Date: June 11, 2001
Location: McLane Creek Nature Trail, Thurston County, Washington

Temperature: 12 degrees celsius
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h gusting to: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 50%
Precipitation: none

Here between 1605 and 1735; walked trails in figure-8 loop.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2 [1]
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 7 [2]
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 1 [3]
Unidentified Empidonax (Empidonax sp.) 1
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) present
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 2 [4]
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 6 [5]
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) present [6]
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 [7]
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) present [8]

Footnotes:

[1] Late downy juveniles.
[2] 2 males in eclipse; 2 males in breeding; 1 female; and 2
juveniles.
[3] Heard.
[4] Heard.
[5] Heard.
[6] Heard or seen almost everywhere -- too many to distinguish for a
count.
[7] Heard.
[8] 4 males singing; females and juveniles in Typha latifolia stands.

Total number of species seen: 12

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at igc.org
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