Greetings All:
This morning 8 birders did the monthly census of Kent Ponds, or Green River
Natural Resources Area. The weather was quite favorable (census was
postponed last week due to rain) and we ended up with somewhere over 70
species. A few species of mention with approximate numbers are listed below.

KENT PONDS (8:00AM-1:00PM):
Cackling Goose (180+)
Wood Duck (1)
Eurasian Wigeon (3)
American Wigeon (300+)
Northern Pintail (120+)
Green-winged Teal (150+)
Canvasback (2)
Bufflehead (3m.)
Common Merganser (1)
Ruddy Duck (2f.)
California Quail (1)-heard.
Pied-billed Grebe (20+)
American Bittern (1)-flushed near east mound.
Green Heron (2)
OSPREY (1): late individual, flying around meadow.
Northern Harrier (1)
Cooper's Hawk (2-3)
American Kestrel (1)
Merlin (1): columbarius-type.
Virginia Rail (5)-heard, dike road.
Long-billed Dowitcher (5)
Wilson's Snipe (5)
Mourning Dove (2)-after census.
Anna's Hummingbird (1)-flew by near Anixer Bldg.
Red-breasted Sapsucker (1)-central parking lot.
Northern Shrike (2): 1-HY, 1-ad.
Hermit Thrush (2)
Varied Thrush (3)
American Pipit (12)
Cedar Waxwing (15)
Orange-crowned Warbler (1)
YELLOW WARBLER (1): very late bird.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (70+): 60% Myrtle.
Lincoln's Sparrow (8)
Western Meadowlark (16)-singing.
Brown-headed Cowbird (2)
Purple Finch (2f.)
Pine Siskin (20)

BOEING NORTH POND (1:40):
Cackling Goose (150)
Lesser-type goose (20)
REDHEAD (1m.)
Bufflehead (4)
Hooded Merganser (12)
Peregrine Falcon (1ad. f): flew off to west w/full crop.
American Kestrel (1ad. m)

FRAGER ROAD (2:00):
Lincoln's Sparrow (12)
White-crowned Sparrow (100+)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (20)

SMITH BROTHERS DAIRY (2:30)
Northern Shrike (1)
American Pipit (30)

THOMAS WETLAND (2:45)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)

That's about all
Cheers and good birding,
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington