Between 0815 and 1200 I walked (mostly) and drove the west side of
Cassimer Bar at the mouth of the Okanogan River, including the shore
of Lake Pateros. Most notable were the 44 American White Pelican.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1 [1]
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1 [2]
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 44 [3]
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 20 [4]
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 [5]
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2 [6]
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 75 [7]
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2 [8]
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2 [9]
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 5 [10]
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 [11]
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 2 [12]
American Coot (Fulica americana) 480 [13]
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 6 [14]
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 10 [15]
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 [16]
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 1 [17]
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 [18]
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) ? [19]
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) ? [20]
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) ? [21]
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 6 [22]
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 265 [23]
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 7 [24]
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2 [25]
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 1 [26]

Footnotes:

[1] Heard on Lake Pateros.
[2] On Lake Pateros, juvenile.
[3] On bar into Lake Pateros.
[4] On bar into Lake Pateros.
[5] On a pond.
[6] Over grasslands.
[7] Over flight.
[8] On a pond.
[9] On a pond.
[10] On Lake Pateros.
[11] Over flight.
[12] In savannah.
[13] Most on Lake Pateros; some on a pond.
[14] On lakeshore berms and beaches.
[15] On Lake Pateros.
[16] On a wire in grasslands.
[17] At pond edge.
[18] Heard.
[19] Over lake and ponds; juveniles seen.
[20] Over lake and ponds.
[21] Heard in woodlands.
[22] Heard in marshes.
[23] Common; likely more here than censused.
[24] In brush.
[25] On beach and in brush.
[26] In brush.

Total number of species seen: 26

This report was mailed for Doug Canning by http://birdnotes.net


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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at nisquallyestuary.org
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