Vancouver Audubon
Saturday, June 16
Leader: Arden Hagen
Conboy NWR is in Klickatat Co., WA near Mt. Adams

One of the surprises of the day was a BARRED OWL at the northern end of Willard Springs Trail. A pair of Townsend's Solitaire were found in the woods at the refuge entrance gate (where White-headed Woodpeckers are usually found but not today).

Other birds of interest:

Sandhill Cane (nesting)
Eastern & Western Kingbirds
Western Meadowlarks
Merlin
Wild Turkey (along the main road)
Common Nightnawks
Swallows (Tree, Violet-Green, Northern Rough-winged, Cliff)
Vaux's Swifts
Calliope Hummingbird (nesting over the trail)
Red-brested Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (heard)
Western Wood-Pwee
Say's Phoebe
Gray Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
House Wren
Swainson's Thrush (calling)
Gray Catbird
Warbling Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warvler
MacGillivray's Warbler (nesting along trail)
Common Yellowthroat
Black-headed Grosbeak
Chipping Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Tanager
Purple Finch

And other more common species




Sherry Hagen
Vancouver, WA
littlebirder at pacifier.com