Klickitat County Spring 2000 North American Migration Count 5.13.00 Compiled by Bob Hansen Version 6.29 Cnby NWLR = Conboy National Wildlife Refuge Cthrn Cr = Catherine Creek, Klckt River =Klickitat River and includes Dallesport this year. Sector----> White Trout Cnby Cthrn Klckt Sim- Rock Alder Alder Salmon Lake NWLR Creek River coes Creek Creek Creek S N Species Total Common Loon 1 1 Pied-bill Grebe 3 3 Horned Grebe 0 Red-nckd Grbe 0 Eared Grebe 52 52 Western Grebe 7 7 Clark's Grebe 1 1 D-crstd Crmrnt 0 A. Bittern 0 Gr Blue Heron 1 2 2 1 1 7 Green Heron 1 1 Bl-cr Nght Hrn 6 6 Tundra Swan 0 Gr.Wht-frtd Gs 1 1 Canada Goose 40 8 6 41 14 20 66 195 Wood Duck 8 15 4 1 28 Gadwall 8 2 10 A. Wigeon 0 Wigeon, sp. 0 Mallard 36 9 16 15 11 38 7 22 154 Bl-winged Teal 2 4 6 Cinnamon Teal 5 1 3 9 N Shoveler 6 7 4 17 N Pintail 1 1 Gr-winged Teal 2 2 4 Redhead 5 5 Rng-nckd Duck 2 1 7 10 Greater Scaup 5 5 Lesser Scaup 11 11 Harlequin Duck 0 C. Goldeneye 0 B. Goldeneye 4 4 Bufflehead 10 10 Hd Merganser 2 2 C Merganser 1 22 23 R-brstd Mrgnsr 1 1 merganser,sp 1 1 Ruddy Duck 2 2 Turkey Vulture 2 6 10 12 6 17 6 59 Osprey 9 1 5 1 3 2 21 Bald Eagle 4 1 1 6 N. Harrier 1 1 1 3 5 11 Sh-shnd Hawk 1 1 2 1 5 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter,sp. 1 1 2 Swnsn's Hawk 1 2 3 Rd-tailed Hawk 6 6 5 11 9 26 5 5 73 Sector----> White Trout Cnby Cthrn Klckt Sim- Rock Alder Alder Total Salmon Lake NWLR Creek River coes Creek Creek Creek S N R-legged Hawk 0 Golden Eagle 2 4 6 A. Kestral 2 3 4 4 23 9 45 Merlin 1 6 7 Pergrne Falcon 1 1 2 Prairie Falcon 1 1 2 large falcon,sp 1 1 Gray Partridge 2 2 Chukar 5 1 6 12 R-nk Pheasant 1 4 1 2 8 Blue Grouse cw cw Ruffed Grouse 0 Wild Turkey 0 Calif Quail 17 2 3 8 2 18 15 14 79 Virginia Rail 4 4 Sora 4 4 American Coot 2 3 4 1 9 19 Sandhill Crane 7 7 Semiplm Plvr 0 Killdeer 5 5 5 6 5 7 12 4 49 Bl-necked Stilt 2 2 Avocet 2 6 8 Sltry Sndpiper 0 Spt Sandpiper 2 12 14 Lng-blld Curlew 1 1 2 Sanderling 0 W. Sandpiper 0 L. Sandpiper 4 5 9 Baird's Sndppr 0 Pectorial Sdnpr 0 Dunlin 0 L-billd Dwitchr 0 Common Snipe 7 4 4 2 17 W. Phalarope 2 4 6 R-nk Phalarope 0 Bonapartes Gl 1 1 Ring-billd Gull 6 30 79 4 1 1 121 California Gull 2 2 86 17 107 Herring Gull cw cw Thayer's Gull 1 1 Glcs-wngd Gull cw cw Gull, species 1 1 2 Caspian Tern 2 9 11 Forster's Tern 1 1 Rock Dove 4 1 1 5 8 19 Bnd-tld Pigeon cw cw Mourning Dove 3 4 2 12 16 24 46 29 33 169 Barn Owl 1 1 W Screch Owl 0 Gr Horned Owl 2 2 2 6 Burrowing Owl 0 Sht-eared Owl 1 1 N Saw-wet Owl 0 C. Poorwill 1 2 3 Vaux Swift 20 10 7 4 8 49 Wh.thrtd Swift