe 2 1 3 6
Ash-thrtd Flycatchr 0
Western Kingbird 0
1 Horned Lark 13 40 75 128
1 Tree Swallow 1 1
1 V- Gr Swallow 8 36 25 43 18 37 167
N. R-wgd Swallow 0
Cliff Swallow 0
1 Barn Swallow 1 4 1 6
1 Stellers Jay 13 24 15 42 5 1 2 102
1 Scrub Jay 1 10 56 31 1 99
1 Bl-billed Magpie 4 30 20 2 56
1 Am Crow 58 25 28 32 44 21 208
1 Common Raven 9 18 38 9 12 18 7 111
1 Bl-cap Chckdee 1 36 2 6 7 4 56
1 Mt Chickadee 2 8 4 14
1 Ch-bkd Chckdee 5 5
1 Bushtit 2 2
1 R-brstd Nthtch 3 10 5 3 1 1 23
1 W-brstd Nthtch 1 5 2 8
1 Pygmy Nuthatch 1 1
1 Brown Creepr 2 2
1 Rock Wren 3 1 4
1 Canyon Wren 2 3 2 7
1 Bewick's Wren 2 3 5
1 House Wren 1 1 5 7
1 Winter Wren 1 1
1 Amer. Dipper 3 3 1 7
1 G-crwnd Kinglt 4 24 16 44
1 R-crwnd Kinglt 2 2 2 13 19
1 West. Bluebrd 10 107 42 42 1 35 237
1 Mount. Bluebrd 6 136 102 244
1 Twnsnd Solitre 2 2 4 4 12
1 Swnson's Thrush 1 1
1 Hermit Thrush 8 5 13
1 Amer. Robin 23 160 31 40 12 4 270
1 Varied Thrush 2 7 9 2 20
1 American Piptit 1 25 74 100
1 Cedar Waxwing 16 8 10 1 35
1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 1
1 Eur. Starling 60 110 125 81 448 62 26 912
1 Cassin's Vireo 1 1
1 Hutton's Vireo 1 1
1 Warbling Vireo 1 2 3
1 Or-crwned Warbler 2 4 9 5 20
1 Nshvll Warbler 1 1 5 7
1 Yellow Warbler 3 3
1 Bl-thrtd Bl Warbler 1 1
1 Y-Rmpd Warbler 8 489 143 55 92 15 38 840
1 Bl-thrt Gry Wrbler 2 1 3
Townsnds Warbler 0
McGilvry's Warbler 0
1 Cmn Yellwthrt 11 1 12
1 Wilson's Wrblr 3 2 5
1 Western Tanager 3 1 2 6
Bl-hded Grosbeak 0
Lazuli Bunting 0
1 Spottd Towhee 2 12 18 6 16 10 21 85
1 Chpng Sparrow 10 7 13 3 6 39
1 Brewer's Sparrow 1 1
1 Vesper Sparrow 1 3 4
Lark Sparrow 0
1 Savnah Sparrow 11 3 2 3 9 28
1 Grsshppr Sparrow 3 3
1 Fox Sparrow 1 2 3 6
1 Song Sparrow 4 20 2 4 11 7 4 52
1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 4 1 1 7
1 G-crnd Sparrow 1 1 9 18 3 2 34
1 W-crnd Sparrow 3 81 16 34 27 11 47 219
Sparrow, species 15 15
1 Drk-eyed Junco 37 281 23 169 13 7 28 558
1 R-wngd Blkbird 644 3 64 711
1 W Meadowlark 32 12 10 72 47 48 221
Y-head Blkbird 0
1 Brwr's Blkbird 84 292 22 50 100 32 580
Brn-head Cowbird 0
Bullock's Oriole 0
1 Purple Finch 2 2 4
1 Cassin's Finch 3 3
1 House Finch 16 6 5 34 144 60 265
1 Red Crossbill 85 85
1 Pine Siskin 10 35 69 2 116
1 Lesser Goldfinch 18 7 1 26
1 Am Goldfinch 66 42 35 19 310 18 28 518
1 Evng Grosbeak 5 8 2 1 1 17
1 House Sparrow 3 10 4 6 48 1 72
131 Total species
Total Birds 564 2822 1187 978 2084 949 803 9387
Number of parties 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 9
No. of observers 4 2 5 5 1 4 1 22
Hours on foot 7 2.4 6.5 5.65 6 3.75 8.75 40.05
Hours in car 1 7 5.5 7.95 1.3 5.75 3.25 31.75
Miles on foot 3.5 0.5 0.5 3.5 3.2 2 3.5 16.7
Miles in car 10 150 76 59 68 30 33.2 426.2
Owling
hours/ miles 02/03
No. of parties/ observers 01/04
Feeder watch hours/number
Start time 630 600 630 930 1045 610
Stop time 1545 1800 1830 1330 1830 1835
Compiler: O.Pearson F.Petersen B.Hansen D.Lichtenwald Patrick B.White S.Johnston
Other B.McCreary M.Hukari C.Ledford L.Smith Sullivan D.White
party C.Flick A.Richards D.Dobson D.Gadway
members T.Hertzig A.Musche C.Dobson R.Gadway
J.Minick B.Wheelhouse
Weather Fair Good Good Good Sunny Great
Temperatures 50-65 45-65 58-70 50-60 68-74
Wind, mph 0-15 0-25 0-20 0-20 0-22 0-20
Precipitation none none none none 0 0.2"
Cloud cover,%15-70 0-60 10-60 0-40 30-60
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