Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Battle Ground, Clark County birding
Date: Mar 11 18:59:07 2017
From: Jim Danzenbaker - jdanzenbaker at gmail.com


All,

A few more arrivals in/from my Battle Ground, Clark County yard:

Tundra Swan - 7 flying west and fairly high (not really an arrival since
they were passing through)
Rufous Hummingbird - 1 (male - watch out Anna's!)
Evening Grosbeak - 2 flyovers

Keeping my eyes and ears skyward.

Jim


On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> All,
>
> It was quite surprising to see sunshine this morning so I took advantage
> of it and sat on my Battle Ground, Clark County back deck for a while.
> Bird highlights were many and included:
>
> Snow Goose - a single large flock of 400 flew high overhead at 8:15 going
> wsw to ene. I'm assuming that these were birds coming from Sauvie Island.
> My only other Spring sighting was a flock of 300 flying high and east on
> March 6, 2016. (FOY)
>
> Turkey Vulture - 1 (FOY)
> Cooper's Hawk - 2 (including one in slow flap flight) (FOY)
>
> California Gull - 19 (FOY) - all heading southeast. I am assuming that
> they are cutting off a corner of the Columbia by flying from he Columbia in
> the northwest part of Clark County and hooking up with the river again
> somewhere near Steigerwald in the Camas/Washougal area.
> "Olympic" style Gull - 45
> Glaucous-winged Gull - 5
>
> Violet-green Swallow - 4 (FOY)
>
> Lesser Goldfinch - 1 (FOY)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (FOY for me for Washington!!!)
> Pine Siskin - 4
>
> Keeping my eyes and ears skyward!
>
> Cheers.
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Danzenbaker
> Battle Ground, WA
> 360-702-9395 <(360)%20702-9395>
> jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
>



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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-702-9395
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
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