Tweeters,

Below is a list of birds observed or heard on Saturdays WOS fieldtrip to
Elk Meadows RV Park (1.6 miles west of Trout Lake on SR-141, then 0.9 miles
north to the RV park), then north to Takkakah Lake on the
northwest shoulder of Mt. Adams, and finally the Potato Hill area on the
western boundary of the Yakama Indian Reservation.

A significant number of forest songbirds were "heard only" sightings. This
May-July dependence on songs and calls was especially driven home to me as a
leader, who dearly wished more of these birds would expose themselves to our
binos. Without playback tapes, one simply does not see many species
readily. We did not use tapes, save for the Hermit Warbler. Species "heard
only" are marked below.

I invite corrections/additions to this list, especially by Jeff Swift, who
kept the trip list.

EM - Elk Meadows
T - Takkakah Lake
PH - Potato Hill

H - heard only

Turkey Vulture - EM
Canada Goose - EM
Wood Duck - EM
Mallard - EM
Green-winged Teal - EM
Osprey-1 being harassed by Red-winged Blackbirds at EM, another bird at T
Red-tailed Hawk - EM
American Kestrel - EM
California Quail
Virginia Rail - EM (H)
American Coot - EM
California Gull
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon - 6+ at EM
Mourning Dove - EM
Common Nighthawk - EM
Vaux's Swift - EM
Rufous Hummingbird - EM
Red-breasted Sapsucker - nest at EM, adults feeding young caterpillars
gleaned from new shoots of Grand Fir
Downy Woodpecker - EM
Northern Flicker - EM
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher - EM (H)
Western Wood-Pewee - EM
Willow Flycatcher - EM (H)
Hammond's Flycatcher - EM (H)
Cassin's Vireo - EM (H)
Warbling Vireo - EM and elsewhere (H)
Gray Jay - T
Steller's Jay - EM, T
Clark's Nutcracker - EM, PH
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow - Trout Lake
Common Raven - EM, T, PH
Tree Swallow - EM
Violet-green Swallow - Trout Lake
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - EM, nesting in cut bank
Cliff Swallow - Trout Lake
Barn Swallow - Trout Lake
Black-capped Chickadee - EM
Mountain Chickadee - PH
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - EM, T, PH
Red-breasted Nuthatch - both adults feeding young in snag at EM, T
Winter Wren - T (H)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - EM, PH (H)
Western Bluebird - Trout Lake
Mountain Bluebird - PH
Swainson's Thrush - EM (H)
Hermit Thrush - T, PH (H)
American Robin - EM, T, PH
Varied Thrush - T (H)
European Starling - EM
Cedar Waxwing - EM
Orange-crowned Warbler - EM (H)
Nashville Warbler - EM (H)
Yellow Warbler - EM
Yellow-rumped Warbler - EM, T, PH
Townsend's Warbler - EM (H)
Hermit Warbler - T, nice views of 1 male bird, seemed "pure"
MacGillivray's Warbler - EM
Common Yellowthroat - EM (H)
Western Tanager - EM (H)
Spotted Towhee - EM
Chipping Sparrow - Trout Lake, EM
Savannah Sparrow - EM
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) - several singing birds in shrub-lined
fields in Trout Lake
White-crowned Sparrow (gambeli) - 3+ singing birds at PH, nice comparisions
between songs of these two races only 1 hour apart! Thanks to Barb Jensen
for help in clarification between these 2 subspecies
Dark-eyed Junco - EM, T, PH
Black-headed Grosbeak - Trout Lake
Lazuli Bunting - overlook at 4,000 on FR-23 (H)
Red-winged Blackbird - EM
Western Meadowlark - Trout Lake
Brewer's Blackbird - Trout Lake
Brown-headed Cowbird - Trout Lake, EM
Cassin's Finch - PH (H)
House Finch - Trout Lake
Red Crossbill - EM (H)
Pine Siskin - EM, T, PH
American Goldfinch - Trout Lake, EM, T, PH
Evening Grosbeak - PH

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA
steppie at nwinfo.net