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WASHINGTON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY June /July 2006

WOSNews 103 The Russian Olive

(Elaeagnus angustifolia) and its Utilization by Wild Birds

in the Columbia Basin of Washington and Oregon

by Mike Denny

What does a Russian olive look like? The Russian olive, also known as

Oleaster, can be pruned to form a dense hedge, a woody shrub, or left alone and it will grow into a large, round-crowned hardwood tree 25’-40’ tall in the Columbia Basin. This plant has lancet or willow-shaped leaves that are at maturity about 3.5 to 4 inches long. They are a pale, silver-sage green in color. This tree first produces copious numbers of pale yellow, aromatic flowers at three years of age. These star-shaped yellow flowers attract huge numbers of native flies, beetles, and wasps when they open in mid-late April and early May. The flowers give off an overpowering honey odor on a warm spring day. After the flowers drop this tree produces large numbers of olive like fruits called “drupes.” These drupes turn a pale tan/orange when ripe and are about ¾ inch long. These fleshy fruits hang off the branches in large masses.

Each drupe has a single elongate hard pit or seed. These pits are ingested by birds as they feed on the drupes, and pass through the birds’ systems intact. Each pit is viable for up to three years after dropping to the ground. These drupes retain their volume and color throughout the winter months until February when many shrivel, turn black, and are covered by fungus. This tree also retains most of its leaves well into late December after which they are slowly lost. It is these drupes that attract the greatest number of native birds to this tree.

Some individual plants produce four-inch-long, hard, sharp thorns along the branches of the outer tree. These thorns can pierce feet, shoes and tires.

This plant’s history in the West Russian olives first arrived in the western United States in

the late 1800s. This tree was first introduced from central Europe and western Asia and was planted around many homesteads in the arid west. Thousands of Russian olives were planted as wind breaks, shade trees, and were often the only trees that would grow in alkali-saturated soils. This tree is drought, disease, and wind resistant, and is also able to easily sprout and survive after being cut down or burned. During the

early twentieth century this tree was transported into all of the western states and planted by many state and federal aagencies for wind erosion control, and as outstanding wildlife cover along wetlands and riparian areas. By the mid-1960s this invasive tree species was expanding into most low elevation wetlands and riparian areas at a rapid rate often aided by state and federal wildlife agencies, private wildlife conservation, and hunting groups. By the mid-late 1970s some land managers were starting to re-think their position on spreading Russian olive into every wetland they could and started to determine that they were dealing with a tenacious invasive that was crowding out native wetland and riparian plant species.

By this time in history, the Russian olive was forming huge dense stands that precluded most native tree species. Yet many folks continued to introduce and plant this tree across the west. By the late 1980s, the planting of Russian olive on public lands had come to a halt, and some were initiating stringent control measures over local areas. During the 1990s, war had been declared on the Russian olive on many public and private lands. The damage was done, however, as the seedbed was established. Now, thousands of acres of Russian olives are deeply rooted across the west.

Native and non-native birds that utilize Russian olive First let me preface my text here by stating that I would

never urge the planting of any more Russian olives. In areas

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Russian olive drupes or berries in clusters at Hood Park, Walla Walla county. Photo by Mike Denny.

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Vulture’s Roost by Diann MacRae The other Washington has been hassling over illegal immigration for some time now, with ideas both far-fetched and illegal in themselves. Thank goodness no such boundaries exist for our avian immigrants. As I write this, immigrants of the feathered kind are invading our Pacific Northwest.

It’s mid-April and already our delightful rufous hummingbirds have arrived to join over-wintering Anna’s which are a bit ahead, some having nested and with young on the wing. Ospreys are back and occupying more cell towers than ever, and swallows are now winging over ponds and lakes and awakening those of us with open windows at four in the morning. Now, I await my resident grosbeaks, tanager, and Swainson’s thrush. Keep an eye out in your yard for your local – and very legal – immigrants.

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where the species can be controlled and native species maintained, all the better, however we now have many sites that have nothing left but Russian olive and many native, protected birds that rely on it for winter survival.

I will list in taxonomic order those native bird species that we and others have observed utilizing this invasive tree in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon. I will also list how each bird species was utilizing the Russian olive. Wood Duck - The ripe drupes (fruits) are consumed and the dense branches are used as both diurnal and nocturnal roosts, winter thermal cover, and for predator evasion around ponds and along the rivers of the Columbia Basin. American Wigeon - Ripe drupes consumed while floating on surface of ponds. Mallard - Ripe drupes consumed on surface of rivers and ponds, loafs, and perches on lower limbs. Gray Partridge - Uses dense shelter belts for winter cover and is attracted to accumulations of associated owl pellets which it sorts through and picks at insect pupa and small bones. Ring-necked Pheasant - Feeds on drupes, uses tree as nocturnal roost site, used in predator evasion for cover. Wild Turkey - feeds on drupes, insects attracted to grounded drupes, and uses tree as roost. California quail - roosts in tree, uses as evasive cover, feeds on attracted insects. Double-crested Cormorant - Uses tree as shoreline perch and feather drying site. Great Blue Heron - Uses tree as winter roost site. Green Heron - We have located two of this species in this basin and both were hiding in, and hunting from, dense Russian olives over standing ponds. Black-crowned Night-Heron - observed forming large winter roosts in, and hunting from, this tree species. Also nests in these trees out on several islands in the Columbia River. Osprey - Uses tree as hunting perch along Snake and Columbia Rivers and as preening site. Bald Eagle - at times, used as observation perch. Sharp-shinned Hawk - Heavily hunts stands of Russian olive in fall and winter for passerines. Also used as winter nocturnal roost site.

Coopers Hawk - Frequents dense stands hunting for quail, flickers, and thrushes. Uses as night roost in winter. Northern Goshawk - Small numbers winter out in the Lower Columbia Basin in and around large stands of mixed black cottonwood and Russian olive. Attracted to the large numbers of prey species in these trees. Red-shouldered Hawk - Our only record of this species was observed hunting from this tree species along the Walla Walla River at Madam Dorion Park for six weeks. Swainson’s Hawk - This raptor will, at times, nest in this tree species if there are large individual trees standing alone out at the edge of open areas. Will also use as nocturnal roost. Red-tailed Hawk - Builds nests in this tree as well as used as a perch from which it hunts. American Kestrel - Uses tree as a hunting perch site. Seems to prefer Russian olive, again as stand-alone trees surrounded by large open areas. Merlin - Uses as a fall/winter hunting perch. Attracted to Russian olive groves by the large passerine numbers in these stands. Virginia Rail - Attracted to those sites where Russian olive grows out over shallow wetlands with a mix of hard-stem bulrush and phragmites growing up through the olives. Sora - We have observed this bird utilizing the Russian olive only during migration periods when it seeks cover under these trees at wetland sites. American Coot - This species has been found perched in the lower branches out over ponds. Also observed picking at the drupes. Uses this tree as cover and to evade predators. Ring-billed Gull - This gull species has been observed briefly landing in these trees in late fall and early winter and feeding on ripe drupes. Often during the winter months gull bolus are entirely comprised of drupe seeds. We first observed this at Hood and Charbonneau Parks along the lower Snake River in Walla Walla County. California Gull - This is another gull species that we have observed flying around and plucking drupes off these trees. At times there will be mixed flocks of California and ring-billed gulls flying around a stand of Russian olive along the shoreline and swarming several trees feeding on drupes from the wing.

Mourning Dove - This bird utilizes this tree as a thermal cover plant and as a site to build its flimsy nests. Often used as a fall/winter nocturnal roost by dozens of birds at once. Barn Owl - This is an owl species that depends on this tree for cover while at roost across the lower Columbia Basin. The winter of 2005/2006 we located a winter communal barn owl roost in a Russian olive windbreak that hosted up to 13 birds. Western Screech-Owl - This owl uses this tree as a fall/winter roost site along the lower Walla Walla River and along the Palouse River. It also hunts quietly through the stands of trees for mice, birds, and insects. Great Horned Owl - Russian olives are used as roost sites and nest sites. Many great horned owls spend their evenings hunting the rows and stands of Oleasters for mice and rabbits that are attracted to the cover this tree provides. Will often roost within sight of barn owls in dense stands of Russian olives. Northern Pygmy-Owl - Our only lowland record of this owl was a winter record at Central Ferry Park, Whitman County, where it was hunting house sparrows in a dense Russian olive stand. Barred Owl - This invasive species of owl has also adapted to the Russian olive where we photographed one at winter roost in Barber Park, Boise, Idaho. Long-eared Owl - This is a special case species that has come to depend on Russian olives for its nesting, winter communal roost sites, and for hunting areas. In the Lower Columbia Basin this owl is almost entirely dependant on the black-billed magpie for its large nests which are mostly built in Russian olives. The winter of 1990/91 we located 50 long-eared owls on winter communal roosts in several dense stands of Russian olives along the Walla Walla/Columbia County line. That same winter, a communal winter roost was located in western Kansas that contained 110 long-eared owls in a Russian olive stand. The huge accumulation of owl pellets and droppings under these roosts in turn attracted mice and birds that picked through the pellets. Northern Saw-whet Owl - This small owl uses the Russian olive tree as a frequent winter roost site in the lower Columbia Basin. It also hunts these stands of trees for birds and mice.

