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| Place(s): |
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Goose Lake Wildlife Area, WA
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| Date/Time: |
3/26-3/28/10
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| Weather: |
sunny, warm to clear, cold night to overcast rainy
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| Environment: |
mesa, sagebrush, marsh, reseviors, grass meadow
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| Bird sp.: |
notes:
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
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| Great Blue Heron |
1
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| Canada Goose |
paired off, very vocal
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| Mallard |
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| Green-winged Teal |
3 pairs
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| - Common (Eurasian) Teal |
1 male paired with female
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| Common Goldeneye |
pair
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| Red-breasted Merganser |
2, females
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| Common Merganser |
1 male, 5 females
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| American Kestrel |
3 males very vocal (1 male searching for nesting cavity?)
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
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| Northern Harrier |
1 male did display flight - u-shaped pattern flight up, glide down, side flips on the glide down
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| California Quail |
heard
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| Ring-necked Pheasant |
2 plus heard
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| Sandhill Crane |
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| - Greater |
2
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| - Lesser/Canadian |
many
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| Wilson's Snipe |
heard
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| Long-billed Curlew |
1
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| Killdeer |
1
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| Ring-billed Gull |
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| Rock Pigeon |
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| Mourning Dove |
2
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| Great Horned Owl |
heard
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| Belted Kingfisher |
1 male
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| Northern Flicker |
5
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| Say's Phoebe |
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| Black-billed Magpie |
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| Common Raven |
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| Violet-green Swallow |
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| Rock Wren |
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| Canyon Wren |
heard
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| Marsh Wren |
heard
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| American Robin |
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| Horned Lark |
3-4 pairs on top of mesas
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| European Starling |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Spotted Towhee |
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| Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Western Meadowlark |
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| House Finch |
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| Other Critters: |
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| Mule Deer |
6
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| Coyote |
many calling
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| Beaver |
2, Frog pond
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| Bat sp. |
2
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| Pacific Treefrog |
heard
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| Black Widow Spider |
many on grassy areas, over old animal burrows
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