Subject: Birding Trip Report: Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington on October 23, 2001
Date: Oct 23 23:42:31 2001
From: lcain at seasurf.net - lcain at seasurf.net
This report was mailed for Lee Cain by http://birdnotes.net
Date: October 23, 2001
Location: Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington
Low temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 50 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: SE
Prevailing wind speed: 12-19 km/h gusting to: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Precipitation: drizzle
A late posting: I observed the following birds in the Port
Townsend/Discovery Bay area over 10/20-21/01. Most were from a
vehicle so the list is not the result of a comprehensive count.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-Winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Rhinoceros Auklet
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
House Sparrow
Total number of species seen: 47