Tweeters,

Mike and Merry Lynn Denny, Denny Granstrand, Ellen Quiring and myself got a
nice guided tour to birding "hot" spots in western Walla Walla County
Sunday. We started at Hood Park along, the Snake River, then McNary NWR's
nature trail pool, then the feedlots at Iowa Beef for blackbirds and the
ponds behind this facility for waterfowl, then Ice Harbor Dam for gulls,
and finally Fishook Park upstream along the Snake.

Here's what we noted:

PIED-BILLED GREBE-40 at McNary, an unusual number?
HORNED GREBE-1, Walla Walla River
WESTERN GREBE-10 below Ice Harbor Dam
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT-30, widespread
GREAT BLUE HERON-5
TUNDRA SWAN-5, overhead at the Iowa Beef ponds
CANADA GOOSE-1,000, relatively few compared to my past experience here.
Many still to the north?
WOOD DUCK-20+, Hood Park
GREEN-WINGED TEAL-1,000, mainly Iowa Beef
MALLARD-10,000. mainly McNary and Iowa Beef
NORTHERN PINTAIL-1000, mainly Iowa Beef
EURASIAN WIGEON-3, Iowa Beef
AMERICAN WIGEON-10,000, mainly Iowa Beef
CANVASBACK-250, McNary
REDHEAD-3, McNary
RING-NECKED DUCK-200, McNary
LESSER SCAUP-50, McNary
BUFFLEHEAD-5, McNary
RUDDY DUCK-2, McNary
NORTHERN HARRIER-3
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK-1
RED-TAILED HAWK-3
GOLDEN EAGLE-1, adult over fields north of Iowa Beef fields, nice!
AMERICAN KESTREL-3
PRAIRIE FALCON-1, Iowa Beef
RING-NECKED PHEASANT-3, Fishook
CALIFORNIA QUAIL-20
AMERICAN COOT, widespread
KILLDEER-1, IceHarbor
MEW GULL-1, Ice Harbor
RING-BILLED GULL-100, " "
CALIFORNIA GULL-50, " "
HERRING GULL-30, " "
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL-5, " "
"OLYMPIC" GULL-3, " "
ROCK DOVE
MOURNING DOVE
BELTED KINGFISHER
NORTHERN FLICKER
AMERICAN CROW
COMMON RAVEN
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE-1, Fishook
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH-1, Fishook
MARSH WREN
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET-2, Fishook
AMERICAN ROBIN
CEDAR WAXWING-10, Fishook
EUROPEAN STARLING
YELLOW-RUMPED (AUDUBON'S) WARBLER-10, Hood Park, Fishook
SPOTTED TOWHEE
SONG SPARROW
SWAMP SPARROW-1, McNary, called in with tape from cattails
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW-1, Madame Dorian Park
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW-100 at Madame Dorian, 50 at Fishook
DARK-EYED (OREGON) JUNCO-50
DARK-EYED (SLATE-COLORED ) JUNCO-1 at Fishook
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD-2,500 mostly at at Iowa Beef
WESTERN MEADOWLARK-10, McNary
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD-100, Iowa Beef
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD-3,000, Iowa Beef
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD-30, Iowa Beef
HOUSE FINCH-50, widespread
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH-10, Fishook
HOUSE SPARROW-500, Iowa Beef

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA
steppie at wolfenet.com