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Common Nighthawk - This nightjar uses isolated stands of Russian olives in arid areas as diurnal roosts during the summer months and migration periods. Belted Kingfisher - This noisy hunter uses these trees as a perch to hunt from all along the waterways of the Columbia Basin. Northern Flicker - This woodpecker is frequently found foraging through the stands of Russian olives where it feeds on the numerous insects, ants, and drupes. Western Wood-Pewee - We have found this species setting up summer territories and nesting in Russian olives where there is a mix of black cottonwood or willows. D u s k y F l y c a t c h e r , O l i v e - s i d e Flycatcher, Hammonds Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher - All have been found in Russian olive stands during migration periods where they forage for insects, roost, and evade predators. Eastern Kingbird - This Neo-tropical migrant nests in Russian olives when there are branches that reach out over open water. Cassin’s Vireo, Warbling Vireo - These migrants’ frequent stands of Russian olive during migration periods where they forage for insects and take cover from predators. Black-billed Magpie - This is a species that has come as close to being a Russian olive obligate species as there is. This native bird has adapted very successfully to the rise of the Russian olive, and wherever these trees grow, the magpie will build its great bulky nest out of its host’s branches. It is these large bulky magpie nests in Russian olives that long-eared owls are so attracted to and dependant on right across the Columbia Basin. Great horned owls also take these big, high-security nests. American Crow - This corvid will infrequently nest in these trees, but only where there are no nesting magpies. Black-capped Chickadee - Family groups of these birds forage through the stands of dense Russian olives where they inspect the drupes, leaves, and bark for insects during the summer. Often form winter feeding flocks along with ruby-crowned kinglets, yellow-rumped warblers, orange-crowned warblers and red-breasted nuthatches where this assembly will spend the winter moving through dense stands of Russian olives foraging for spiders and dormant insects and their egg masses.

Bewick’s Wren - This species has expanded its range across the Columbia Basin and on to the northeast into Idaho after being first found in the mid-1970s as many stands of Russian olive matured. With mature stands of dense Russian olive all along the Columbia and Snake rivers this species has done very well and populations now rival those west of the Cascades. This spunky wren nests, feeds, and defends territories year around under these trees. Townsend’s Solitaire, Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, and Varied Thrush - All these native thrushes are regular fall-winter inhabitants of Russian olive stands. They feed on the drupes, use this tree as a nocturnal roost, and evade predators. The winter of 2006 at Bennington Lake, Walla Walla County, we witnessed 20,000+ American robins coming into roost every evening from mid-January through the first week of March in several Russian olive shelter belts. The olives in these shelter belts had been stripped of their drupes by the end of January. These thrushes remain within the Russian olives until most of the drupes are gone or have been covered with mildew/fungus and have turned black. Northern Mockingbird - Small numbers of this species are now popping up in Russian olives and locust during the winter months. European Starling - The Russian olive is a preferred roost tree during winter months, often by large numbers of birds (75,000-100,000 birds are not uncommon). Starlings also utilize the drupes by feeding on them. Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings - These spectacular birds feed on the drupes and also on flying insects attracted to this tree. Orange-crowned, Nashville, Yellow, Townsend’s, Blackpoll, Prothonotary, MacGillivray’s, Mourning, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Chestnut-sided, Wilson’s, and American Redstart - All of these warbler species have been located in the Columbia Basin in Russian olives where they forage for insects, seek cover, and roost during migration. Yellow-rumped Warbler - This is one species that has altered its migration pattern due to the rise of the Russian olive in the Columbia Basin. Flocks of 75-500 birds are now found during the winter months in extensive stands of Russian olive. These birds are surviving on insect

egg masses within the soft tissues of the drupes. These birds are also dependant on these trees for winter thermal cover and for the large numbers of midges that appear in these stands in late January. Western Tanager - This bird uses the Russian olive as a fall migratory stopping-off site. Where it rests, forages, and feeds on drupes and insects. Spotted Towhee, American Tree, Chipping, Fox, Song, Lincolns, Swamp, White-throated, Harris, White-crowned, Golden-crowned, Dark-eyed Junco, and Black-Headed Grosbeak - All utilize dense stands of Russian olive for cover, forage, and in some cases like the Song Sparrow, nesting. During spring and fall migration and over the winter months as long as the drupes are available large numbers of sparrows will be invested in Russian olive groves. Bullock’s Oriole - This striking neo-tropical migrant now regularly builds nests in Russian olives along sections of moving water. We first noticed this behavior in the late 1980s where many Russian olives grew taller than twenty feet. There are now orioles in areas where there have never been orioles thanks to the spread of the Russian olive. Pine Grosbeak - This is an oddity. An adult male pine grosbeak spent ten days one winter at Wallula Junction, Walla Walla County feeding on drupes and roosting in a dense grove of Russian olives. Cassins, House Finch, and American Goldfinch - All utilize these trees as cover from weather, predators, and protected forage sites. House sparrow - This is a species that arrived at about the same time as the Russian olive across the west and has used this tree as cover from predators and the weather. We have never seen this species nest in these trees.

This is a list of 92 species that we and others have observed utilizing the Russian olive tree in the Columbia Basin. Some species are passive users and it would not make any difference to them what kind of tree they perched in. Others however are aggressive users, and are now dependant on this invasive non-native tree for winter survival. Often, bird use of Russian olives is highest in mixed tree species areas near open water.

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Russian Olives—


The future of the Russian olive in the west

It would seem that things are about to get very difficult for the Russian olive here in the west. Russian olive removal is about to become big business if the U.S. Congress has its way. The arrival of H.R. 2720/H.R. 489 also known as “The Salt Cedar and Russian olive Control Demonstration Act.” This act would pump $80 million over the next five years into eradicating Russian olive and salt cedar in the west. Twenty million dollars would be budgeted for 2006 and $15 million each year from 2007 through 2010. This house bill is being sponsored by New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce and Nebraska Reps. Tom Osborne, Barbara Cubin, and Mark Udall of Colorado, among others.

Here is an example of big bucks being thrown at a non-native invasive and yet there are only three states where it is illegal to ship to or sell Russian olive at nurseries: Alaska, Hawaii, and Colorado. Russian olive is sold all over the United States at nurseries, and is often the only tree that will grow in some areas. What native trees will replace these thousands of Russian olives that will be eradicated that are of equal survival value to our native birds?

Time will tell. I only hope that folks do the eradication work after the native protected bird nesting season is over (Jan.- July in the Columbia Basin). I also hope that this does not become a massive burning campaign where everything is obliterated without consideration of native wildlife and plants that must live in those areas picked for treatment. I hope this Congressional funding is really about doing good work on behalf of native wildlife and wildlife habitat in areas where it matters. Referenceswww.invasive.org www.invasiveplants.org www.plants.USDA.gov www.tamariskcoalition.org/?q=node/24 www.Wasatchaudubon.org/ft.robin.htm www.invasvespeciesinfo.gov/plants/russolive.shtml www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/trees/handbook/th-3-93.pdf www.northern.edu/natsource/TREESA1/Russia1.htm http://resourcescommittee.house.govarchives/1091testimony/2005/Jamestate.htm Mike Denny 1354 S.E. Central Ave. College Place, WA 99324 [email protected]

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Above, Russian olive thicket, Hood Park, Walla Walla Co., on 9-12-04. Below, American Robin nest in Russian olives, Hood Park. Photos by Mike Denny.


ACCIPITERS: Winter site fidelity study. Cooper's hawks: Blue VID bands (Note right or left leg and engraved number and letter on VID band). Sharp-shinned hawks: either one or two color (only) bands on the same leg (Note right or left leg and top/bottom color if two bands). Other leg has standard aluminum band. Note date, time and location. Report to Jack Bettesworth, 2569 12th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119, 206-285-5276, [email protected].

AMERICAN CROWS wanted: dead or alive. We still want your observations of color-banded crows. If possible, please record the color and location (top/bottom left leg, top/bottom right leg) of bands. Recently banded crows now have TWO colors AND a metal (Fish & Wildlife) band on one leg, and two colors on the other. In addition, as part of our West Nile virus monitoring efforts in the Puget Sound area, we would like to know about any dead crows you observe. If they appear freshly dead, your county health agency may also want to test them for the virus. Report to: John Withey, [email protected], phone: 206-543-2764.

COOPER’S HAWKS: Color bands have been placed on over 850 nestling Cooper's hawks in Victoria, British Columbia since 1996. This is part of a long-term study on its urban-nesting ecology. Each color band is uniquely coded with two vertical, alphanumeric characters and is placed on the left leg; black bands are on males, red bands on females. Please note band code and color, date, time, and location. To date, five different birds have been reported from Washington. Report all sightings to Andy Stewart, BC Conservation Data Centre, Victoria, B.C. (250) 387-9780, or e-mail to: [email protected].

