Subject: [Tweeters] Great birds in Walla Walla Co.
Date: Aug 19 19:59:18 2007
From: dave templeton - crazydave65 at inbox.com


is the swainson's number 33 or 3? if the former, tell us more.

tks,

dave templeton
fall city, wa
crazydave65at inbox dot com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: m.denny at charter.net
> Sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:28:46 -0800
> To: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu, tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Great birds in Walla Walla Co.
>
> Hello All,
>
> Today under heavy overcast and rain we went looking for grounded
> vagrants.
> We located the following great birds:
>
> American Redstart - 1 male in willows by Hwy 730 pullout just west of
> Port
> Kelly in western Walla Walla County. #227 for our county year
> list.Photographed
> American Golden Plover - at Dodd road "blood" ponds just past the Tyson
> plant. This bird is in eclipse plumage. Photographed.
> Also at these ponds:
> Pectoral Sandpiper - 3
> Baird's Sandpiper - 32
> Western Sandpiper - 200
> Least Sandpiper - 50
> Killdeer - 30
> Yellow-headed Blackbirds - 45
>
> At the pond behind Tyson:
> Red-necked Phalarope - 190
> Wilson's Phalarope - 4
> Long-billed Dowitcher - 5
> Molting Mallards - 300+
>
> At MP300 pond - Black-necked Stilt - 1 bird
>
> Hood Park is pretty dead as they cleared out all the Russian Olives so
> only
> found:
> Nashville Warbler - 1 bright male
> Wilson's Warbler - 1 female
> Warbling Vireo - 1
> Western Tanager - 2
>
> Great Egret - 2 at the Walla Walla river delta and 1 at McNary NWR HQ
> display pond
>
> Swainson's Hawk - 33 on Gardena Road at the Probert ranch.
> N. Harrier - 6 on Byrnes Road
> Brewer's Sparrow - 2 on Byrnes Road
> Black-headed Grosbeak - 1 on Byrnes Road
> Great Horned Owl - 1 on Byrnes Road
>
> Last but not least - 1 White-crowned Sparrow along Mill Creek yesterday
> for
> our first of the fall.
>
> Later, Mike & ML
>
>
>
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>
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