Subject: Census Count: Grant County, Washington on September 14, 2004
Date: Sep 21 03:52:34 2004
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This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: September 14, 2004
Location: Grant County, Washington

Temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were seen by Wayne Weber at Lind Coulee, near the
SE corner of Potholes Reservoir, Grant Co., WA on September 14, 2004
between about 5:30 and 6:30 PM.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

American White Pelican 3 [1]
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 [2]
Mallard 15
Green-Winged Teal 70
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Western Sandpiper 18
Least Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1 [3]
Long-billed Dowitcher 25
Ring-billed Gull 300
Great Horned Owl 1 [4]
Northern Flicker 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
Barn Swallow 40
American Robin 1
American Pipit 3
Wilson's Warbler 1
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 600
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2
Brewer's Blackbird 10

Footnotes:

[1] Am. White Pelican-- 3 flying over to E
[2] B.-C. Night-Heron-- all immatures
[3] Stilt Sandpiper-- seen at close range, Stilt Sandpiper--
feeding with yellowlegs and peeps in shallow water
[4] Great Horned Owl-- heard hooting in thicket to the NE

Total number of species seen: 27