Subject: [Tweeters] Julia Butler Hansen NWR and Puget Island
Date: Apr 9 20:17:17 2008
From: Jeffjendro at aol.com - Jeffjendro at aol.com


Made a trip to Julia Butler Hansen NWR in Wahkiakum County and then to Puget
Island for a day of birding. Nothing spectacular, however first time that
I've seen all three mergansers in an area the size of the reserve.

Following are the birds seen at the NWR and Puget Island (PI)

Cackling Goose (NWR & PI)
Canada Goose (NWR & PI)
Wood Duck (NWR)
American Wigeon (NWR & PI)
Mallard (NWR & PI)
Northern Shoveler (NWR & PI)
Northern Pintail (NWR)
Green-winged Teal (NWR & PI)
Ring-necked Duck (NWR)
Greater Scaup (NWR & PI)
Lesser Scaup (NWR & PI)
Bufflehead (NWR & PI)
Hooded Merganser (NWR)
Common Merganser (NWR)
Red-breasted Merganser (NWR)
Western Grebe (NWR & PI)
Double-crested Cormorant (NWR & PI)
Great Blue Heron (NWR & PI)
Turkey Vulture (NWR & PI)
Osprey (PI)
Bald Eagle (PI)
Red-tailed Hawk (NWR & PI)
American Kestrel (NWR & PI)
American Coot (NWR)
Killdeer (PI)
Herring Gull (NWR & PI)
Glaucous-winged Gull (NWR & PI)
Unidentified Gull species (NWR & PI)
Mourning Dove (NWR & PI)
Rufous Hummingbird (NWR)
Northern Flicker (NWR)
Pileated Woodpecker (NWR)
Steller?s Jay (NWR)
Western Scrub-Jay (NWR & PI)
American Crow (NWR & PI)
Tree Swallow (NWR & PI)
Violet-green Swallow (NWR & PI)
Marsh Wren (NWR)
American Robin (NWR & PI)
European Starling (NWR & PI)
Song Sparrow (NWR & PI)
White-crowned Sparrow (NWR)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (NWR & PI)
Dark-eyed Junco (NWR & PI)
Red-winged Blackbird (NWR & PI)
Brewer's Blackbird (PI)
House Sparrow (PI)

Jeff Jendro
Longview, WA
_jeffjendro at aol.com_ (mailto:jeffjendro at aol.com)




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