Subject: Saturday on the Black River, Thurston County, Washington
Date: May 19 21:02:11 2002
From: Douglas Canning - dcanning at nisquallyestuary.org


Date: May 18, 2002
Location: Black River, Thurston County, Washington

Saturday evening I canoed the river between 1650 and 2005 from the
boat launch south of Little Rock at river mile 15.35, down stream to
the slough mouth at RM 14.1, then up the slough ~0.4 mile to the
landing on Mima Prairie, and return. Miles paddled: 2.9. Most notable
were the 3 Osprey, the largest number I've ever seen here.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 [1]
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1 [2]
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4 [3]
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 3 [4]
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1 [5]
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata) 2 [6]
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2 [7]
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 8 [8]
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 4 [9]
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 7
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 25 [10]
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 5
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) 1 [11]
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 [12]

Footnotes:

[1] Seen repeatedly.
[2] Female.
[3] 2 females separately, plus 1 pair.
[4] At least three fishing, with one carrying prey down river.
[5] Male in flight across the river.
[6] Seen and later heard.
[7] Heard.
[8] Mostly at RM 14.1 area.
[9] Mostly at RM 14.1 area.
[10] Mostly heard. Census approximate.
[11] Heard.
[12] Heard.

Total number of species seen: 15

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at nisquallyestuary.org
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