Hi tweeters, Were there really 74 Ruffed Grouse in the Toppenish WA. count??? Maybe Andy Stepniewski or Denny Grandstrand could check this - it seems like a high number to me.

Kerry Turley
304 E. Woodin Rd.
Sunnyside, WA 98944
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Mike Patterson wrote:
For those with a competetive streak, the following are national
high counts (I think I got them all) from Oregon and Washington.
I think it may have been an invasion year for Gyr's last winter...

Arctic Loon 1 Wahkiakum WA/OR
Red-necked Grebe 235 Everett WA
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel 1 Grays Harbor WA
Trumpeter Swan 965 Padilla Bay WA
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36 Seattle WA
Gyrfalcon 1 Grand Coulee,Leadbetter Point,Olympia,
Padilla Bay,Sequim-Dungeness,Wenatchee
Ruffed Grouse 74 Toppenish WA
Black Turnstone 320 Oak Harbor WA
Sanderling 4205 Florence OR
Dunlin 22840 Skagit Bay WA
Mew Gull 2531 Everett WA
Glaucous-winged Gull 6108 Olympia WA
Common Murre 2025 Coquille Valley OR
Ancient Murrelet 160 Sequim-Dungeness WA
Red-breasted Sapsucker 30 Airlie OR
Bewick's Wren 227 Seattle WA
Winter Wren 266 Olympia WA
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1585 Olympia WA
Townsend's Solitaire 237 Adel OR
Varied Thrush 822 Florence OR
Oregon Junco 2900 Walla Walla WA
Brambling 1 Portland OR (shared with Homer AK)
Pine Siskin 1082 Tacoma WA