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| American Bald Eagle - Copyright©2011 Jill Rucker Luv2bird Saturday, February 12 proved to be a very windy day in the valley during the census. As a result the total species count and total birds seen were down fifty-percent from last year's numbers according to expert Bud Anderson of the Falcon Research Group |
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| Red-tail Hawk - Copyright©2011 Jill Rucker Luv2bird |
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Our group took counts along route 8, and our official count was 29 total birds:
21 Bald Eagles
5 Red-tail Hawk
3 Northern Harrier
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| Bald Eagle - Copyright©2011 Jill Rucker Luv2bird |
My out-of-range hits - or raptors seen but not recorded before, after or during the count were:
2 Rough-legged Hawks
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Peregrine Falcon
Other species for the day were:
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan (NEW LIFE LIST BIRD)
Trumpeter (NEW LIFE LIST BIRD)
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Heermann's Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Steller's Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Evening Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler - Copyright©2011 Jill Rucker Luv2bird |
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| Wood Duck - Copyright©2011 Jill Rucker Luv2bird |
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