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

Date: September 22, 2004
Location: Potholes Wildlife Area, Grant County, Washington

Low temperature: 72 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 72 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 80%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were seen by Wayne Weber between about noon and 3
PM on September 22, 2004 at Perch Point, on the east side of Potholes
Reservoir near Moses Lake, Grant County, WA.

The most noteworthy species were BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, both of which are scarce migrants in this area. At least two
Black-bellies had been present for several days.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Western Grebe 1
American White Pelican 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Mallard 2
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-Winged Teal 20
Black-bellied Plover 3 [1]
Semipalmated Plover 1 [2]
Killdeer 5
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3 [3]
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 12
Common Snipe 1 [4]
Ring-billed Gull 25
California Gull 2 [5]
Herring Gull 2 [6]
Common Tern 3 [7]
Northern Flicker 3
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 1
Barn Swallow 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
White-crowned Sparrow 12 [8]
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brewer's Blackbird 1
House Finch 10
House Sparrow 4

Footnotes:

[1] Black-bellied Plovers-- feeding along edge of shallow pond with
or near dowitchers
[2] Semipalmated Plover-- heard flying overhead
[3] Spotted Sandpipers-- winter plumage, feeding along sandy shore
of reservoir
[4] Common Snipe-- feeding along muddy edge of pond with dowitchers
[5] California Gull-- adults
[6] Herring Gull-- adults; early fall arrivals?
[7] Common Terns-- feeding far out in Potholes Reservoir
[8] White-crowned Sparrow-- feeding flock (mixed with House Finches
and House Sparrows) in weeds along entrance road

Total number of species seen: 30