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