1999 Klickitat County Spring North American Migration Count
May 8th, 1999 Compiled by Bob Hansen Version 8.16.99
WS = White Salmon, Cnby NWLR = Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Cthrn Cr = Catherine Creek, Klckt River =Klickitat River
Click here for map of Klickitat County sectors.
Sector----> Trout WS Cnby Cthrn Dalles Klckt Sim- Rock Alder
Lake NWLR Cr port River coes Creek Creek
Species Total
1 Pied-bill Grbe 1 2 3
1 Eared Grebe 1 1
1 Western Grebe 1 1
1 D-crstd Crmrnt 13 13
1 A. Bittern 2 2
1 Gr Blue Heron 3 1 1 5
1 Bl-cr Nght Hrn 2 2
0 Tundra Swan 0
1 Gr.W-fr Goose 18 18
1 Canada Goose 27 64 13 34 17 6 2 43 206
1 Wood Duck 3 2 14 9 1 29
1 Gr-winged Teal 2 4 6
1 Mallard 14 24 108 26 17 16 16 9 9 239
1 N Pintail 60 6 1 67
1 Bl-winged Teal 1 1 2
1 Cinnamon Teal 1 2 14 2 9 1 29
1 N Shoveler 12 2 14
1 Gadwall 13 9 22
1 A. Wigeon 2 8 10
Wigeon, sp. 0
1 Rng-nckd Duck 21 1 4 4 30
1 Greater Scaup 1 1
1 Lesser Scaup 8 8
1 Harlequin Duck 1 1
1 C. Goldeneye 2 2
1 B. Goldeneye 11 2 2 15
1 Bufflehead 1 8 5 14
1 Hd Merganser 6 6
1 C Merganser 2 2 8 12
0 Ruddy Duck 0
1 Turkey Vulture 2 9 6 12 2 8 2 5 46
1 Osprey 4 2 4 2 12
1 Bald Eagle 2 4 2 2 10
1 N. Harrier 1 5 1 9 2 9 3 30
1 Sh-shnd Hawk 1 1 2
1 Cooper's Hawk 2 1 3
Accipiter,sp. 1 2 2 5
1 Rd-tailed Hawk 1 2 5 8 1 13 15 28 5 78
Buteo, sp 1 1
1 Golden Eagle 1 2 3
1 A. Kestral 1 3 5 2 2 13 4 7 5 42
0 Merlin 0
0 Pergrne Falcon 0
1 Prairie Falcon 1 1
1 Gray Partridge 2 2 4 8
1 Chukar 2 2
1 R-nk Pheasant 2 2 2 9 15
1 Ruffed Grouse 3 1 2 6
1 Wild Turkey 2 2
1 California Quail 3 32 2 4 1 12 6 60
1 Virginia Rail 7 1 8
1 Sora 6 1 1 8
1 American Coot 40 22 3 65
1 Sandhill Crane 6 7 13
0 Semiplm Plvr 0
1 Killdeer 2 6 6 5 6 5 11 41
0 Sltry Sndpiper 0
1 Spt Sandpiper 1 1 3 5
1 L-billed Curlew 2 8 4 14
1 Sanderling 3 3
1 W. Sandpiper 3 3
1 L. Sandpiper 16 19 35
Sandpiper, sp 12 12
1 Dunlin 3 3
0 L-billd Dwitchr 0
0 S-billd Dwitchr 0
1 Common Snipe 3 1 38 5 47
0 R-nck Phalrope 0
1 Ring-billed Gull 2 6 2 45 4 1 60
1 California Gull 37 4 15 2 103 161
1 Herring Gull 1 1
1 Glcs-wngd Gull 5 1 6
Gull, species 9 3 19 3 34
1 Caspian Tern 7 11 18
1 Rock Dove 2 2 1 21 26
1 B-tled Pigeon 9 9
1 Mourning Dove 4 1 7 7 1 11 26 46 103
1 Barn Owl 0
1 W Screch Owl 1 1
1 Gr Horned Owl 1 1 1 2 5
0 Burrowing Owl 0
0 Sht-eared Owl 0
0 N Saw-wet Owl 0
1 Vaux Swift 131 17 73 168 500 2 891
