Subject: Lincoln Cr. + Bunker Cr. Birding
Date: May 4 18:56:19 2002
From: David Hayden - dtvhm at nwrain.com
Jim Pruske and I birded mainly Lewis County in the Lincoln Creek and
Bunker Creek areas. We had a few new tips from Roger on where to find
some birds. We started the day in Thurston County at the big meadow from
Meadows Rd. and worked our way along Prather Rd. to Lincoln Creek. We
ran into Roger at Teague Rd. where he had told us about some Long Billed
Curlews at the big meadow in which we had just came from about an hour
earlier. We worked our route to come back to the big meadow later in the
day. At 3:00pm, we returned, but there were no curlews. However, we did
get some shorebirds at the Carley Dairy, and find our third White Tailed
Kite of the day.
Big Meadow at Meadows Rd. (Thurston Co.)
Ring Necked Pheasant - 1
American Goldfinches
Bald Eagle - 1
Yellow Warbler - 1
American Bittern - 1
Prather Rd. from the Carley Dairy to the Chehalis River (Thurston Co.)
American Bittern - 1
Cinnamon Teal - 2
Green Winged Teal - 2
American Wigeon - 2
Ring Necked Duck - 2
Scrub Jay - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Northern Rough Winged Swallow - 2
White Tailed Kite - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 16
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Least Sandpiper - many
Dunlin
Prather Rd. and Bicknell Rd. (Thurston Co.)
Hooded Merganser - 14
Wood Duck - 6
Ruffed Grouse - 1
Northern Rough Winged Swallow - 5
Brown Creeper
Pacific Slope Flycatcher - 2
Wilson's Warbler
Black Throated Gray Warbler
Cassin's Vireo - 1
Teague Rd. (Lewis Co.)
Common Snipe - 3
American Goldfinch - 4
Wilson's Warbler
Orange Crowned Warbler
Yellow Rumped Warbler - 1
Lincoln Creek Hunt Club Ponds (Lewis Co.)
Least Sandpiper - 25+
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Ring Necked Pheasant - 1
Bald Eagle - 2
Bunker Creek + Ingalls Rd. (Lewis Co.)
Black Headed Grosbeak - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Bunker Creek Rd. dead end (Lewis Co.)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Band Tailed Pigeon - 60+
Black Throated Gray Warbler
Yellow Warbler - 2
Pacific Slope Flycatcher - 1
Orange Crowned Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Patton Ranch (Lewis Co.)
White Tailed Kite - 1
Band Tailed Pigeon
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Bushtit - flock
Town of Adna (Lewis Co.)
Scrub Jay - 1
Pleasant Valley Rd. (Lewis Co.)
White Tailed Kite - 1
Old Hwy. 99 near Galvin (Lewis Co.)
Scrub Jay - 1
Dave Hayden
Lakewood, WA
dtvhm at nwrain.com