MERLINS: Detailed year-round observations are needed for scientific research on the merlin in Washington. Sightings should include exact location/map, date/time, description of bird(s) and behavior. Send to David Drummond, Coastal Forest Merlin Project, P.O. Box 4123, Bellingham, WA 98227, (360) 671-3804 or e-mail to: [email protected].

NORTHERN HARRIERS: Patagial markers have been placed on northern harriers as part of a long-term study of populations on Whidbey Island and in the Kent Valley. Please note the color of the tag (yellow, blue, green, or white), which wing it is on, the letter or number printed (in black) on the tag, and if there is a black circle around the letter or number. Note date, time, and exact location. Report to Jack Bettesworth, 2569 12th Ave W, Seattle WA 98119, (206) 285-5276. [email protected].

BURROWING OWLS: Year-round sightings of banded burrowing owls in the Columbia Basin of eastern WA. Owls banded during 2000-2004 will have a larger colored band on either the left or right leg in addition to a smaller aluminum band. Owls banded as adults received a BLUE, GREEN, or RED band (males left leg, females right leg) while unsexed juveniles received a PURPLE or ORANGE band (left leg). All banded owls are now adults. The codes are unique, with two numbers and/or letters, next to or above and below each other, and with or without a horizontal or vertical bar separating. If you see a banded owl and can read even a portion of the code or determine color, please note the date and location, which leg, and report it to Randy Hill at work (488-2668 ext14) or home (509-488-9418), or by e-mail [email protected].

SONGBIRD SURVEY; We have colormarked ~500 crows as well as many other songbirds in the area and would appreciate any sightings of these. Be on the lookout for banded robins, Wilson's warblers, Swainson's thrushes, song sparrows, spotted towhees, Oregon juncos, winter and Bewick's wrens, and Pacific-slope flycatchers. If possible please record the color and location (top/bottom left leg, top/bottom right leg) of bands. Please report any sightings to Dr. John Marzluff, [email protected].

STREAKED HORNED LARK RESEARCH: We colormarked ~80 streaked horned larks in Washington and would appreciate any sightings of these birds (coast, Puget trough, Columbia River islands, Willamette Valley, etc.). Please record the color combination (e.g., red over USFWS on right and white over red on left - right and left are the bird's right and left), location and date observed and send to Dr. Scott F. Pearson, [email protected].

TURKEY VULTURES: The Olympic Vulture Study has been working on two concurrent studies: the fall migration at Salt Creek, and the demographics of our Pacific Northwest vultures. Any wintering or early spring arrival reports from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho will be welcomed. As always, date, location, and number of birds is needed. If possible, report weather, time, and any aspect of behavior. Please send to Diann MacRae, 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E., Bothell, WA 98021, or to [email protected].

CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS: Sightings are needed for a three year study of the distribution and timing of movements of nutcrackers throughout Washington, but especially in the Cascades, lowland western Washington, and Olympic Mountains. Year round sightings are important, but sightings outside of the late summer months would be most valuable (November through June). Send information on the exact location, date and a conservative estimate for number of birds observed (for flocks) to: Teresa Lorenz, [email protected] or 360-956-2271.

Report Your Sightings (updated May 2006)


Washington Field Notes August - September 2005 compiled by Tom Aversa

“Washington Field Notes” are distilled from reports sent to Tom Aversa, (305NW 75th St. Seattle WA. 98117, [email protected]) Steve Mlodinow ([email protected]), and to a lesser extent from birding hotlines and listserves. For corrections or information contact the compiler at [email protected]. Greater White-fronted Goose Early reports included 2 at Stevenson Skamania on 8/10 (SJ), 20 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (RSh), 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/23 (PH), 70 at Columbia NWR Grant on 8/25 (RH), 21 at Fir Island Skagit on 8/30, and 1 at Lyman Skagit on 9/5 (GB). High count: 750 at McNary NWR Walla Walla on 9/21 (HB). Snow Goose Early report: 8 at Fir Island Skagit on 9/23 (fide SM). Brant Rare in e WA. 1 at Lyle Klickitat on 9/25 and 9/26 (SJ). Cackling Goose Early and uncommon in e WA. 1 at Lind Coulee Grant on 8/27 (SM). Tundra Swan Extremely early for WA. 1 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 8/20 (JA). Trumpeter Swan Very early for WA. 3 at Fir Island Skagit on 9/19 (KW). Green-winged Teal High count: 550 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/18 (TAv). Blue-winged Teal Late report for e WA: 1 at Ice Harbor Dam Franklin/Walla Walla on 9/27 (MD,MLD). Eurasian Wigeon Early for WA. 1 male in eclipse reported at Dungeness Clallam on 9/1 (BN). Redhead Uncommon in w WA. 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/15 (TAv). Ring-necked Duck Uncommon and local breeder. Female with 9 young at Leech Lake Yakima on 9/4 (GW). Greater Scaup Uncommon in e WA before late fall. 1 at Vantage Kittitas on 8/27 (SM). Lesser Scaup Uncommon breeder in w WA. 2 females with broods at South Bend Pacific on 8/6 (SM). Harlequin Duck Rare in e WA away from breeding locations. 1 at Sullivan Lake Pend Oreille on 8/22 (PWe), and 1 female at Rooks Park Walla Walla on 9/14 (GSh). Surf Scoter Uncommon away from salt water. 2 males at Sprague STP Lincoln on 9/23 (TLi) with 1 there on 9/24 (JA), and 1 at

Elma Grays Harbor on 9/2 (PS,RS). Common Goldeneye Early reports included 1 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/21 (DSc) and 1 at Hoquiam Grays Harbor on 9/2 (PS,RS). Bufflehead Uncommon before September in WA. 1 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/18 (TAv), and 1 at Johns River Grays Harbor on 8/21 (PS,RS). Common Merganser High count: 300 at Nisqually Pierce on 8/14 (MR). Sage Grouse Uncommon and local in WA. 10 at Yakima Training Center Yakima on 9/11 (SR). Spruce Grouse Uncommon in WA. 3 reported at 2400’ near Grouse Creek Campground Chelan on 8/28 (PFl), and 5 at Ahtanum Creek Yakima on 9/30 (RH). White-tailed Ptarmigian Reports included 5 at Paradise on Mount Rainier NP Pierce on

8/1 (SSc) with 6 there on 8/14 (SBe), 1 above Cascade Pass Skagit on 8/29 (fide GB), 7 at Table Mountain Whatcom on 9/7 (PhP) and 9/10 (HA), and 6 at Hannegan Peak Whatcom on 9/8 (PhP). Wild Turkey Locally uncommon. 8 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/3 (SM). High count: 80 at Columbia Hills Klickitat on 9/25 (SJ). California Quail Uncommon locally. 5 at the Swinomish Channel Skagit on 8/16 (GB). Mountain Quail Uncommon and local in WA. 2 near Spider Lake Mason on 8/15 (BS). Pacific Loon Uncommon in e WA. 1 at Bateman Island Benton on 8/31 (NLa), and 3 at Vantage Kittitas on 9/29 (TAv). Common Loon First Columbia Plateau migrants. 4 at Banks Lake Grant on 9/4 (DSc). Horned Grebe Early migrant reports included 5 at Oak Bay CP Jefferson on 8/26

(DMu), 3 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/27 (PS,RS), and 10 at Soap Lake Grant on 9/18 (SM). Red-necked Grebe Early migrant reports included 2 at Foulweather Bluff Kitsap on 8/6 (DoW), 1 at Wenatchee Chelan on 9/1, 1 at Banks Lake Grant on 9/1 (SM), 2 at Yakima RD Benton on 9/3 (NLa,DR), 2 at Soap Lake Grant on 9/4 (DSc), and 1 at Clear Lake Yakima on 9/19 (fide DGr). Eared Grebe Reports included 3 at Fir Island Skagit on 8/16 (GB), 680 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/17, 100 at Lake Lenore Grant on 8/17 (TAv), 2 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/17 (MWo,RoW), 3 at Bateman Island Benton on 8/31 (NLa), and 3 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/27 (MD,MLD). Clark’s Grebe Uncommon in w WA. 18 at Vancouver Lake Clark on 8/22 (ST) with 2

there on 9/15 (TAv), and 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/16 (GiS). Laysan Albatross Rare in WA. 1 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 9/11 (BS). Northern Fulmar High count: 217 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (RSh). Pink-footed Shearwater Reports included 450 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 with 42 on the 9/11 trip (fide RSh). Flesh-footed Shearwater Uncommon in WA. 4 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (fide RSh) with 1 on the 9/8 trip (BS). Buller’s Shearwater High count: 85 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (RSh). Sooty Shearwater High count: 67,000 on the

Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (RSh). WILSON’S STORM-PETREL Rare in WA. 1 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/7 (SM). Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Uncommon in Puget Sound. 1 off Point Jefferson Kitsap on 9/24 (BWg,GG). Leach’s Storm-Petrel Reports included 24 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/7 with 3 on the 8/13 trip (fide RSh). BROWN BOOBY Rare in WA. 1 juvenile tried to land on a boat off Lopez Island San Juan on 8/21 (ANo) and 8/25 (JG). Brown Pelican High count: 1100 at Westport Grays Harbor on 8/6 (fide RSh). Double-crested Cormorant High count for e WA: 900 at Walla Walla RD Walla Walla on 9/27 (MD,MLD). Great Egret Reports included 1 near

Pigeon Guillemot, Whidbey Island, Island, August 13, 2005 Photo by Joyce Meyer.

