Subject: Klickitat Co. Birding (Anna's Hummingbird)
Date: May 27 21:46:56 1996
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - wlafra at owt.com


We spent Sunday, May 26 birding Klickitat Co. (and slightly into Skamania
Co.) including Bickleton, Rock Creek, Lyle, and Trout Lake with Ruth Fischer.

The area around Bickleton is well known for its bluebirds. In addition,
Goldendale-Bickleton Road between Bickelton and Rock Creek offers some
excelecent birding in the sparse oak and ponderosa pines. Highlights from
this area include (see Delorm pages 26 and 27):

Gray Flycatchers: Numerous singing individuals. (T6N R20E SW, T5N R19E NW,
and T5N R18E SE)
Yellow Warbler: 2 at T6N R20E SW
Orange-crowned Warbler: 1 at T6N R20E SW
Vaux's Swift: Several vocalizing in flight (T5N R19E NW, and T5N R18E SE)
Evening Grosbeaks: 12 individuals at T5N R18E SE
Lewis' Woodpeckers (T6N R20E SW, T5N R19E NW, and T5N R18E SE)
White-breasted Nuthatch (T5N R18E SE)
Townsend's, Yellow-rumped, and Nashville Warblers: all singing (T5N R18E SE)
Wilson's Warbler (T6N R20E SW and T5N R18E SE)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (T5N R18E SE)

Although we did not linger along Rock Creek, it is a great place to bird.
We found fellow Tweeter Brenda Senturia, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Lazuli
Bunting, and Caspian Tern. Brenda pointed out 2 Golden Eagles.

In Lyle, we spent most of our time at the county park (T3N R12E SE). We
checked for Acorn Woodpeckers at Balch Lake Road, but did not find any.
Highlights at the county park include:

Anna's Hummingbird: 1 adult male
Lesser Goldfinch: 1 male and 1 female (the female was collecting nesting
material while the male perched nearby - they flew off together)
Common Mergansers: 2 males and 2 females
Spotted Sandpipers
Bushtits

A quick stop at the Mount Adams Ranger Station had many Evening Grosbeaks.

At the Trout Lake Creek Campground (in Skamania Co. Delorme page 34 T7N
R10E Section 31 off of FR 8810) we saw the following birds:

Hermit Warblers as posted recently: There were several singing individuals
but they were hard to see as they stayed in the tree tops.

There were also Nashville Warblers, Hermit Thrush, Western Tanagers, Evening
and Black-headed Grosbeaks, Robin, Vaux's Swifts, and Olive-sided Flycatcher
(all singling/ calling).


Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at oneworld.owt.com