Subject: Rattlesnake MT Hawk Watch - 1st day
Date: Sep 15 19:22:33 2001
From: Dennis K Rockwell - dennis.rockwell at gte.net


Today Al Mangold (of Seattle) and I conducted a Hawk Watch and bird survey
from three locations on the ridge of the Rattlesnake Hills northwest from
the summit of Rattlesnake MT (elevation 1074 meters - 3600 ft) approximately
one mile to the"pumphouse" on the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve in the Hanford
Reach National Monument, Benton County. The following is a list of the
birds we observed from those locations.

Northern Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 9
American Kestrel 4
Prairie Falcon 4
Peregrine Falcon 1
Chukar 35
Common Nighthawk 1
Northern Flicker 2
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 3
Hermit Thrush 2
European Starling 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Rock Wren 3
Canyon Wren 1
Barn Swallow 5
Horned Lark 40+
American Pipit 15+
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-crowned Sparrow 25+
Dark-eyed Junco 40+
Savannah Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 1

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