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Subject: Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington on July 02, 2001


> This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net
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> Date: July 2, 2001
> Location: Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington
>
> Low temperature: 55 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 75 degrees
fahrenheit
> Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
> Precipitation: none
>
> The following list is of birds observed in the Dugualla Bay atlas
> square (Township 33N, Range 2E, NW quarter) during field work for
the Island County Breeding Bird Atlas on July 2, 2001. I worked the
area between 07:40 and 13:40, Pacific Standard Time. Habitats covered
included second-growth conifer and mixed forest, residential areas,
Dugualla Lagoon (freshwater)and adjacent marshy habitat, hayfields,
and saltwater shorelines.
>
> Of the total of 65 species observed, 6 were considered to be
> "Confirmed" breeders, 18 were "Probable" breeders, 37 were
"Possible" breeders, and 4 were considered to be non-breeders.
>
> The biggest surprise was the scarcity of Northwestern Crow-- only
one bird seen, and that at almost the end of the coverage!

Mammals seen included one Blacktail Deer and 5 Douglas Squirrels.
>
> In the following list, CO= confirmed breeding; PR= probable; PO=
> possible; OB= observed
>
> Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
>
> Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 3 [1]
> Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 24 [2]
> Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 12 [3]
> Gadwall (Anas strepera) 16 [4]
> Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 12 [5]
> Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 1 [6]
> Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 1 [7]
> Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 5 [8]
> Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 [9]
> Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2 [10]
> California Quail (Callipepla californica) 2 [11]
> Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 [12]
> Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 5 [13]
> Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) 1 [14]
> Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 4 [15]
> Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) 6 [16]
> Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata) 1 [17]
> Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 1 [18]
> Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 2 [19]
> Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 [20]
> Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 2 [21]
> Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) 2 [22]
> Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) 9 [23]
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) 2 [24]
> Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) 3 [25]
> Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 2 [26]
> Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 2 [27]
> Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) 1 [28]
> Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2 [29]
> Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 8 [30]
> Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 3 [31]
> Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 18 [32]
> Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 [33]
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 6 [34]
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 3 [35]
> Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 2 [36]
> Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 4 [37]
> House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 3 [38]
> Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) 4 [39]
> Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 2 [40]
> Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 22 [41]
> American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 28 [42]
> European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 10 [43]
> Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 10 [44]
> Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) 5 [45]
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) 1 [46]
> Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) 1 [47]
> Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 [48]
> Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) 4 [49]
> Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) 6 [50]
> Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 8 [51]
> Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 4 [52]
> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 16 [53]
> White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 13 [54]
> Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 6 [55]
> Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 13 [56]
> Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 8 [57]
> Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 33 [58]
> Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 9 [59]
> Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 8 [60]
> House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 18 [61]
> Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 12 [62]
> Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 5 [63]
> American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 12 [64]
> House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 13 [65]
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [1] PR
> [2] PO
> [3] PO
> [4] CO-- several broods seen
> [5] CO-- several broods seen
> [6] male-- PO
> [7] eclipse male-- OB
> [8] OB
> [9] PO
> [10] PR
> [11] PO
> [12] PO
> [13] OB
> [14] PO
> [15] OB
> [16] PO-- offshore pilings could provide nest sites for 2-3 pairs
> [17] PO
> [18] female-- PO
> [19] PR
> [20] PO
> [21] PO
> [22] PO
> [23] PR
> [24] PO
> [25] PO
> [26] PO
> [27] PO
> [28] PO
> [29] PO
> [30] PR
> [31] PO
> [32] CO-- active nest seen
> [33] PO
> [34] PO
> [35] PO
> [36] PO
> [37] PO
> [38] PO
> [39] PO
> [40] PO
> [41] PR
> [42] CO
> [43] PO
> [44] PR
> [45] PR
> [46] CO-- fledglings seen with adult
> [47] PO
> [48] PO
> [49] PO
> [50] PR
> [51] PR
> [52] PO
> [53] PR
> [54] PR
> [55] CO-- young fledglings seen
> [56] PR
> [57] PR
> [58] PO
> [59] PR
> [60] PR
> [61] PR
> [62] PO
> [63] PO
> [64] PO
> [65] PO
>
> Total number of species seen: 65
>
>