On Thursday afternoon (4th) I walked the 2.6-mile southerly trail loop
on the Mima Mounds Natural Area, and heard four singing Western
Meadowlark, one of them seen-also atop a 2-ft-tall perch.

The raptor displays were also quite good; full list below.

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This report was mailed for Doug Canning by http://birdnotes.net

Date: March 4, 2010
Location: Mima Mounds Natural Area, Thurston County, Washington

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1 [1]
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1 [2]
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2 [3]
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 4 [4]

Footnotes:

[1] Female; harassing Red-tail Hawk perched atop at Douglas-fir.
[2] Female; seen repeatedly.
[3] Apparent pair.
[4] All heard singing; one of them seen-also.

Total number of species seen: 9

(Additionally, there were 2 or 3 unidentified song bird species calling
in forested area.)

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at scattercreek.com
dcanning at igc.org
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