Subject: Census Count: Satus WRA Main Unit, Yakima County, Washington on April 28, 2000
Date: Apr 28 21:09:51 2000
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Sunny day with light winds in the morning and very strong winds all
afternoon. Managed to get very good video of a young bald eagle
clinging to the top of snag in the wind. Also close video of a mother
Killdeer and four young chicks, three of which tried successfully to
hide beneath her body.

Birds seen (in alphabetic order):

American Avocet 5
American Bittern 4
American Coot 35
American Crow 5
American Goldfinch 4
American Kestrel 4
American Robin 1
American White Pelican 1
Bald Eagle 2
Bank Swallow 100
Barn Swallow 20
Black-billed Magpie 15
California Quail 33
Canada Goose 15
Canvasback 2
Cinnamon Teal 8
Common Raven 1
Common Snipe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Dunlin 2
European Starling 500
Gadwall 6
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Green-Winged Teal 2
House Finch 2
Killdeer 16
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Long-billed Curlew 1
Mallard 40
Marsh Wren 5
Mourning Dove 3
Mute Swan 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Flicker 6
Northern Harrier 4
Northern Shoveler 4
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Western Meadowlark 4
Western Sandpiper 10
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Wood Duck 10
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4

Total number of species seen: 47