[obol] Census count for Sauvie Island

  • From: Erik Knight <erikknight05@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 19:07:27 -0800

Census Count: Sauvie Island (all counties) , Oregon on December 08, 2013
This report was mailed for Erik Knight by http://birdnotes.net

Date: December 8, 2013
Location: Sauvie Island (all counties) , Oregon

Wind direction: NE
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 40%
Precipitation: none

from 10:49AM to 4:49PM.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Snow Goose                        100
Canada Goose                      700
Trumpeter Swan [1]
Tundra Swan                        60
Mallard                            40
Northern Pintail                   90
Green-Winged Teal                 250
Canvasback                         25
Ring-necked Duck                   60
Bufflehead                         10
Common Merganser                    4
Ruddy Duck                          1
Double-crested Cormorant           55
Great Blue Heron                    7
Great Egret                         2
Bald Eagle                         12 [2]
Northern Harrier                    6
Red-tailed Hawk                    29
Golden Eagle                        1 [3]
American Kestrel                    4
Merlin                              1
Peregrine Falcon                    2
American Coot                     400
Sandhill Crane                    225
Killdeer                            1
Eurasian Collared-Dove             10
Mourning Dove                      35
Belted Kingfisher                   2
Red-breasted Sapsucker              6
Downy Woodpecker                    4
Hairy Woodpecker                    2
Northern Flicker                    5
Steller's Jay                       2
Western Scrub-Jay                  11
American Crow                       2
Common Raven                        1
Black-capped Chickadee             10
Bushtit                             8
White-breasted Nuthatch             3
Brown Creeper                       1
Bewick's Wren                       1
Winter Wren                        10
Golden-crowned Kinglet             15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                5
Hermit Thrush                       2
American Robin                     50
European Starling                 250
Cedar Waxwing                       5
Spotted Towhee                     25
Fox Sparrow                        16
Song Sparrow                      100
White-crowned Sparrow              10
Golden-crowned Sparrow             15
Dark-eyed Junco                    20
Red-winged Blackbird               10
House Finch                         5
American Goldfinch                 50

Footnotes:

[1]  heard along Multnomah Channel
[2]  adults, 2nd year bird, juvenile
[3]  Rentenaar Road

Total number of species seen: 57

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Erik Knight
Portland, Oregon

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