1998 Klickitat County Spring North American Migration Count
May 9, 1998 Compiled by Bob Hansen Version 2.20.99
Sectors---> White Conboy Catherine Klick. Rock Alder
Salmon Creek River Creek Creek
Species Total
1 Pied-bill Grebe 1 1
Horned Grebe 0
Eared Grebe 0
1 Western Grebe 1 1
Db-crst Crmrant 0
1 American Bittern 2 2
1 Great Blue Heron 1 2 1 1 5
1 Bl-cr Night Heron 3 3
1 Tundra Swan 1 1
1 Canada Goose 18 33 64 12 12 65 204
1 Wood Duck 1 4 9 4 18
1 Green-winged Teal 2 2 4
1 Mallard 31 20 10 37 3 20 121
Northern Pintail 0
1 Cinnamon Teal 4 3 22 29
1 Northern Shoveler 4 19 23
1 Gadwall 1 4 5
1 American Wigeon 1 1
Canvasback 0
Redhead 0
1 Ring-necked Duck 10 11 10 31
1 Greater Scaup 10 10
Lesser Scaup 0
1 Harlequin Duck 1 1
1 Common Goldeneye 4 4
Barrow's Goldeneye 0
1 Bufflehead 2 2
1 Hooded Merganser 10 10
1 Common Merganser 1 21 22
1 Ruddy Duck 1 3 4
1 Turkey Vulture 2 5 20 6 11 4 48
1 Osprey 1 5 1 7
1 Bald Eagle
adults 1 1 2
immatures 2 2 0
1 Northern Harrier 3 4 1 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0
1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 2 4
1 Red-tailed Hawk 4 3 13 13 7 40
Rough-legged Hawk 0
1 Golden Eagle 1 3 4
1 American Kestral 1 4 1 6 9 6 27
1 Peregrine Falcon 1 1
1 Gray Partridge 1 1
Chucker 0
1 Ringed-neck Pheasant 4 4
1 Ruffed Grouse 1 2 3
1 Wild Turkey 2 2
1 California Quail 2 3 2 5 5 1 18
1 Virginia Rail 2 2
1 Sora 4 3 1 8
1 American Coot 2 1 3
1 Semipalmated Plover 2 2
1 Killdeer 8 5 14 4 8 39
1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 2
1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 3 5
1 Long-billed Curlew 2 2 4
1 Least Sandpiper 1 1
1 Common Snipe 10 10 20
1 Ring-billed Gull 1 1 2
1 California Gull 24 4 28
Herring Gull 0
Glaucous-winged Gull 0
W.x Glaucous-winged Gull 0
Gull, species 192 192
1 Caspian Tern 4 4
1 Rock Dove 4 1 5
1 Mourning Dove 2 3 2 10 3 19 39
1 Western Screech Owl 1 1
1 Great Horned Owl 1 1
1 Short-eared Owl 1 1
1 N. Saw-wet Owl 1 1
1 Vaux Swift 15 7 15 83 5 125
1 Anna'a Hmingbird 2 1 3
1 Calliope Hmngbird 2 4 5 6 17
1 Rufous Hmingbird 7 2 5 14
1 Belted Kingfisher 4 3 2 9
1 Lewis Woodpecker 3 3 6 12
1 Acorn Woodpecker 1 1
1 Red-naped Sapsucker 4 4
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 1
1 Downy Woodpecker 1 3 4
1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1
1 W-headed Woodpecker 1 1
1 Northern Flicker 12 6 4 3 3 28
1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 1
1 Western Wood Pee 1 4 5
1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 1
1 Gray Flycatcher 5 2 7
1 Say's Phoebe 5 3 8
1 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 1 3
1 Western Kingbird 2 1 4 7 3 30 47
1 Horned Lark 10 32 42
1 Tree Swallow 119 18 137
1 Vio. Gr. Swallow 90 21 46 203 2 15 377
1 N. R-wng. Swallow 40 10 8 58
1 Cliff Swallow 5 105 3 130 57 45 345
1 Barn Swallow 29 6 4 4 14 57
