Subject: birds in Klickitat Co.
Date: Jun 19 19:58:52 1994
From: Michael Donahue - mdonahue at u.washington.edu


I just got back from Klickitat County and had a few good bird sightings
to share.

I found two singing BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS the morning of June 19.
They were singing in sagebrush betwen 3.1 and 3.3 miles up (north along)
the Rock Creek Road from highway 14. This turnoff is about 20 miles east
of the town of Maryhill, Delorme atlas p. 27. Lark sparrows and
ash-throated flycatchers were also common in this area.

LESSER GOLDFINCHES are easy to find in the town of Maryhill. I saw at
least 7 individuals over the course of a few hours the afternoon of June
18. I think 7 is a very conservative estimate. Maryhill is along the
Columbia river, where highway 97 intersects highway 14, Delorme atlas p.
26. I saw the
goldfinches 1.2 (road) miles from where the road that passes Stonehenge
intersects highway 14. There are signs along 14 to "stonehenge." I also
saw them in the peach and apricot orchards, trees and even on the wires
east of Peach Beach R.V. Park, which is east of the state park. I saw
several in the state park as well and in the brush on the west side of
the park. They are easiest to locate by their call note, a piercing
tee-yee. They are particulary conspicuous east of the state park. I
also saw them at these locations on May 22 and 23 of last year.