----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan
To: tweeters at u.washigton.edu
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 6:24 AM
Subject: Fw: White Pass area "burn"



----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan
To: tweeters at u.washington
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 5:53 AM
Subject: White Pass area "burn"


Hello Tweets,

Yesterday my Ken Knittle, Marv Breece, Wayne Tillay, and my mother, and I birded the White Pass area, aminly at the "burn", just NW of the end of FR 1284, off of Hwy.12. Ken Knittle, Marv Breece, Wayne Tillay, anI(Patrick)met my mother at White Pass at 10am, but checked the area near the OVENBIRD location, as it was on the way to the pass for birds. No Ovenbird was heard or seen at the original site, but closer to Packwood along Cannon Rd, were 2 LAZULI BUNTINGS, and a few other more common species. We headed east to Rimock Lake, where a single WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER was noted, then at a little after 10am met my mother at White Pass.

We briefly birded the Lewis County side of the pass, from the large gravel parkinglot on the west side of Hwy.12, where a a pair of WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS were at an actve nest at the SW corner of the parking lot, and 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were present in the marsh along the south perimeter of the parking lot. A few Evening Grosbeaks, and 4+ CASSIN'S FINCHES were observed at the north end of the lot, feeding on grit along the ground. By 10:40am we all were at the W end of FR 1284, where we then proceeded NW towards the burn, as the weather was fair, but not too warm. We mainly travelled the same way I did on the 4th of July, but slower as we birded along the way. A single NASHVILLE WARBLER, a good Lewis County bird, was observed by Marv, but could not be relocated on attempt later, being the best bird before we all got to the burn. At the burn we almost immediately heard and observed a single NORTHERN THREE-TOED and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. Then a few of us proceeded further into the burn for more exploration. A list of the species noted follows:

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER 5 birds; 1 active nest located
NORTHERN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 7 birds, 1 active nest located
BLUE GROUSE 1 calling bird below the eastern most part of the burn
Hairy Woodpecker 4 birds
CLARK'S NUTCRACKER 10 birds
Gray Jay 7 birds(4 adults, 3 juvenals)
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE 5 birds
Hermit and Varied Thrushes many singing throughout the area, mainly from the forested area surrounding the burn
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (4) 2 pair
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE 1 bird below the eastern most part of the burn
CASSIN'S FINCH 2 birds
Yellow-rumped"Audubon's" Warbler 2 birds
CHIPPING SPARROW 4 birds
FOX SPARROW 1 singing bird from the vegetated hillside south of the burn
Oregon Junco 14 birds

More woodpeckers were noted than on my previous encounter, as more terrain was covered, and believe this to be a good site for several years to come. The nestsites were located by the presence of the young birds calling from holes, as the adults were calling nearby from burnt trees, which the young are probably ready to leave the nest any day, as they on occasion stuck their heads out waiting for food from the adults.

Good Birding,

Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
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