1 Bl-chd Hmgbrd 1 1 2
1 Anna'a Hmgbrd 5 5
1 Caliope Hmgbd 1 10 1 12
1 Rufous Hmgbrd 5 6 4 4 19
Hmgbird, sp 1 1
1 Bltd Kingfshr 1 2 2 1 6
1 Lewis Wdpckr 5 5 16 26
1 Acorn Wdpckr 1 1
1 Rd-npd Spsckr 2 2
1 R-brst Spsckr 1 4 1 6
1 Downy Wdpcker 1 3 1 2 1 4 3 15
1 Hairy Wdpcker 1 1 1 3
1 W-hd Wdpcker 1 1
1 N Flckr(R-sht) 7 5 29 8 1 5 6 2 63
N Flckr (Y-shft) 0
1 Pleatd Wdpckr 1 1 1 3
Woodpckrs, sp 1 1
1 W Wood Pwee 2 2
1 Hmmnd's Flyct 3 2 5
0 Dsky Flyctcher 0
Empidonax, sp 2 2
0 Gray Flyctcher 0
1 P.Slpe Flctchr 1 1
1 Say's Phoebe 1 9 10
0 A-thrt Flyctchr 0
1 Wstrn Kingbrd 4 1 1 1 15 30 3 55
1 Horned Lark 10 1 20 49 80
1 Tree Swallow 4 21 116 30 4 5 12 192
1 V-Gr Swallow 3 194 255 40 55 314 19 312 6 1198
1 N. R. Swallow 34 13 3 50
1 Bank Swallow 32 12 1 45
1 Cliff Swallow 5 40 11 10 1 3 106 176
1 Barn Swallow 3 13 5 11 1 5 7 8 53
Swallow, sp 30 30
1 Stellers Jay 16 12 41 4 4 7 2 86
1 Scrub Jay 10 2 30 3 9 54
1 Bl-blld Magpie 2 10 4 16
1 American Crow 17 55 35 34 4 38 13 17 30 243
1 C. Raven 6 3 16 8 11 7 28 3 82
1 Bl-c Chickadee 2 4 6 11 1 3 3 1 31
1 Mtn Chickadee 1 2 2 5
1 Ch-b Chckadee 5 4 9
1 Bushtit 1 2 3
1 R-brst Nuthtch 6 4 5 6 2 4 27
1 W-brst Nuthtch 2 2
1 Pgmy Nuthtch 1 1
1 Brown Creeper 1 3 4
1 Rock Wren 7 6 13
1 Canyon Wren 1 1 1 3
1 Bewick's Wren 1 4 2 7
1 House Wren 1 3 1 4 9
1 Winter Wren 3 4 1 8
1 Marsh Wren 2 2
1 A. Dipper 2 2
1 G-crwn Kinglet 5 6 2 4 1 1 46
1 R-crwn Kinglet 6 2 1 2 1 1 3 16
1 W. Bluebird 2 18 5 14 17 15 1 72
1 Mtn Bluebird 27 6 33
1 Twnd's Soltaire 1 18 2 1 22
1 Swnsns Thrsh 1 1
1 Hermit Thrush 1 1 2 3 2 9
1 A. Robin 76 57 139 58 23 30 45 3 431
1 Varied Thrush 3 1 3 1 8
1 Sage Thrasher 2 2
1 American Piptit 1 1
0 C. Waxwing 0
1 Lggrhd Shrike 1 1
1 E. Starling 6 78 8 157 27 71 12 22 22 403
1 Cassins Vireo 1 6 2 1 10
0 Hutton's Vireo 0
1 Warbling Vireo 1 1 3 5
1 O-crwn Wrbler 1 6 2 2 1 12
1 Nshvlle Wrblr 2 33 12 12 4 2 1 66
1 Yellow Warbler 1 1
1 Y-r Wrblr(Aud) 4 49 126 141 25 13 44 23 425
1 Bl-th Gry Wrb 2 1 8 7 1 19
1 Twnsds Wrbler 4 1 5
1 Hermit Warbler 2 1 3
0 McGlvry Wrbler 0
1 C Yellowthroat 4 5 26 2 37
1 Wlsons Wrbler 2 5 1 2 10
Warbler, sp 8 2 10
1 W. Tanager 2 6 22 10 3 43
1 Bl-hd Grsbeak 3 1 4
1 Lazuli Bunting 1 2 4 7
1 Sptted Towhee 6 10 7 9 2 8 1 2 45
1 Chpng Sparrow 2 60 19 5 63 5 154
0 Brwrs Sparrow 0
1 Vespr Sparrow 2 2
0 Lark Sparrow 0
1 Savnh Sparrow 3 1 4 2 12 1 23
1 Grshpr Sprrow 1 1