cw cw Bl-chndHmgbrd cw cw Anna'a Hmgbrd cw cw Caliope Hmgbd 4 3 9 2 18 Sector----> White Trout Cnby Cthrn Klckt Sim- Rock Alder Alder Total Salmon Lake NWLR Creek River coes Creek Creek Creek S N Rufous Hmgbrd 6 2 4 2 14 hummngbrd,sp 6 6 Bltd Kingfisher 1 2 4 6 2 15 Lewis Wdpckr 1 3 25 29 Acorn Wdpckr 3 3 Rd-npd Spsckr 1 1 2 R-brstd Spsckr 1 1 Dwny Wdpckr 1 1 1 1 4 Hairy Wdpcker 6 1 7 W-hd Wdpcker cw cw N Flckr (R-shf) 6 2 4 10 8 3 4 5 42 N Flckr (Y-sht) 0 Pleatd Wdpckr 1 1 2 Woodpckrs, sp 3 3 Olv-sd Flyctchr 3 1 1 5 W Wood Pwee 2 1 2 1 6 Hmds Flyctchr 6 5 1 1 1 14 Dsky Flyctcher 3 6 4 13 Empidonax, sp 2 2 Gray Flyctcher 1 14 3 18 P Slp Flyctchr 0 Say's Phoebe 1 3 1 4 9 A-thrt Flyctchr 7 1 6 14 W Kingbird 3 9 2 15 8 6 22 8 73 Horned Lark 6 5 12 39 62 Purple Martin cw cw Tree Swallow 39 14 21 8 11 4 3 100 V-Gr Swallow 18 5 42 35 99 31 32 2 11 275 N. R. Swallow 10 6 4 1 5 26 Bank Swallow 2 3 2 7 Cliff Swallow 2 31 10 220 1 43 30 8 345 Barn Swallow 4 13 5 5 12 24 11 27 101 Stellers Jay 5 5 2 8 12 1 33 Scrub Jay 11 10 7 3 31 Bl-blld Magpie 1 11 3 11 26 American Crow 29 10 21 15 48 7 22 26 5 183 C. Raven 3 6 12 2 8 2 13 3 7 56 Bl-c Chickadee 1 12 6 19 Mtn Chickadee 3 5 3 11 Ch-b Chckadee 4 1 5 Bushtit 2 1 3 R-brst Nuthtch 3 3 4 3 1 4 18 W-brst Nuthtch 1 3 1 5 Pgmy Nuthtch 0 Brown Creeper 1 1 Rock Wren 3 8 4 15 Canyon Wren 1 1 2 Bewick's Wren 2 11 13 House Wren 6 5 1 2 19 3 14 50 Winter Wren 3 3 Marsh Wren 1 1 A. Dipper 2 2 4 G-crwn Kinglet 12 1 13 R-crwn Kinglet 1 1 3 5 W. Bluebird 2 10 15 6 7 9 49 Mtn Bluebird 2 26 4 51 83 bluebird, sp. 22 22 Twnd's Soltaire 3 2 5 Sector----> White Trout Cnby Cthrn Klckt Sim- Rock Alder Alder Salmon Lake NWLR Creek River coes Creek Creek Creek S N Total Swnsns Thrsh 1 2 3 Hermit Thrush 0 A. Robin 33 18 46 25 13 38 21 9 8 211 Varied Thrush 0 Sage Thrasher 9 9 American Piptit 1 1 C. Waxwing 1 2 3 Lggrhd Shrike 2 4 6 E. Starling 65 82 30 129 41 34 26 3 410 Cassin's Vireo 1 2 1 2 4 2 12 Hutton's Vireo cw cw Warbling Vireo 5 1 4 5 4 19 Red-eyed Vireo cw cw O-crwn Wrbler 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 Nshvlle Wrbler 32 10 4 30 8 3 10 1 98 Yellow Warbler 10 8 6 7 9 5 14 59 Y-r Wrblr(Aud) 6 7 27 1 19 13 4 3 6 86 Bl-th Gr Wrblr 12 11 3 26 Twnsds Wrbler 1 1 1 3 6 Hermit Warbler 11 2 13 McGlvry Wrbler 6 3 1 1 1 12 C Yellowthroat 1 8 17 1 27 Wlsons Wrbler 1 2 1 1 3 5 3 6 22 W. Tanager 4 7 10 8 20 10 3 1 63 Bl-hd Grsbeak 19 4 1 9 3 36 Lazuli Bunting 1 3 2 11 5 22 Sptted Towhee 4 4 9 12 5 9 3 46 Chpng Sparrow 14 3 31 10 9 74 29 20 190 Brwrs Sparrow 8 8 Vespr Sparrow 1 13 15 29 Lark Sparrow 1 3 2 8 11 25 Sage Sparrow 3 3 Savnh Sparrow 2 4 8 1 3 6 24 Grshpr Sprrow 4 2 6 Fox Sparrow 1 1 2 Song Sparrow 13 9 9 3 15 7 6 14 76 Lnclns Sprrow 1 1 G-crwn Sprrow 1 1 2 1 8 3 16 W-crwn Sprrow 18 6 6 15 1 8 3 3 60 Sparrow, sp. 0 Drk-eye Junco 10 5 11 25 3 22 23 99 R-wing Blckbrd 22 41 70 57 32 68 48 17 355 W. Meadwlark 5 12 15 33 12 56 59 62 254 Y-hd Blackbird 3 2 3 8 Brwrs Blackbrd 27 15 56 90 62 24 21 15 38 348 Bn-hd Cowbird 117 14 29 6 5 24 20 10 16 241 blackbird,sp 168 168 Bullocks Oriole 4 4 7 3 6 18 1 43 Purple Finch 14 6 21 7 6 54 Cassin's Finch 4 22 26 House Finch 2 11 50 19 14 9 14 119 Red Crossbill 5 15 7 27 Pine Siskin 7 20 25 1 8 4 65 Lssr Goldfinch 0 Am Goldfinch 5 7 14 5 28 14 22 95 Evnng Grsbeak 44 25 19 100 3 41 4 236 House Sprrow 14 9 2 5 19 5 9 9 4 76 Total birds 774 402 755 904 1238 825 951 792 636 7277 Sector----> White Trout Cnby Cthrn Klckt Sim- Rock Alder Alder Total Salmon Lake NWLR Creek River coes Creek Creek Creek S N Total species 58 62 78 80 84 69 77 89 56 170 Additional Count Week Species (May 12 or 14) 11 Total species observed between May 12 and 14 181 No. of parties 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 10 No. of obsrvers 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 1 18 Hours on foot 1 4.75 7 9.5 8 8.2 10 19.75 5 73.2 Hours in car 7.5 0.25 5 3.5 2.5 4.75 5.5 4.9 10.15 44.05 Miles on foot 0 4 4 2 1 5 4 5 2 27 Miles in car 76 8 64 72 122 60 78 117 83 680 Owling hours/ miles 1/7 1.2/12 3.6/6 No. of parties/ observers 1/1 01/01 01/01 Start time 630 800 500 630 730 645 715 500 700 Stop time 1600 1300 1700 1930 1800 2030 2000 2224 1645 Compile Diane Orin Henry Bob Randy Dan Bonnie Stuart Cathy Other Roger * Tom Barbara Jane * Dennis * * party Connie Kathy Jim members * * * Includes time, distance and birds observed by Patrick Sullivan, including count week observations. Weather Temperatures 45-60 39-59 44-59 50-65 60-70 48-70 45-60 12C 50-70 Wind, mph 0 0 5-10 0 0 ESE5 5-10 calm light Precipitation Trace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cloud cover, % 90 80 10-95 90-100 100 70-100 overcst thin clds 80 Particpants in alphabetical order, starting with first name: Barbara Robinson Jane Hadley Bob Hansen Jim Minnick Bonnie White Kathy Patterson Cathy Flick Orin Pearson Connie Herzig Patrick Sullivan Dan Lichtenwald Randy Robinson Dennis White Roger Gadway Diane Gadway Stuart Johnston Henry Gilmore Tom Herzig Other non-bird sightings: 1 beaver 2 greydiggers 4 cotton tail rabbits 26 deer 1 black tail jackrabbit