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