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Post by Harrier on Jan 21, 2023 10:30:39 GMT -8
I’ve seen Ruffed Grouse on two separate occasions this month. They’re reasonably common in the pockets of deciduous forest on Vedder Mountain. I saw one on the Train Trail (north side) two weeks ago and a group of 5 near the monastery (south side above Columbia Valley) last weekend.
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Post by Harrier on Dec 20, 2022 17:17:41 GMT -8
I had a Purple finch in my yard yesterday.
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Post by Harrier on Dec 1, 2022 18:36:28 GMT -8
Good catch, thanks! I had added it to the Missing Species list, but not the list in the first post. It had already been counted toward the total.
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Post by Harrier on Dec 1, 2022 14:43:09 GMT -8
Added 4 more. Wowzers on the Catbird. What a wild November find!
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Post by Harrier on Nov 30, 2022 14:14:51 GMT -8
Nice work, everyone! 122 is the highest November species total since 2015.
I'm just going to clean up the "Missing Species" list now to make sure everything is in the right order. I'll keep an eye on the thread for last-minute additions.
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Post by Harrier on Nov 21, 2022 20:45:24 GMT -8
The list of "Missing Species" spreadsheet have been updated. Nice work so far this month!
The notable misses so far are: -Bushtit -Western Meadowlark -Red-winged Blackbird -All the large owls Has anyone seen any of these?
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Post by Harrier on Nov 8, 2022 16:26:14 GMT -8
The list and the Missing Species spreadsheet are up to date.
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Post by Harrier on Nov 5, 2022 11:44:22 GMT -8
The list and the Missing Species spreadsheet are up to date.
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Post by Harrier on Nov 2, 2022 20:04:28 GMT -8
While almost all of the migratory species have made their way through, November can still tally a relatively high number of species. November offers a great opportunity to see thousands of Bald Eagles and other birds, mostly waterfowl, at the Chehalis Estuary. November is also a great month to explore Tuyttens Wetlands for waterfowl, sparrows, and many other different bird species. Breakdown by year for November 2008 – 108 species recorded 2009 – 123 species recorded 2010 – 132 species recorded 2011 - 110 species recorded 2012 - 132 species recorded 2013 - 123 species recorded 2014 - 113 species recorded 2015 - 129 species recorded 2016 - 108 species recorded 2017 - 107 species recorded 2018 - 81 species recorded 2019 - 110 species recorded 2020 - 112 species recorded 2021 - 116 species recorded Average species for November 114 Last updated: Dec. 1st To view the missing species for the month please click hereSpecies seen to date: 126 BrantCackling Goose Canada Goose Great White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Gadwall Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Canvasback Redhead Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Surf Scoter Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Sooty Grouse Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe Horned Grebe Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron American Bittern Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Red-Tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Harrier Merlin Peregrine Falcon American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer Dunlin Short-billed Gull California Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Barred Owl Northern Pygmy Owl Anna's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared Dove Pileated Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker American Three-toed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Northern Shrike California Scrub Jay Canada Jay Steller's Jay American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Horned Lark Bushtit Brown Creeper Marsh Wren Pacific Wren Bewick's Wren American Dipper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet American Robin Varied Thrush European Starling Gray Catbird American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Townsend's Warbler Spotted Towhee Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Western Meadowlark Brewer's Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Pine Siskin Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch Cassin's Finch American Goldfinch House Finch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow
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Post by Harrier on Sept 23, 2022 6:04:43 GMT -8
The saw a Peregrine near Prairie Central and Gibson two weeks ago.
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Post by Harrier on Sept 17, 2022 15:55:46 GMT -8
I flushed a Ruffed Grouse on Vedder Mountain today.
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Post by Harrier on Sept 6, 2022 21:00:34 GMT -8
There was a pair of Great-horned owls hootin’ it up near Sardis Library at about 3:30am last night. I happened to be awake and heard them from my bedroom window. It’s amazing what I hear out there during my frequent wakeups, especially during migration season.
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Post by Harrier on Aug 17, 2022 17:45:36 GMT -8
There was a Belted kingfisher at Cultus today.
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Post by Harrier on Aug 15, 2022 7:32:51 GMT -8
The family of Western kingbirds was still present at the Annis Rd. transmission tower location earlier in the month. I’m not sure if they’re still there now.
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Post by Harrier on Aug 13, 2022 17:31:37 GMT -8
From Mt. Outram today: -Northern Harrier (a pair hunting) -Golden eagle (One buzzed just 10m over us. We could hear its wings!) -American pipit -Grey-crowned rosy finch -Hummingbird sp (There was a pair actively feeding in the high subalpine. They were not Rufous, but I couldn’t get a good enough look to confidently ID them.)
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