Subject: today's Lower Columbia Basin AS field trip
Date: Nov 17 16:36:57 2001
From: Dennis K Rockwell - dennis.rockwell at gte.net


Sites visited / birded today were: East Kennewick, Two Rivers County Park,
MCNary NWR & Sacajawea State Park.

60 species tallied. I've capitalized the one's I feel are worthy of special
note. Was surprised, given all we did see, that we found no Varied
Thrushes.

Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 27 in a roost at Two Rivers
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Loon
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
SAY'S PHOEBE - on the Corps dike by the grain elevators east of the Cable
Bridge in East Kennewick. This a month later than
any record I'm aware of currently.
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Cedar Waxwing
American Robin
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
House Sparrow
PINE SISKIN - 10-15 with a flock of A. Goldfinch at Two Rivers
American Goldfinch
House Finch
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - Two Rivers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
FOX SPARROW - slate-colored at Two Rivers
Song Sparrow
HARRIS'S SPARROW - in same bush that Fox Sparrow was under at Two Rivers
White-crowned Sparrow
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - under the feeder in my back yard at Two Rivers
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW - in Sacajawea SP
Dark-eyed Junco
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird


Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net