Washington Field Notes August—September 2005


Stanwood Snohomish from 8/4 (SM) to 8/9 (DD), 2 at Westport Grays Harbor on 8/13 (MaB), 1 at Steigerwald Lake NWR Clark on 8/19 (PS,RS), 1 at Johns River Grays Harbor from 8/19 (BS) to 9/9 (RL), 1 near Fort Steilacoom Pierce from 8/19 to 8/22 (BrW), 1 at Nisqually NWR Thurston from 8/28 (GW) to 9/30 (fide BS), 136 at Pothole Grant on 8/29 (DSc), 1 at Tucannon Columbia on 9/3 (MtB), 4 at Medical Lake Spokane on 9/3 with 10 there on 9/17 (JA), 7 at Bay City Grays Harbor from 9/9 to 9/30 (PS,RS), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 9/12 (HA,ThA), 1 at Kent King on 9/18 (MtB), 60 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/21 (JE), 1 at Washburn Island Okanogan on 9/25 (RKo), and 1 at Calispell Lake Pend Oreille on 9/25 (GiS). Green Heron Rare in e WA. 1 at Bingen Klickitat on 8/3 (SJ). Black-crowned Night-Heron Uncommon and local in w WA. 1 immature at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/13 (PS,RS), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 9/9 (KKe), and 2 immatures at Westport Grays Harbor from 9/13 (PS,RS) to at least 9/17 (DSc). Turkey Vulture Uncommon on the Columbia Plateau. 1 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/13 (GiS), 9 near Waukon Lincoln on 8/20 (JA), 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 8/31 (CWr) with 6 there on 9/7 (TAv), and 1 at Rattlesnake Mountain Benton on 9/5 (NLa). High counts for WA included 878 at Salt Creek CP Clallam on 9/21 with 366 on 9/22 and 327 there on 9/23 (DMa). White-tailed Kite Uncommon and local in WA. 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/12 (fide JE) with 2 there on 9/26 (BlC), and 1 juvenile at Nisqually NWR Thurston from 9/15 (PhK) to 9/17 (SSc). Bald Eagle High elevation report: 1 at 6600’ in Goat Rocks Wilderness Lewis on 8/11 (KGl). Cooper’s Hawk High elevation report: 1 at 7430’ in Goat Rocks Wilderness Lewis on 8/10 (KGl). RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Rare in WA. 1 reported northeast of Ridgefield Clark on 9/25 (JWa). BROAD-WINGED HAWK Rare in WA but well reported this period. 1 immature at Fort Casey SP Island on 8/17 (JiF), 1 at Chelan Ridge Chelan on 9/7 on 9/14 and on 9/15 (fide KeW), 1 immature at Lyons Ferry

Franklin on 9/10 (SM,DSc), and 1 adult photographed north of Cusick Pend Oreille on 9/18 (MHo). Swainson’s Hawk High count: 27 at Hatton Adams on 9/17 (SM). Late report: 2 at Sprague Lake Adams/Lincoln on 9/24 (TMa). Rare in w WA. 1 reportedly observed near Mount Baker Whatcom on 9/7 (PhP). “Harlan’s” Hawk Early for WA. 1 dark adult near Schwana Grant on 9/4 (SM). Ferruginous Hawk Late report: 1 at Sprague Lincoln on 9/10 (JA). Golden Eagle Uncommon in w WA. 1 at Mount Baker Whatcom on 9/9 (fide WW), 1 near Sol Duc Clallam on 9/11 (fide BN), 3 at Sibley Pass Skagit on 9/19 (GB,GAl) with 2 there on 9/25 (HA), and 1 immature at Jumbo Peak Skamania on 9/25 (GW).

American Kestrel High elevation reports: 1 at 7895’ on Mount Adams Yakima on 8/5, and 1 at 7430’ in Goat Rocks Wilderness Lewis on 8/10 (KGl). Merlin Reports from e WA included 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/1 (SM), 1 at Sprague Lincoln on 9/9 (TLi), 2 at Table Rock Columbia on 9/15 and 9/16 (MD), 1 at Othello Adams on 9/17 (RFl), 1 at Columbia Hills Klickitat on 9/25 (SJ), and 49 trapped at Chelan Ridge Chelan throughout the trapping period into October (fide KeW). Peregrine Falcon Reports from e WA included 1 adult at Potholes Grant on 8/13, 1 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 8/13 (GiS), 1 at Bingen Klickitat on 8/14 (SJ), 1 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/18 and 8/23 (JA), 1 at Sprague Lincoln from 8/20 (MtB) to 8/27 (JA), 1 juvenile at Lind Coulee Grant on 8/28

(TKe), 2 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/3 (SM,RFl), 2 at Palouse Falls Franklin on 9/3 (MtB), 1 at Yakima RD Benton from 9/6 to 9/30 (BW,DR), and 1 at Conconully Lake Okanogan on 9/24 (RKo). Prairie Falcon Uncommon in w WA. 1 at Paradise on Mount Rainier NP Pierce on 8/14 (SBe), and 1 at Kent King on 8/26 (KuA). Sora Uncommon locally. 1 at Paterson Slough Benton on 8/7 (NLa). Sandhill Crane Reports from w WA included 1 near Sequim Clallam on 8/4 (MiH), 7 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/8 with 200 there on 9/12 (JE), 35 over Humptulips Grays Harbor on 9/9 (BS), 52 over Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/10 (PS,RS), 43 over Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/11 (KBd), 2 over Stanwood Snohomish on 9/12 (SM), 6 over

Wynoochee Valley Grays Harbor on 9/13 (BS), 2 at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 9/15 with 3 there on 9/30 (PhK), and 11 over Foulweather Bluff Kitsap on 9/30 (BWg). Black-bellied Plover Uncommon in e WA. 1 at McNary NWR Walla Walla on 8/6 (MD,MLD), 1 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/10 (MF) and 9/1 (JA), 1 at Sprague Lake Adams on 8/26 (GiS) and 9/10 (JA), 1 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/29 (DSc) and 9/29 (TAv), 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/1 (SM) and 9/10 (DSc), 2 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/2 (SM) with 1 there on 9/27 (MD,MLD), 1 at Banks Lake Grant on 9/4 (DSc), 3 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 9/10 with 4 on 9/15 and 1 there on 9/21 (JA), 1 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 9/14 (GiS) with

3 there on 9/29, and 1 at Spangle Spokane on 9/28 (MWo). American Golden-Plover Rare in e WA. 1 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 9/10 (JA), 1 at Soap Lake Grant on 9/18 (SM), and 1 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 9/30 (MWo,RoW). Reports from w WA included 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor from 8/27 to 9/2 (PS,RS) with 4 there on 9/18 (MaB), 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/9 (PS,RS), 2 at Jensen Access Skagit on 9/11 with 12 on 9/18 (HA,ThA) and 1 there on 9/21 (TAv), 1 at Dungeness Clallam on 9/15 (BN,DMu), and 1 juvenile at Foulweather Bluff Kitsap on 9/17 (BWg). Pacific Golden-Plover Reports included 1 at Tulalip Bay Snohomish on 8/25 (MRe), 1 juvenile at Semiahmoo Whatcom on 8/25 (WW), 6 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on


Marbled Godwit, Tokeland, Pacific, September 2005. Photo by Ollie Oliver.


