Subject: Census Count: Benton County, Washington
Date: Nov 2 13:15:49 1999
From: gmink at bentonrea.com - gmink at bentonrea.com
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Sunny but windy day. Covers psrts of western Benton county between Prosser and
Paterson and along the Coumbia River at Whitcomb Island and Crow Butte.
Birds seen:
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 33
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 50
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 60
Green-Winged Teal (Anas crecca) 50
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 2
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 5
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 4
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) 1
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) 2
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 10
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) 130
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1
Rock Dove (Columba livia) 3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) 1
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) 3
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 52
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 150
Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi) 2
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 80
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 10
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 6
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 350
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 10