[obol] Results Fish Lake BBS -- Harney County
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- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 12:50:16 -0700
Greetings COBOLers/OBOLers:
I conducted the 32nd count on the Fish Lake Breeding Bird Survey on June 18,
2014. This 24.5-mile route begins in the Malheur NWR at Benson Pond along the
Center Patrol Rd, passes Page Springs campground and then proceeds up the
Steens Mountain Loop Rd to end at Fish Lake. First 23 stops are dominated by
wetland birds, the next 15 stops by juniper-sage scrubland birds, the final 12
stops by higher elevation birds in mixed aspen-manzanita-sage communities.
New count highs were established or tied for 16 species (mostly
wetland/riparian species), and 2 new species were observed (Eurasian
Collared-dove and Loggerhead Shrike). Eighty total species were observed,
tying the number observed in 1997 and up from the route average of 67 species.
2101 individual birds were counted to establish a new route high (previous high
was 1986 individuals in the 1990 count; route average is 1388). The 1990 count
was bolstered by a record 673 white-faced ibis; the 2014 count was bolstered by
a record 484 Franklin's Gull. A few misses include Northern Shoveler, Northern
Pintail, Northern Harrier, (apparently a poor year for northerners) and
American Bittern.
Count details:
Canada Goose 50
Gadwall 37
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 91
Cinnamon Teal 4
Ring-necked Pheasant 47
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Western Grebe 2
Great Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
White-faced Ibis 371
Turkey Vulture 35
Red-tailed Hawk 4 (new route high)
American Kestrel 1
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 6
American Coot 10
Sandhill Crane 13
Killdeer 5
Black-necked Stilt 3 (new route high)
American Avocet 40 (new route high)
Spotted Sandpiper 5 (new route high)
Willet 3 (tied route high)
Long-billed Curlew 4
Wilson's Snipe 33
Wilson's Phalarope 10 (new route high)
Franklin's Gull 484 (new route high)
Caspian Tern 1
Black Tern 41 (new route high)
Forster's Tern 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 (new to route)
Mourning Dove 26 (new route high)
Common Nighthawk 7
Belted Kingfisher 1
(Red-shafted) N Flicker 11 (tied route high)
Willow Flycatcher 45
Dusky Flycatcher 10
Eastern Kingbird 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1 (new to route)
Warbling Vireo 3
Black-billed Magpie 13 (new route high)
American Crow 19
Common Raven 3
Horned Lark 6
Tree Swallow 29 (new route high)
Violet-green Swallow 20 (new route high)
Cliff Swallow 22
Barn Swallow 2
Mountain Chickadee 1
House Wren 11 (tied route high)
Marsh Wren 29
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 (new route high)
Mountain Bluebird 19
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 26
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 36
Yellow Warbler 27
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Green-tailed Towhee 17
Spotted Towhee 7 (new route high)
Chipping Sparrow 7
Brewer's Sparrow 47
Vesper Sparrow 18
Lark Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 29
White-crowned Sparrow 2
(Oregon) Dark-eyed Junco 3
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 124
Western Meadowlark 44
Yellow-headed Blackbird 7
Brewer's Blackbird 63
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Bullock's Oriole 1
Cassin's Finch 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Total Species 80 (tied route high from 1997; route average 67 species)
Total individuals 2101 (new route high--previous high 1986 in 1990;
route average 1388)
Good birding,
Mark
Mark A Gonzalez
Bend, Oregon
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