8/27 (GG) with 12 on 9/2 (PS,RS) and 10 there on 9/25 (BLa,NLa), 2 at Fir Island Skagit on 8/28 (GAl,SAl) with 4 on 9/18 (HA,ST), and 1 reported at Graysmarsh Clallam on 9/25 (SA). Golden-Plover sp. Reports included 6 at Fir Island Skagit on 9/10 (GAl,SAl), 1 near Stanwood Snohomish on 9/12 (SM), and 1 at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 9/24 (PS,RS). Snowy Plover Uncommon and local in WA. 7 at Midway Beach Pacific on 8/19 (BS) with 12 including 8 young there on 8/27 (GG). Semipalmated Plover Uncommon in e WA but well-reported this period. 3 at Potholes Grant from 8/1 to 8/14 with 1 there on 8/29 (DSc), 1 at Yakima RD Benton on 8/4 and 8/8 (BW), 1 at McNary NWR Walla Walla on 8/6 (MD,MLD), 8 at Paterson Slough Benton on 8/7 (BLa,NLa) with 2 there on 9/9 (SM), 2 reported at Cassimer Bar Okanogan on 8/7 (KK), 1 at Lyle Klickitat on 8/8 (SJ), 1 at Reardan Lincoln from 8/9 to 8/14 (JA) with 2 on 8/28 (GiS) and 1 there on 8/29 (MWo,RoW), 3 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/21 (DSc), 1 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/23 (JA), 2 at Sprague Lake Adams on 8/26 (GiS), 1 at Coulee City Grant on 9/1, 2 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/2, 1 at Lower Crab Creek Grant on 9/11 (SM), and 1 at Othello Adams on 9/16 (RFl). Killdeer High counts: 74 at Yakima RD Benton on 8/5 (BW), and 90 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/16 (DD). Black Oystercatcher Extremely rare away from salt water. 3 east of Rockport Skagit on 9/17 (FKr). High count: 17 at Salt Creek CP Clallam on 9/25 (DMa). Black-necked Stilt High count: 45 at Othello Adams on 8/7 (RFl). Late report: 1 there on 9/17 (SM). American Avocet Rare in w WA. 3 at Luhr Beach Thurston on 8/10 (JPa,KBd). Late report: 2 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 9/24 (TMa). Greater Yellowlegs High count: 88 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/4 (SM). Lesser Yellowlegs High counts included 150 near Turnbull NWR Spokane on 8/12 (JA) for e WA, and 78 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/24 with 75 there on 9/21 (TAv) for w WA. Solitary Sandpiper Widespread reports of at least one hundred birds throughout the period included high counts of 3 at Hawk

Creek Lincoln on 8/4 (GB), 6 near Turnbull NWR Spokane on 8/12 (JA), 5 at South Prairie Pierce on 8/13 (CWr), 7 northeast of Moses Lake Grant on 8/15 (DSc), 6 at Wenas Lake Yakima on 8/16 (SDo), 3 at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 8/16 (KBd), 6 at Yakima RD Benton on 8/18 (NLa), 4 near Burlington Skagit on 8/19 (GB), 5 at Lake Lenore Grant on 8/21 (RH), 5 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/21, 4 at Potholes Grant on 8/29 (DSc). Late reports included 1 at Port Townsend Jefferson on 9/18 (BN), 3 at South Prairie Pierce on 9/23 (CWr), and 1 at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 9/24 (PS,RS). Willet Uncommon and local in WA. 1 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/4 (SM), 13 at Tokeland Pacific on 8/13 (MaB), and 1 at Dungeness Clallam on 8/11 (fide BoB) and

9/1 (DMu). Wandering Tattler Uncommon in Puget Sound. 1 at Jetty Island Snohomish on 8/20 (SD). UPLAND SANDPIPER Rare in WA. 1 reported on the basis of flight call notes heard at dusk at Acme Whatcom on 8/11 (WW). Whimbrel Reports included 74 at Tokeland Pacific on 8/6, 43 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/27 (PS,RS), 1 at Discovery Park King on 8/30 (fide TAv), 1 at Jensen Access Skagit on 8/30 (GB) with 4 there on 9/12 (HA,ThA). Long-billed Curlew Uncommon in w WA away from outer coast. 1 at Luhr Beach Thurston from July to 8/16 (JPa,GW), and 1 at Jetty Island Snohomish from July to 8/20 (SD). High count: 44 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/18 (MaB). HUDSONIAN GODWIT Rare in WA. 1

juvenile at Westport Grays Harbor on 9/14 (LSw), and 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor from 9/18 (MaB) to at least 9/23 (MWo,RoW). BAR-TAILED GODWIT Rare but increasing in WA. 1 reportedly observed from Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/7 (CWr), 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/7 (MkS) with 2 there from 9/18 (MaB) to 9/23 (MWo,RoW), 1 juvenile at Tokeland Pacific on 9/8 (MtB) and 9/9 (RL), 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/11 (KBd), 2 at Jensen Access Skagit from 9/12 (HA,GB) to 9/15 (SM), and 1 juvenile at Westport Grays Harbor on 9/19 (LSw). Marbled Godwit Rare in e WA. 1 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla from 9/2 (SM,RFl) to 9/5 (BLa,NLa). Reports from w WA included 2

at Dungeness Clallam on 8/3 (TAv) with 4 there on 9/4 (SDo), 253 at Westport Grays Harbor on 8/6 (PS,RS), and 670 at Tokeland Pacific on 8/19 (BS). Ruddy Turnstone Uncommon locally. 2 at Restoration Point Kitsap on 8/3 (BWg), 4 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/9 (DD), and 1 at Fir Island Skagit on 8/16 (GB). High count: 10 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 8/31 (PWe). Black Turnstone High count: 175 at Restoration Point Kitsap on 8/3 (BWg). Surfbird Rare locally. 1 north of Boston Harbor Thurston on 9/4 (BS). Red Knot Locally uncommon in fall. 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 8/6 (PS,RS) and 9/13 (JPa,KBd), 1 near Stanwood Snohomish on

8/24 (TAv), 1 at Crockett Lake Island on 9/10 (fide TAv), 1 at Jensen Access Skagit on 9/12 (fide KW), 3 at Tulalip Bay Snohomish on 9/17 with 1 reported there on 9/30 (MRe), and 1 at Foulweather Bluff Kitsap on 9/29 (BWg). Sanderling Uncommon in e WA. 1 at Potholes Grant from July to 8/1 (DSc) with 6 on 9/1 (SM) and 9 there on 9/10 (DSc,RFl), 1 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 8/16 (JA) with 4 on 9/17 (DiW) and 1 on 9/23 (TLi), 3 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/17 (TAv) with 8 on 9/18 (SM) and 1 remaining to 9/23 (BT), 2 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 8/31 (CWr) and 9/24 (TMa), 1 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/2 (SM,RFl), and 8 at Lyle Klickitat on 9/12 (SJ). Semipalmated Sandpiper Record high numbers of hundreds of individuals from widespread locations included high counts of


Pacific Golden-Plover, Damon Point, Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor, September 2005. Digiscoped by Ollie Oliver.


30 at Potholes Grant on 8/14 (DSc) with 60 on 8/17 (TAv) and 22 there on 8/31 (CWr), 15 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/14 (JA), 22 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/14 (SM), 16 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 8/16 (JA), and 118 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/17 (TAv). Reports from locations where less common and late reports included 1 at South Bend Pacific on 8/6 (SM), 2 at Johns River Grays Harbor on 8/19 (BS), 2 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/21 (PS,RS) with 1 there on 8/28 (NMg,RNe), 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 8/22 (ST), 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/8 (SM), 1 at Midway Beach Pacific on 9/12 (MtD), and 1 near Stanwood Snohomish on 9/16 (KW) Western Sandpiper Unprecedented numbers from e WA included 500 at Paterson Slough Benton on 8/7 (NLa) and 9/9 (SM), 2800 at Potholes Grant on 8/27 (SM) with 3500 there on 8/29 (DSc), and 500 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/9 (SM). RED-NECKED STINT Rare in WA. 1 at Dungeness Clallam from July to 8/2 (RL,PS) was first state record accepted by the WBRC. Baird’s Sandpiper Widespread reports included 13 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/9 (JA), 12 near Stanwood Snohmish on 8/11 (SM), 2 at Gorst Kitsap on 8/12 (BWg), 1 at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 8/12 (BS), 32 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 8/13 (MD,MLD), 114 at Potholes Grant on 8/14 (DSc), 25 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/16 (BT), 36 at Wenas Lake Yakima on 8/16 (SDo), 1 at Bainbridge Island Kitsap on 8/16 (BWg), 30 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/17 (MWo,RoW), 10 at Conconully Okanogan on 8/19 (MtB), 20 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/2 (RFl), and 8 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/14 (RL). Pectoral Sandpiper High counts included 18 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/14 (SM), 38 at Swinomish Channel Skagit on 9/11 (HA,ThA), and 22 at Lind Coulee Grant on 9/17 (SM). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Rare in e WA. 1 reported at Lind Coulee Grant on 9/6 (AR). Uncommon in w WA. 3 near Stanwood Snohomish on 9/12 with 9 on 9/15 and 7 there on 9/24 (SM), 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/13 (JPa,KBd) and 9/14 (RL), and 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/14 (GuM). Dunlin Uncommon before late fall in WA. 8 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/13

(PS,RS) with 2 on 8/20 (MiF,SSc) and 3 there on 9/18 (MaB), and 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 8/26 (MkA). CURLEW SANDPIPER Rare in WA. 1 juvenile at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor from 9/10 (BS,CSi) to 9/13 (JPa,KBd), and 1 possible juvenile reported near Stanwood Snohomish on 9/26 (DD,SP). Stilt Sandpiper Unprecendeted numbers totaled near 300 juveniles statewide with only 1 adult report from Yakima Yakima on 8/6 (DGr). Selected reports included 24 near Stanwood Snohomish from 8/11 (SM) to 8/16 (DD) with 3 there from 9/15 to 9/18 (SM), 8 near Turnbull NWR Spokane on 8/12 (JA), 7 at Dungeness Clallam on 8/13 (BoB), 8 at Lummi Bay Whatcom on 8/14 (WW), 12 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/14 (JA), 6 at Soap Lake

