Tweeters,

I only spelled it "Fishook" ~ 9 times in the e-mail below. Looking at it
again, I note my error, it's "Fishhook." Boy, Tweeterites can be sometimes
so kind (no one informed be of this boo-boo), at other times so quick to
jump on their kin! Hmmm....

Andy

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> From: Andy Stepniewski <steppie at wolfenet.com>
> To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: WESTERN WALLA WALLA COUNTY - 14 NOVEMBER 1999
> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 7:53 AM
>
> 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