1 Stellers Ja 11 3 1 1 2 18
1 Scrub Jay 4 5 3 12
1 Black-billed Magpie 4 1 5
1 American Crow 21 10 6 12 7 20 76
1 Common Raven 8 4 17 17 8 2 56
1 Bl-cpped Chickadee 2 3 3 2 10
1 Ch-bcked Chickadee13 2 15
1 Bushtit 2 2
1 R-brsted Nuthatch 4 8 10 1 23
1 W-brsted Nuthatch 4 1 5
1 Pygmy Nuthatch 2 2
1 Brown Creeper 1 3 4
1 Canyon Wren 3 3
1 House Wren 4 8 4 1 17
1 Bewick's Wren 1 1
Winter Wren 0
Marsh Wren 0
1 American Dipper 2 1 3
1 G-crowned Kinglet 27 1 28
1 R-crowned Kinglet 2 2 4
1 Western Bluebird 8 4 15 10 5 42
1 Mountain Bluebird 63 63
1 Townsends Solitaire 1 2 3
1 Hermit Thrush 2 7 9
1 American Ro 104 29 32 27 6 3 201
Varied Thrush 0
1 American Piptit 1 1
1 Cedar Waxing 6 6
Northern Shrike 0
1 Loggerhead Shrike 2 2
1 European Starling 28 20 20 92 18 22 200
1 Cassin's Vireo 2 4 1 7
1 Warbling Vireo 11 11
1 Tennesse Warbler 1* 1*
1 O-crowned Warbler 2 1 2 1 6
1 Nashville Warbler122 18 6 146
1 Yellow Warbler 7 5 4 16
1 Y-rmpd Warblr(Aud)10 17 5 2 1 35
1 Bl-thrt Gr Warbler13 3 3 1 20
1 Townsends Warbler 2 1 3
1 McGilvry's Warbler 6 7 1 14
1 C. Yellowthroat 12 18 2 3 35
1 Wilson's Warbler 8 3 5 1 17
1 Western Tanager 7 5 1 1 14
1 Bl-hded Grosbeak 10 1 2 13
1 Lazuli Bunting 1 4 10 15
1 Spotted Towhee 21 4 3 2 1 31
1 Chipping Sparrow 31 26 15 10 5 1 88
1 Vesper Sparrow 1 9 10
1 Lark Sparrow 2 6 8
1 Savannah Sparrow 6 4 10
1 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1
1 Fox Sparrow 1 1
1 Song Sparrow 24 15 3 2 44
Lincoln's Sparrow 0
1 G-crowned Sparrow 6 1 7
1 W-crowned Sparrow 12 10 16 1 39
1 Dark-eyed Junco 33 8 8 3 7 59
1 R-wnged Blackbird 17 37 20 18 44 23 159
1 W Meadowlark 17 18 4 23 18 57 137
1 Y-hd Blackbird 1 1
1 Br's Blackbird 154 21 10 70 29 7 291
1 Br-headed Cowbird 6 27 1 11 5 50
1 Bullock's Oriole 1 7 13 1 22
1 Purple Finch 19 3 22
1 Cassin's Finch 10 10
1 House Finch 5 16 44 21 86
1 Red Crossbill 6 17 8 31
1 Pine Siskin 5 3 8
1 Lesser Goldfinch 1 1
1 Am Goldfinch 53 9 10 6 6 8 92
1 Evening Grosbeak 52 15 7 8 82
1 House Sparrow 10 18 1 29
* Uncertain sighting and not included with NAMC results submitted.
149 Total species/
Total birds 1334 719 579 1091 374 727 4824
Total sp. by sector 75 85 78 68 56 45
No. parties/obsrvrs 1/1 1/1 2/4 1/2 1/2 1/1
Hours on foot 3 11 7 2.8 6 4.5 34.3
Hours in car 9 2.5 4.5 3.9 4 6 29.9
Miles on foot 1 2.75 1 1 2 2 9.75
Miles in car 80 44.5 75 115 90 93 497.5
Owling
hours/ miles 1.5/4.8
No. of parties/ observer 01/01
Feeder watch hours/number 0.5/1
Start time 5.45 5.00 3.31 5.45 9.45 7.00 6.15
Stop time 18.31 18.25 5.00 18.00 16.35 17.00 17.1
Compiler F. Petersen S.Johnston B.Hansen L.Smith B.White D.Lichtenwald
Other party member's M.Sohlstrom R.Dobson D.White
J.Minnick
K.Hans
Weather
Temperatures, 50-52 48-60 60's 55-73
Wind, mph < 7 <10 10-25 <40 <20
Precipitation 0 0 0 0 0
Cloud cover, % 16-70 50-100 10-100 0 20-40