1 Fox Sparrow 2 2
1 Song Sparrow 3 12 14 4 11 4 5 53
1 Lnclns Sprrow 1 1 1 8 11
1 G-crwn Sprrow 3 3 3 48 12 11 42 10 132
1 W-crwn Sprrow 6 49 77 96 1 30 13 90 34 396
Sparrow, sp. 4 7 11
1 Drk-eye Jnco 74 77 268 91 27 537
1 R-wg Blckbrd 15 37 230 96 10 11 30 72 43 544
1 W. Meadwlark 7 6 33 15 4 31 12 12 36 156
1 Y-hd Blackbird 3 3 6 12
1 Brwrs Blkbrd 59 119 70 34 90 87 25 149 12 645
Blackbird, sp. 50 50
1 Br-hd Cowbrd 11 10 15 76 24 13 9 158
1 Bullocks Oriole 3 2 5
1 Purple Finch 19 5 31 1 3 5 64
1 Cassins Finch 1 9 45 55
1 House Finch 3 20 9 27 1 49 3 14 3 129
0 Red Crossbill 0
1 Pine Siskin 9 32 7 9 57
1 Lssr Goldfinch 2 1 3
1 Am Goldfinch 13 4 18 9 8 93 12 157
1 Evnng Grsbeak 7 26 6 16 1 7 63
1 House Sprrow 3 8 1 14 1 12 34 7 80
164 Total species
Total birds 540 1374 2325 1509 401 1207 523 1818 878 10575
No. of parties 1 1 1 2 2* 1 1 2 1 10
No. of obsrvers 2 4 2 6 4* 2 4 4 1 25
* Shared by Robyn Dobson, Laurie Smith, Wilson Cady, Franklin Petersen
Hours on foot 3.5 2 2 10 1 4 6.5 3 8.75 40.75
Hours in car 1 10 5 4 0 6.5 3.5 8 4.5 42.5
Miles on foot 1.5 1 2 4 0 0.5 0 0.5 2.25 11.75
Miles in car 10 67 80 81 0 122 39 108 52.6 559.6
Start time 810 600 545 545 730 600 700 520
Stop time 1230 1820 1300 1900 1830 1600 1800 1835
Compiler B.McCreay Cathy Flick F Petersen B.Hansen L. Smith Dan L. B.White Stuart J.
Other O.Pearson M. Hukari W. Cady C.Vadai R.Dobson J.Barker D.White
party I. Eammons A.Richards C.Barker D.Gadway
members G. Turschak R.Robinson Craig B. R.Gadway
K. Hans
J.Minnick Dan L.= Dan Lichtenwald
Craig B.= Craig Barfoot
Stuart J.= Stuart Johnston
Weather
Temperatures 48-52 40-48 30-55 40-55 <---No Reports---> cold-warmer
Wind, mph gusty w 10-20 10-14 sw10-20 calm-w20+
Precipitation snow i. rain i.snow i. hail snow-hail
Cloud cover, % 100 80 30-50 30-90 2-100
i.= intermittent
Birds of Interest:
1045 Vaux Swift descended into Lyle School chimney on April 28 between 7:45 and
8:45 pm
500 Vaux Swift at Rock Creek only partial numbers.
Other count week sightings:
reported by Franklin Petersen: Sharp-tailed Grouse, Whimbrel, Lapland Longspur,
Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Ferruginous Hawk, Barn Owl
reported by Alan Richards, Randy Robinson and Bob Hansen: Short-billed Dowitcher
Other non-bird sightings:
Coyote 1
Badger 5
Cottontail 1
Deer 6
Elk 2
Greydigger 1
Chipmunk
Pond turtles 2
Otter 2