Subject: [Tweeters] Yakima/Kittitas Labor Day Field Trip
Date: Sep 7 20:48:05 2010
From: Jon Leland - jon_leland at yahoo.com


Instead of spending a cool and wet Labor Day at home in Seattle, I decided to
take a quick trip over the mountains for a taste of this year's Fall migration
in central Washington. Weather for the most part was warm and a bit overcast,
with the high temps in the mid-70's.


Kittitas County
Northern Pacific Railroad Ponds
Canada Goose
Cinnamon Teal
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Cedar Waxwing
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird

Bar 14 Pond
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
European Starling
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Mattoon Lake
Canada Goose
Mallard
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Warbling Vireo
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Orange-crowned Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Ringer Loop
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Vaux's Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch

Number 6 Gravel Ponds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
California Quail
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Downy Woodpecker
Black-billed Magpie
European Starling

Bald Mountain
Common Raven
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet

I-90 Freeway (Incidental observation)
Great Horned Owl

Yakima County
Hardy Canyon
California Quail
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
American Goldfinch

Wenas Lake
Canada Goose
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Common Merganser
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
European Starling
American Pipit
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow


Selah Canyon Rest Area
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Black-billed Magpie
House Wren
American Robin
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

Selah Area
Mallard
California Quail
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird

Yakima Sportsman State Park
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Yakima Area Arboretum
Canada Goose
Mallard
California Quail
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Killdeer
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Robin
Red-winged Blackbird

Oak Creek Wildlife Area
California Quail
American Kestrel
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift
Lewis's Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow

Rimrock Lake
Williamson's Sapsucker
Dark-eyed Junco

Bumping Lake
Sooty Grouse
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Black Swift
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
American Goldfinch


Totals
Kittitas county: 44 species
Yakima county: 63 species
Grand Total: 72 species