Grant on 8/16 (SSc), 51 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/18 with 10 there on 8/23 (JA), 1 at Bainbridge Island Kitsap on 8/18 with 2 there on 8/23 (BWg), 2 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 8/19 (BT), 55 at Potholes Grant on 8/19 (RFl) with 30 on 8/31 (CWr), and 1 there on 9/19 (fide TAv), 11 at Othello Adams on 8/19 with 1 there on 9/10 (RFl), 1 at Yakima RD Benton on 8/19 (BW), 7 at Calispell Lake Pend Oreille on 8/20 (GiS), 3 at Johns River Grays Harbor on 8/20 (MiF,SSc), 22 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 8/26 (GiS) with 1 there on 9/24 (TMa), 11 at Big Flat HMU Franklin on 9/2 (RFl), 2 at Swantown Island on 9/2 (fide SM), and 1 at Willapa Bay Pacific on 9/5 (JGi). BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Rare in WA. 1 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/28 (JA,GiS) and 8/29 (fide JA), 1 at Marymoor Park King

from 8/31 (BBe) to 9/2, 1 at Midway Beach Pacific on 9/9 (RL), 1 at Fir Island Skagit on 9/10 (GAl,SAl) and 9/11 (GB), and 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark from 9/11 (SMu) to 9/13 (BlC,JE). Short-billed Dowitcher Uncommon in e WA. 1 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/13 (GiS) with 5 there on 8/28 (JA), 1 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/17 (MWo,RoW), 1 at Potholes Grant on 8/21 (BLa,NLa) with 4 on 8/31 (SM,CWr) and 2 there on 9/1 (SM), 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 8/31 (CWr), and 1 at Iowa Beef Walla Walla on 9/2 (SM). Wilson’s Phalarope Uncommon in w WA. 1 near Stanwood Snohomish from July to 8/24 with 2 there on 8/31 (TAv). Red-necked Phalarope Uncommon locally. 3 at Hope Island Mason on 8/15 (BS), 2 at Big

Mosquito Lake Skamania on 8/20 (fide SJ), and 1 at Montlake Fill King on 9/5 (JB). Red Phalarope Rare in e WA. 1 juvenile photographed at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/17 (GiS,MWo) remained to 8/18 (JA), and 1 at Sheep Lake Whitman on 8/17 (GiS). Pomarine Jaeger Uncommon from shore. 1 dark adult south of Ruby Beach Jefferson on 9/13 (BS). Parasitic Jaeger Rare in e WA. 1 at Chelan Ridge Chelan on 9/1 (MSp), and 1 at White Bluffs Franklin/Grant on 9/11 (SDo). Long-tailed Jaeger Rare in inland waters. 3 immatures at Bellingham Bay Whatcom on 9/11 (BT). Jaeger sp. Either of the long-tailed species rare in e WA. 1 adult over land near Washtucna Adams on 9/10

(DSc). South Polar Skua Reports included 2 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/6 (RSh) with 11 on the 9/8 trip.(BS). Franklin’s Gull Uncommon in WA. 2 at Sprague Lake Adams on 8/19 (TLi) to 9/4 (GiS), 1 immature at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/21 (PS,RS), 1 at Wenatchee Chelan on 9/1 (SM), and 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/4 (RKo). Bonaparte’s Gull Uncommon in early fall in e WA. 1 at Sprague Lake Adams on 8/19 (TLi), 4 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/21 (DSc), and 2 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/29 (MWo,RoW). Heermann’s Gull High count: 4408 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/7 (fide RSh). Mew Gull Rare in early fall in e WA. 1


Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Marymoor Park, Redmond, King, August 31, 2005. Photo by Ollie Oliver.


subadult at Soap Lake Grant on 8/16 (BT). Ring-billed Gull High count: 4000 at Wallula Walla Walla on 9/9 (SM). Western X Glaucous-winged Gull Rare in e WA. 1 adult at Ice Harbor Dam Franklin/Walla Walla on 9/2 (SM). Black-legged Kittiwake High count: 9 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (RSh). Sabine’s Gull Uncommon away from open ocean. 2 adults at Sprague Lake Adams on 9/2 with 3 there on 9/9 (TLi), 1 at Vernita Grant on 9/11 (SDo), 2 juveniles at Point No Point Kitsap on 9/17 with 3 on 9/20 and 1 there on 9/22 (BWg), and 2 at Soap Lake Grant on 9/18 (SM). Caspian Tern Unusual location for high count. 23 at Othello Adams on 8/6 (RFl). Common Tern Reports away from coast included 30 at Sprague Lake Adams/Lincoln on 8/19 (TLi) with 20 on 8/26 (GiS) and 4 there on 9/15 (JA), 4 at Vantage Kittitas on 8/27 (SM), 1 at Elma Grays Harbor on 8/28 (TO), 8 at Potholes Grant on 8/29 (DSc), 3 at Donald Yakima on 8/31 (DGr), 2 at McNary Dam Walla Walla on 9/2 with 1 there on 9/9 (SM), 1 at Richland Benton on 9/5 with 6 on 9/12 and 1 there from 9/19 to 9/24 (fide BLa), 20 reported at Vancouver Lowlands Clark on 9/5 (KK) and 5 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/7 (TAv). Arctic Tern Reports included 41 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/6 with 3 on the 9/11 trip (fide RSh). Forster’s Tern Rare in w WA. 1 at Union Mason on 8/18 (RR). Black Tern Late reports included 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 8/7 (PWe), 20 at Philleo Lake Spokane on 8/17 (GiS,MWo), 1 at Calispell Lake Pend Oreille on 8/20 (GiS), and 1 at Sprague Lake Adams on 9/2 (TLi). Common Murre High counts: 4851 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/20 (RSh), and 1000 off Point Jefferson Kitsap on 9/24 (BWg,GG). XANTU’S MURRELET Rare in WA. 2 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/6 (fide RSh). Cassin’s Auklet Rarely observed from land. 2 at Gooseberry Point Whatcom on 8/24 (VBu). Rhinoceros Auklet High count: 650 at Port Williams Clallam on 8/4 (MiH). Tufted Puffin Reports included 1 at Similk Bay Skagit on 8/11 (fide ThA), 3 on the Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor on 8/13 (fide RSh) with 1 on the 9/11 trip (JPa), 1 at Port Townsend Jefferson on 8/14 (JaA), and 3 at Tatoosh Island Clallam on 8/25 (HO). Band-tailed Pigeon Uncommon in e WA. 20 at Trout Lake Klickitat on 8/22 with 7 there on 9/21 (KGl). Mourning Dove Locally uncommon. 1 at Ocean Shores STP Grays Harbor on 8/21 (PS,RS), and 1 at Marymoor Park King from 9/28 to 10/5 (MiH).

EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE Rare but increasing in WA. 2 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 with 1 there to 9/30 (RFl), and 1 photographed at Sinlahekin WMA Okanogan on 9/12 (DSd). Great Horned Owl High elevation reports: 1 at 6100’ in Goat Rocks Wilderness Lewis on 8/9 (KGl), and 1 at 6200’ near Sunrise in Mount Rainier NP Pierce on 9/14 (TAv). NORTHERN HAWK OWL Rare in WA. 1 Below Hart’s Pass Okanogan on 9/3 (JoH). Northern Pygmy-Owl Rarely reported nesting in Puget Sound: 1 adult with 3 young near Poulsbo Kitsap on 8/21 (BWg). Great Gray Owl Uncommon in WA. 2 at Havillah Okanogan from 8/6 (NMg) to at least

8/19 (MtB), and 1 at Table Rock Columbia on 8/27 (MD). Common Nighthawk Reports from w WA included 6 west of Kingston Kitsap on 8/4 (MiH), 2 at Peterson Prairie Skamania on 8/5 (KGl), 1 at Point Whitney Jefferson on 8/8 (RR), 2 at Auburn King on 9/4 (CWr), 1 at Elma Grays Harbor on 9/5 (TO), 1 at Concrete Skagit on 9/10 (GB), 1 at Dungeness Clallam on 9/12 (fide BN), 2 at Mount Pleasant Skamania on 9/14 (WC), and 1 at Marymoor Park King on 9/18 (MtB). Common Poorwill Late report: 1 at Two Rivers CP Benton on 9/5 (DR). Black Swift Locally uncommon. 3 at Bainbridge Island Kitsap on 9/4 with 6 there on 9/16 (BWg). Vaux’s Swift Reports from the Columbia Plateau included 4 at Washtucna Adams on

