Subject: Census Count: Chamna Nature Preserve, Benton County, Washington on May 02, 2000
Date: May 2 14:48:22 2000
From: gmink at bentonrea.com - gmink at bentonrea.com


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Partially sunny, moderate winds. A pair of Osprey seem intent on
building a nest on the top of a rock crushing tower in the middle of
Acme Construction Co.'s concrete preparation area. Was interesting
to watch one Osprey packing a 3-foot stick and flying into a stong
wind pass through cloud of dust being discharged from the rock
crusher. Neither bird seemed intimidated by all of the trucks and
commotion going on around them.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant 1
Canada Goose 15
Mallard 12
Bufflehead 12
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 3
California Quail 15
Killdeer 4
American Avocet 6
Caspian Tern 2
Rock Dove 25
Mourning Dove 5
Northern Flicker 1
Western Kingbird 8
Black-billed Magpie 5
American Crow 8
Bank Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 2
American Robin 5
European Starling 8
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 10
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2

Total number of species seen: 32