Subject: Census Count: Lummi Flats, Whatcom County, Washington on February 07, 2004
Date: Feb 13 04:21:07 2004
From: contopus at telus.net - contopus at telus.net


This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: February 7, 2004
Location: Lummi Flats, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 45 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 20%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber at Lummi Flats,
Whatcom County, WA between about 2:00 and 4:30 PM on February 7,
2004. Areas covered were North and South Red River Roads, Hillaire
Road, and Kwina Road. There was a lot of standing water in the
fields, and more waterfowl than I usually see on the flats.

The count of Common Ravens (25) was unusually high. Twenty of these
were in one flock, flying south near the intersection of Hillair and
Kwina Roads.

I also heard at least 6 PACIFIC TREE FROGS calling at scattered
localities on the flats.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron 5
Trumpeter Swan 8 [1]
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 400
Mallard 200
Northern Pintail 1500
Green-Winged Teal 30
Hooded Merganser 1 [2]
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 9
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Killdeer 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 150
Rock Dove 4
Short-eared Owl 6
Northern Flicker 2
Northern Shrike 1
Northwestern Crow 30
Common Raven 25
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 6
European Starling 300
Spotted Towhee 1
Fox Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 20
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Western Meadowlark 4
Brewer's Blackbird 100
House Finch 10
House Sparrow 4

Footnotes:

[1] Trumpeter Swan -- 5 ad., 3 imm.
[2] Hooded Merganser -- 1 female

Total number of species seen: 37