Subject: Rattlesnake MT Hawk Watch - 2nd day
Date: Sep 16 18:52:29 2001
From: Dennis K Rockwell - dennis.rockwell at gte.net


Today Al Mangold, Phil Bartley 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.


Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Golden Eagle 2
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker 5, including a red shaft/yellow shaft intergrade.
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Say's Phoebe 2
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 5
Loggerhead Shrike 2
Mountain Bluebird 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 2
European Starling 5
Rock Wren 9
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Horned Lark 50+
American Pipit 2+
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Fox Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 30+
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 25+
Savannah Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Western Meadowlark 10+

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