Hello Tweets,

Swainson's Thrush in WA in winter is very rare, so a good write-up would be
probably needed, if NO photo. I have personally seen only one bird in
winter at Leadbetter Pt.,PA in December, 17th 1996. Alan Contreras quotes,
NO comfirmed records in the region in winter, in his guide to Northwest
Birds in Winter. Franklin's Gull that was questionable on the count, is
also very rare in winter in WA, especially a quality bird for the CBC,
where again a photo would be needed for confirmation.

Patrick Sullivan
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> From: Eugene Hunn <hunnhome at accessone.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Seattle CBC preliminary results
> Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 2:40 PM
>
> SEATTLE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, 2 JANUARY 1999 (preliminary totals, subject
to
> final revision): Red-throated Loon, 15; Pacific Loon, 6; Common Loon, 13;
> Pied-billed Grebe, 138; Horned Grebe, 326; Red-necked Grebe, 141; Western
> Grebe, 1332; Double-crested Cormorant, 459; Brandt's Cormorant, 12;
Pelagic
> Cormorant, 16; cormorant sp., 3; Great Blue Heron, 84; Tundra Swan, 2;
Mute
> Swan , 2; Greater White-fronted Goose, 6; Brant, 89; Canada Goose, 1399,
> "Cackling" Canada Goose, 3; "Great Basin" Canada Goose, 1396; Wood Duck,
36;
> Green-winged Teal, 87; Mallard, 1546; Northern Pintail, 82; Northern
> Shoveler, 74; Gadwall, 946; Eurasian Wigeon, 10; Eurasian x American
Wigeon,
> 1; American Wigeon, 2049; Canvasback, 455; Redhead, 1; Ring-necked Duck,
> 297; Greater Scaup, 216; Lesser Scaup, 633; scaup sp., 55; Harlequin
Duck,
> 57; Black Scoter, 67; Surf Scoter, 304; White-winged Scoter, 38; scoter
sp.,
> 10; Common Goldeneye, 277; Barrow's Goldeneye, 356; goldeneye sp., 16;
> Bufflehead, 612; Hooded Merganser, 67; Common Merganser, 128;
Red-breasted
> Merganser, 317; Ruddy Duck, 211; duck sp., 4; Bald Eagle (all), 39, Bald
> Eagle (adult), 31; Bald Eagle (immature), 8; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 38;
> Cooper's Hawk, 17; Accipiter sp., 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 50; Rough-legged
> Hawk, 1; American Kestrel, 1; Merlin, 7; Peregrine Falcon, 5; falcon sp.,
1;
> Ring-necked Pheasant, 6; Virginia Rail, 1; American Coot, 6362; Killdeer,
> 168; Spotted Sandpiper, 1; Black Turnstone, 40; Surfbird, 20; Sanderling,
> 152; Western Sandpiper, 4; sandpiper sp., 3; Dunlin, 202; Common Snipe,
5;
> Bonaparte's Gull, cw, Franklin's Gull, ?, Mew Gull, 1080; Ring-billed
Gull,
> 400; California Gull, 74; Herring Gull, 22; Thayer's Gull, 3; Western
Gull,
> 5; Western x Glaucous-winged Gull, 477; Glaucous-winged Gull, 2332; gull
> sp., 1101; Common Murre, 14; Pigeon Guillemot, 15; Rhinoceros Auklet, 6;
> Rock Dove, 2789; Band-tailed Pigeon, 357; Crimson-fronted Parakeet, 7;
Barn
> Owl, 1; Western Screech-Owl, 7; Great Horned Owl, 1; Barred Owl , 1;
> Short-eared Owl, 1; Northern Saw-whet Owl, 2; Anna's Hummingbird, 54;
> hummingbird sp., 1; Belted Kingfisher, 24; Red-breasted Sapsucker, 24;
Downy
> Woodpecker, 86; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Northern Flicker (all), 226, N.
> "Red-shafted" Flicker, 217; N. "Yellow-shafted" Flicker, 4; "Yel.-sh." x
> "Red-sh." Flicker, 5; Pileated Woodpecker, 5; Hutton's Vireo, 10;
Steller's
> Jay, 181; Western Scrub-Jay, 3; Crow (American or Northwestern), 7177;
> Black-capped Chickadee, 1282; Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 163; Bushtit,
1278;
> Red-breasted Nuthatch, 93; Brown Creeper, 43; Bewick's Wren, 227; Winter
> Wren, 201; Marsh Wren, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 822; Ruby-crowned
> Kinglet, 445; Hermit Thrush, 12; Swainson's Thrush, 1; American Robin,
2415;
> Varied Thrush, 145; Cedar Waxwing, 7; European Starling, 4737;
> Orange-crowned Warbler, 1; Yellow-rumped Warbler (all), 19, Yellow-r.
> "Audubon's" Warbler, 14; Yellow-r. Warbler (unseparated), 5; Townsend's
> Warbler, 38; Spotted Towhee, 264; Fox Sparrow, 163; Song Sparrow, 671;
> Lincoln's Sparrow, 22; White-throated Sparrow, 2; White-crowned Sparrow,
25;
> Golden-crowned Sparrow, 185; Dark-eyed Junco (all), 1005, Dark-eyed
"Oregon"
> Junco, 998; Dark-eyed "Slate-colored" Junco, 7; Red-winged Blackbird,
170;
> Western Meadowlark, 1; Brewer's Blackbird, cw, Red Crossbill, 3; Purple
> Finch, 11; House Finch, 1214; Carpodacus sp., 4; Pine Siskin, 767;
American
> Goldfinch, 126; House Sparrow, 1436; TOTAL INDIVIDUALS, 54616; TOTAL
> SPECIES, 124; count week + 2; miles on foot, 161.5; miles by car, 55.25;
> miles by boat, 38; miles owling, 11; total miles, 265.75; hours on foot,
> 121.75; hours by car, 413.8; hours by boat, 7.5; hours owling, 12; total
> hours, 555.05; observers, 129; feeder watchers, 12.