Today Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, Larry Bowman, Laurie Ness 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 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Golden Eagle 3
American Kestrel 2
Chukar 42
Sandhill Crane 30
Black-billed Magpie 1
Common Raven 4
Mountain Bluebird 4
European Starling 12
Rock Wren 1
Barn Swallow 6
Horned Lark 52
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Lapland Longspur 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 14
Spotted Towhee 1


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