Subject: Census Count: Clallam County, Washington on April 17, 2003
Date: Apr 21 01:34:00 2003
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This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: April 17, 2003
Location: Clallam County, Washington

Low temperature: 13 degrees celsius High temperature: 13 degrees celsius
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 70%
Precipitation: drizzle

The following birds were seen by Wayne Weber at the Kitchen Dick Road
ponds and vicinity, near Sequim, WA, between 06:30 and 07:30 PM on
April 17, 2003.

There was light drizzle at first, remaining from a heavy rainshower
that occurred before 6 PM, but the drizzle stopped by 7 PM.

In addition to the bird species listed below, a hybrid male EURASIAN
X AMERICAN WIGEON was seen on the ponds.

Two PACIFIC TREE-FROGS were heard calling.


Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Gadwall 3
American Wigeon 55
Mallard 35
Northern Shoveler 12
Green-Winged Teal 2 [1]
Canvasback 1 [2]
Ring-necked Duck 5 [3]
Lesser Scaup 5
Bufflehead 5 [4]
Ruddy Duck 2 [5]
American Kestrel 1 [6]
American Coot 7
Killdeer 4
Western Sandpiper 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Northwestern Crow 20
Common Raven 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
American Robin 8
European Starling 50
Common Yellowthroat 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Brewer's Blackbird 26
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 6

Footnotes:

[1] Green-winged Teal-- pair
[2] Canvasback-- male
[3] Ring-necked Duck-- 1m, 4f
[4] Bufflehead-- 2m, 3f
[5] Ruddy Duck-- pair
[6] American Kestrel-- female

Total number of species seen: 32