Today Phil Bartley, Dale Litzenberger, Becky Bechtold, Chris Simonen and I
conducted
a Hawk Watch and bird survey on the ridge of the Rattlesnake Hills northwest
from the summit of Rattlesnake MT (elevation 1074 meters - 3600 ft) on the
Arid Lands Ecology Reserve in the Hanford Reach National Monument, Benton
County. (See DeLorme page 39, A-B, 4) The following is a list of the birds
we observed.


Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Accipiter species 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 2
Golden Eagle 3
Prairie Falcon 3
unidentified raptor 2
Chukar 40+
Common Raven 3
Mountain Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 6
Varied Thrush 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Rock Wren 3
Winter Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6+
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6+
Horned Lark 40+
American Pipit 1
Pine Siskin 1
House Finch 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Fox Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 6+
Golden-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 8+

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