Subject: Birding West Kittitas County Area
Date: May 26 22:41:49 2001
From: Hughbirder at aol.com - Hughbirder at aol.com


12 birders, led by Mike West, went on an ELWAS field trip that started at the
summit, then exit 60 and lower end of Stampede Pass Road, exit 70 to Yakima
R. public access, Roslyn exit and up Trendwest Road a short way, Robinson
Canyon, Umtanum Road, ponds NE of I-90 and main Ellensburg intersection,
Faust Road, Hungry Junction Road. We left Issaquah P&R at 0630 and got back
12 hours later. A total of 92 species on a sunny, calm, very warm day.

Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture - 3 at Roslyn exit
Osprey - at nest on Stampede Pass Road
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 12 including 3 young in one nest on Hungry Junction Road
Golden Eagle - 1 in Robinson Canyon
American Kestrel - 2
Ring-necked Pheasant
Blue Grouse - heard in Robinson Canyon
California Quail
American Coot
Common Snipe - Hungry Junction Road
Long-billed Curlew - Hungry Junction Road
Spotted Sandpiper
Killdeer
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon - at a feeder at Snoq. Summit
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl - 1 adult and 2 young near intersection of Faust & Dry Creek
road
Short-eared Owl - Hungry Junction Road
Vaux's Swift
Calliope Hummingbird - Roslyn exit
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis's Woodpecker - Robinson Canyon
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Say's Phoebe - Umtanum Road
Western Kingbird - nesting on power pole at entrance to Robinson Canyon
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
American Dipper - Yakima R. on Stampede Pass Road
Western Bluebird - Umtanum Road
Mountain Bluebird - Umtanum Road
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Sage Thrasher - Umtanum Road
European Starling
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Horned Lark
House Sparrow
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Purple Finch
House Finch
Evening Grosbeak
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler - Roslyn exit
Townsend's Warbler - Stampede Pass Road
MacGillivray's Warbler
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow - Umtanum Road
Vesper Sparrow - Umtanum Road
Spotted Towhee
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting - Robinson Canyon
Bullock's Oriole - Robinson Canyon
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird