Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Grant County, Washington on October 18,
Date: Oct 24 02:19:14 2004
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This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: October 18, 2004
Location: Grant County, Washington

Low temperature: 50 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 55 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: S
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h gusting to: 12-19 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 60%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were seen at Coulee City, Grant County, WA on
October 18, 2004 from about 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM, and again from
about 4:00 to 5:15 PM. Observers were Wayne Weber and Doug Schonewald
during the first observation period, and Weber alone during the
second observation period. Observations were mainly at the marina and
civic park on Banks Lake, with a brief visit to the sewage treatment
ponds.


Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 12
Horned Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 1
Western Grebe 20
American White Pelican 15 [1]
Canada Goose 50
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 50 [2]
Mallard 40
Northern Shoveler 10 [3]
Northern Pintail 2
Canvasback 16
Redhead 14
Ring-necked Duck 5
Greater Scaup 6
Lesser Scaup 20
Bufflehead 10 [4]
Northern Harrier 1 [5]
American Coot 1000
Killdeer 17 [6]
Bonaparte's Gull 1 [7]
Ring-billed Gull 8 [8]
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 2
European Starling 20
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 10
House Sparrow 6

Footnotes:

[1] Am. White Pelican-- About 8 sitting on island in Banks Lale, 7
more scattered over the lake, some close to the marina
[2] Am. Wigeon-- scattered throughout coot flock
[3] N. Shoveler-- most of these ar sewage ponds
[4] Bufflehead-- 2 at sewage ponds, rest near marina
[5] N. Harrier-- one flew across Banks Lake
[6] Killdeer-- flock of 15 at sewage ponds, 2 at marina
[7] Bonaparte's Gull-- at sewage ponds
[8] Ring-billed Gull-- 1 on sewage ponds, rest at marina

Total number of species seen: 29