Subject: Fw: Loomis Lake, Pacific County, Washington on May 15, 2002
Date: May 18 16:43:50 2002
From: DanW - dewdrop129 at hotmail.com



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Subject: Loomis Lake, Pacific County, Washington on May 15, 2002


> This report was mailed for Daniel Williams by http://birdnotes.net
>
> Date: May 15, 2002
> Location: Loomis Lake, Pacific County, Washington
>
> Low temperature: 46 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 55 degrees
fahrenheit
> Wind direction: NE
> Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h gusting to: 12-19 km/h
> Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
> Precipitation: none
>
> This count was in the Loomis Lake State Park on the east side of the
> highway. We counted both on the small dock and in the woods and deep
> undergrowth.
> Very interesting bird trip for us. We located a brand new Osprey Nest
> in the making! And spotted one very unusual bird for Pacific County a
> Lapland Longspur!!!
>
> Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
>
> Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 [1]
> Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
> Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 7 [2]
> Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 5
> Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2 [3]
> Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 2
> Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1
> Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 [4]
> Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 6
> Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 2 [5]
> Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 [6]
> Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) 1
> Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) 2
> Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1
> Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 6
> American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 12
> Common Raven (Corvus corax) 3
> Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
> Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
> Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 2 [7]
> American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
> Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1 [8]
> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
> Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 2 [9]
> Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) 1 [10]
> Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 6
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [1] Circled several times over Loomis Lake and then left.
> [2] The giant race
> [3] Starting a brand new 1st year nest!
> [4] Saw only one, flew over the lake to the east side.
> [5] heard only. They were chattering back and fourth.
> [6] heard only. From the deep woods.
> [8] 1st sighting for us this year. Was deep in undergrowth.

> [10] In the VERY top of a largeBeach Pine singing away. Only caught a
> quick glimpse but the voice matches desciption in books!
> According to my county checklist they have only been seen 5+
> times in Pacific County.
>
> Total number of species seen: 27
>
>
>


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