8/21 (RFl), 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 8/31 (CWr), 3 at Two Rivers CP Benton on 9/8 (DR), and 3 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/10 (RFl). High count: 3300 entering a chimney at Monroe Snohomish from 9/3 to at least 9/17 (AWa). White-throated Swift Late reports included 12 at Table Rock Columbia on 9/1 (MD), 10 at Tucannon Columbia on 9/3 (MtB), and 35 at Wanapum Kittitas on 9/4 (RFl). Anna’s Hummingbird Evidence of rapid expansion continues. 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 8/27 (PS,RS), 1 at Peone Spokane on 8/31 (RD), 1 male at Bellingham Whatcom from 9/1 to 9/30 (fide TAv), 1 at Wapato Yakima on 9/10 (fide DGr), and 1 at 1300’ on Tiger Mountain King on 9/29 (JRa). Calliope Hummingbird Columbia Basin reports included 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/21, and 1 at Othello Adams on 9/10 (RFl). BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD Rare in WA. 1 female type reported at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (RFl). Lewis’s Woodpecker Migrant reports included 8 juveniles at Goldendale Klickitat from 8/1 to 9/5 (fide SJ), 3 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 8/3 (JE) with 4 there on 8/27 (KGl), 1 juvenile at Bingen Klickitat on 8/14 (SJ), 1 near Spokane Spokane on 8/26 (MWo), 3 at Madame Dorion SP Walla Walla on 9/3 (RKo), 1 at Tampico Yakima on 9/4 (RH), 1 at Coulee City Grant on 9/7 (DSc), and 1 at Lower Trout Lake Valley Klickitat on 9/21 (KGl). Rare in w WA. 1 adult at South Prairie Pierce on 9/23 (CWr). Acorn Woodpecker Rare away from sw Klickitat Co. 1 at Ellsworth Clark from 9/13 to 9/15, 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/13 (fide WC), and 1 at Ridgefield Clark on 9/16 (JE). Red-naped Sapsucker Late reports included 1 at Othello Adams from 9/16 to 9/18 (RFl), 1 at Palouse Falls Franklin on 9/17 (SM), 1 at Conconully Okanogan on 9/25 (RKo), 1 at Ahtanum Creek Yakima on 9/30 (RH). Red-breasted Sapsucker Uncommon in e WA. 3 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 8/27 (KGl), and 1 at Lower Trout Lake Valley Klickitat on 9/21 (KGl). Williamson’s Sapsucker High count: 8 at Sweetgrass Butte Okanogan on 8/7 (SSc,MiF). Hairy Woodpecker High count: 75 reported near Pearrygin Lake Okanogan on 9/11 (SSc,MiF). White-headed Woodpecker Reports included 1 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat from 8/20 to 9/20 (KGl), 4 at Wenas Yakima on 8/29 (PH), and 2 near Pearrygin Lake Okanogan on 9/11 (SSc,MiF). American Three-toed Woodpecker Reports included 7 at Paysayten Wilderness Okanogan on 8/17 (SSc), 2 at Rogers Lake Okanogan on 8/19 (MtB), 1 north of White Pass Yakima on 9/4 (GW), 1 at Ahtanum


Acorn Woodpecker, Ellsworth Springs (Vancouver), Clark, September 13,

2005. Photo by Rebecca Richardson.


Creek Yakima on 9/5 (RH), 1 at Mount Adams Yakima on 9/6 (KGl), and 1 at Mount Rainier NP Pierce on 9/6 (NoS). Black-backed Woodpecker Uncommon in WA. 2 at Pleasant Valley Yakima on 8/28 (SDo), 2 at Ahtanum Creek Yakima on 9/5 (RH), 1 north of White Pass Yakima on 9/5 (GW), 2 north of Pearrygin Lake Okanogan on 9/11 (SSc,MiF), and 1 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 9/18 (KGl). Olive-sided Flycatcher Columbia Plateau migrants included 1 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 8/13, 2 at Washtucna Adams on 9/4(GiS) with 1 there on 9/10 (RFl), 1 near Schwana Grant on 8/27 (SM), 3 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 8/31 (CWr), 2 at Potholes Grant on 9/1 (SM), 1 at Kahlotus Franklin on 9/2 (RFl) and 9/17 (SM), 2 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/3 (SM), and 1 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 9/18 (KGl). Willow Flycatcher Late report: 1 at Montlake Fill King on 9/30 (KA). Least Flycatcher Uncommon in WA. 1 singing at Davenport Lincoln on 8/4 (GB), 1 reported on and off at Washtucna Adams from 8/20 (GiS,BWh), to 9/17 (SM), 1 at Palouse Falls Franklin on 8/25 (TAv), 1 reported at South Prairie Pierce on 8/28 (CWr), 1 at Hartline Grant on 9/7 (DSc), and 1 reported at Tacoma Pierce on 9/19 (PS,RS). Hammond’s Flycatcher Early migrant reports included 1 at Columbia NWR Grant on 8/9 (RFl), and 2 at Ephrata Grant on 8/17 (TAv). Gray Flycatcher Migrant reports included 2 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (RFl,GiS) and 9/10 (RFl), 1 at Field Springs SP Asotin on 9/4 (MtB), 2 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/7 (SDo), 1 near McAdam Franklin on 9/7, and 1 at Palouse Falls Franklin 9/7 (TAv). Pacific-slope Flycatcher Early migrant report: 1 at Columbia NWR Grant on 8/9 (RFl). BLACK PHOEBE Rare in WA. 1 at North Cove Pacific on 9/10 (LrS). EASTERN PHOEBE Rare in WA. 1 reported at Washtucna Adams on 9/3 (RFl,RH). Say’s Phoebe Uncommon in w WA. 1 at Kent King from 8/21 (CWr) to 9/30 (DSw), 1 at Midway Beach Pacific on 9/12 (MtD), and 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/14 (GuM). High elevation report: 1 at Table Rock Columbia on 9/1 and 9/2 (MD). Ash-throated Flycatcher High count: 6 at

Fort Simcoe SP Yakima on 8/1 (SSc). Eastern Kingbird High count: 20 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 8/17 (TAv). BLUE-HEADED VIREO Rare in WA. 1 reported at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/4 (CWr), and 1 at Washtucna Adams on 9/8 (AR). Warbling Vireo Late reports included 1 at Robinson Canyon Kittitas on 9/22 (TAv), 1 at Cassimer Bar Okanogan on 9/25 (RKo), and 1 at Richland Benton on 9/27 (BW). PHILADELPHIA VIREO Rare in WA. 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (RFl). Red-eyed Vireo Migrants well-reported this fall. 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 8/7 (PWe), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 8/20 (SA) and 9/5 (TAv), 1 at Two Rivers CP Benton on 8/22 (DR), 1 at Othello Adams on 8/23 (RFl),

1 at Sprague Lake Adams on 8/26 (GiS), 1 at St Andrews Douglas on 9/1, 1 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/3 (SM), 1 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 9/8, 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/9 and 9/10 (DSc), 2 near South Prairie Pierce on 9/11 (CWr), 1 at Renton King on 9/15 (GuM), 1 at Central Ferry Whitman on 9/17, and 1 at Steptoe Butte Whitman on 9/17 (DiW). Gray Jay Uncommon in lowlands. 1 at Tenino Thurston on 9/10 (PH), and 1 juvenile reported at Lake Stevens Snohomish on 9/18 (SA). Steller’s Jay Migrant reports included 1 at Wenatchee Chelan on 9/8, 2 at Waterville Douglas on 9/8 (SM), 100 in fifteen minutes at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/12 (JE), 1 at Yakima Yakima on 9/13 (DGr), 1 at Umatilla NWR Benton on 9/21 (HB), and 70 at Rock Creek Klickitat on 9/24 (SJ).

Blue Jay Uncommon in WA. 1 at Woodinville King on 9/21 (fide SM). Western Scrub-Jay Range expansion continues. 1 at Aberdeen Grays Harbor on 9/9 (PS,RS), 1 at Marrowstone Island Jefferson on 9/9 (fide BN), 1 at Tokeland Pacific on 9/9 (PS,RS), 1 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat from 9/12 (KGl) to 9/30 (JE), 2 at West Richland Benton on 9/25 (fide BLa), 2 at Point No Point Kitsap on 9/24 (fide BWg), and 1 at Everett Snohomish on 9/26 (fide SM). Clark’s Nutcracker Low elevation report: 6 at Trout Lake Klickitat on 9/15 (KGl). High count: 53 at Table Rock Columbia on 9/24 (MD). Black-billed Magpie Uncommon locally. 1 at Table Rock Columbia on 9/7 with 2 on 9/20 and 3 there on 9/21 (MD), and 1 at

Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 9/18 with 2 there on 9/20 (KGl). Common Raven High count: 70 at Columbia NWR Grant on 9/27 (RH). Horned Lark Migrant reports included 15 alpina/articola at Table Rock Columbia on 9/17 (MD), 2 at Samish Island Skagit on 9/14 (HA), and 4 alpina/articola at Soap Lake Grant 9/29 (TAv). Purple Martin Uncommon in e WA. 2 at Bingen Klickitat on 8/3 with 1 there on 9/1, and 2 at St. Cloud Recreation Area Klickitat on 8/19 (SJ). Increasing reports from w WA included 10 at Dungeness Clallam on 8/3 (TAv), 1 at Hoquiam Grays Harbor on 8/4 (RR) with 6 there on 9/8 (CWr), 21 at Carson Skamania on 8/10 (SJ), 2 at Tokeland Pacific

on 8/13 (MaB), 30 at Ballard King on 8/14, 6 at Kenmore King from at least 8/14 to 9/8 (KL), 4 at Lakewood Pierce from 8/16 to 8/23 (RNe), 25 at Edmonds Snohomish on 8/27 (DD), and 1 at Tenino Thurston on 9/13 (PH). Tree Swallow Uncommon locally. 3 at Burbank Walla Walla on 8/24 (NLa). Northern Rough-winged Swallow Late reports: 1 at Tenino Thurston on 9/8 (PH), and 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/10 (PS,RS). Bank Swallow Uncommon in w WA. 3 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/11 and 8/21 (SM), 1 at Swinomish Channel Skagit on 8/16 (GB), 6 at Fir Island Skagit on 8/21 (SM), 1 at Lummi Flats Whatcom on 8/24 (VBu), 1 at Bayview Skagit on 8/27 (MaB), and 1 at Bonney Lake Pierce on 9/12 (CWr). High


Rock Wren, Table Rock Fire Lookout, Columbia, September 7, 2005. Photo by MerryLynn Denny


count: 4000 from Basin City to Connell Franklin on 9/6 (AR). Late report: 1 at Othello Adams on 9/29 (TAv). Barn Swallow High count: 6000 from Basin City to Connell Franklin on 9/6 (AR). Cliff Swallow Late reports included 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln/Adams on 8/31 (CWr), 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/10 (PS,RS), and 1 at Dungeness Clallam on 9/14 (BoB). Black-capped Chickadee Rare for location. 1 reported at Washtucna Adams on 9/7 (SDo). Boreal Chickadee Reports included 20 at Paysayten Wilderness Okanogan on 8/17 (SSc), 2 at Salmo Pass Pend Oreille on 8/19 (MWo,RoW) with 4 there on 8/26 (TKe), and 2 at FR 39 Okanogan on 9/24 (RKo). Red-breasted Nuthatch Early Columbia Plateau reports included 1 at Othello Adams on 8/18 (RFl), 1 at Palouse Falls Franklin on 8/25 (TAv), 1 at Sprague Lake Adams on 8/26 (GiS), 1 near Schwana Grant on 8/27, and 1 at Vantage Kittitas on 8/27 (SM). White-breasted Nuthatch Locally uncommon. 1 reported at South Prairie Skamania on 8/19 (PS,RS). Brown Creeper High count: 18 near South Prairie Pierce on 9/23 (CWr). Rock Wren High elevation reports: 1 at 6400’ in Goat Rocks Wilderness Lewis on 8/10 with another at 6600’ there on 8/11 (KGl). House Wren Locally uncommon in w WA. 1 at Pilchuck Tree Farm Snohomish on 8/8 (GAl,SAl), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 8/20 (SA) and 1 at Debay’s Slough Skagit on 9/10 (GB). Late reports for w WA: 2 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/15, and 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 9/21 (TAv). High elevation report: 1 at 6800’ on Mount Adams Yakima on 8/5 (KGl). Winter Wren Early migrant reports included an adult and a juvenile at Ephrata Grant on 8/17, 1 at Ralston Adams on 9/7 (TAv), 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/8 (DSc), and 1 at Wanapum SP Kittitas on 9/11 (SM). Golden-crowned Kinglet Early Columbia Plateau report: 1 at Kahlotus Franklin on 9/2 (RFl). Ruby-crowned Kinglet Early for WA lowlands. 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (RFl), 1 at Kent King on 8/21 (CWr), and 3 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 8/25 (TAv). High counts included 104 (RFl) and 250 (SM) both from Washtucna Adams on 9/10. Western Bluebird Locally uncommon in w WA. 2 at Mill A Skamania on 8/19 (PS,RS), and 4 at Blyn Clallam on 9/16 (fide BN). Townsend’s Solitaire Migrant reports included 1 juvenile at Tower Mountain Spokane on 8/3 (MWo), 2 at Washtucna Adams on 9/4 (GiS) with 8 there on 9/10 (RFl), 7 at Vantage Kittitas on 9/8 (TAv), and 50 at Jumbo Peak Skamania on 9/25 (GW). Veery Late reports: 1 at Wenas Yakima on 8/29 (PH), and 1 reported at Mount Spokane

Spokane on 9/2 (TLi). Swainson’s Thrush Migrants well-reported from e WA lowlands. 1 at Bingen Klickitat on 8/14 (SJ), 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/8 (DSc), 1 at Othello Adams on 9/15 (RH), 1 at Lower Crab Creek Grant on 9/15 (RFl), 1 at Washtucna Adams on 9/17, 1 at Kahlotus Franklin on 9/17 (SM), 1 at Ephrata Grant on 9/24 (RFl), and 1 reported at Davenport Lincoln on 9/24 (TMa). Hermit Thrush Early migrants: 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/25 (TAv), 1 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/3 (RFl), and 1 at Rattlesnake Mountain Benton on 9/5 (NLa). Varied Thrush Early lowland reports included 1 at Coupeville Island on 8/17 (fide TAv), 1 at Wind Dust Park Franklin on 9/9 (SM), 1 at Foulweather Bluff Kitsap on 9/10 (BWg), 1 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/17, and 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/17 (SM). Gray Catbird Reports included 1 at Yakima Yakima on 8/17 (SDo), 2 at Trout Lake Klickitat on 8/22 (KGl), 1 at Bateman Island Benton on 8/24 (NLa), 1 near Schwana Grant on 8/27, 8 at Wenatchee Chelan on 9/1 (SM) with 2 there on 9/10 (SSc,MiF), 1 at Washtucna Adams on 9/2 (RFl) and 9/17 (SM), 2 near Mount Spokane Spokane on 9/2 (TLi), 1 at Clarkston Asotin on 9/4 (MtB), and 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 9/7 (TAv). Northern Mockingbird Uncommon in WA. 2 at Horn Rapids Benton from July to 8/1 (fide BLa), 1 at Othello Adams on 8/18 (RFl), and 1 at Ocean Shores STP Grays Harbor on 8/24 (BMo). Sage Thrasher Late reports included 8 at Vantage Kittitas on 9/8 (TAv), 1 at Columbia NWR Adams on 9/20 (RFl), and 4 at Columbia NWR Grant on 9/27 (RH). American Pipit Early lowland reports included 1 at Reardan Lincoln on 8/28 (GiS), and 2 near Stanwood Snohomish on 9/5 (TAv). Bohemian Waxwing Early for WA. 1 at Baldy Pass Okanogan on 9/24 (RKo). TENNESSEE WARBLER Rare in WA. 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 9/7 (TAv), and 1 reported at Othello Adams on 9/18 (RFl). Orange-crowned Warbler Reports included 1 apparent V. c. celata at Potholes Grant on 9/8 (DSc), 1 apparent V. c. celata at Wenatchee Chelan on 9/9, and 1 extremely gray individual at Skagit WMA Skagit which showed an almost entire lack of yellow on 9/24 (SM). High count: 53 near South Prairie Pierce on 9/11 (CWr). Nashville Warbler Uncommon in w WA. 3 at Coral Pass Pierce on 8/2 (CWr), 2 at Mount Adams Skamania on 8/2 (SJ), 1 at Goat Rocks Wilderness Lewis on 8/12 (KGl), 2 at Weir Prairie Thurston on 8/21 (RNe), 1 reported at Montlake Fill King on 9/10 (TKL) with 1 there on 9/30 (KA), and 1 reported at Discovery Park King on 9/13 (SA). Yellow Warbler High count: 85 reported at Hoquiam Grays Harbor on 9/8 (CWr).

MAGNOLIA WARBLER Rare in WA. 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Harbor on 9/1 (TAv). Black-throated Gray Warbler Uncommon in e WA. 12 at Trout Lake Klickitat on 8/22 (KGl), 1 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 9/8 (DSc), 1 at Confluence SP Chelan on 9/10 (SSc,MiF), 1 east of Glenwood Klickitat on 9/16 (KGl), 1 at Robinson Canyon Kittitas on 9/22 (TAv), 1 at Ephrata Grant on 9/23 (BT), and 1 at Maryhill Klickitat on 9/24 (fide SJ). High count: 67 reported near South Prairie Pierce on 9/11 (CWr). Hermit Warbler Late report: 1 at Indian Heaven Wilderness Skamania on 9/7 (KGl). Palm Warbler Uncommon in WA. 1 reported at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 9/24 (PS,RS), and 1 at Ocean Shores Grays Harbor on 9/25 (DGr). BLACKPOLL WARBLER Rare in WA. 1 at Kahlotus Franklin on 9/2 (SM,RFl), 1 at Two Rivers CP Benton on 9/8 and 9/9 (NLa,DR), and 1 at Vantage Kittitas on 9/29 (TAv). BLACK & WHITE WARBLER Rare in WA. 1 reported at Vancouver Clark on 9/17 (ShH). American Redstart Uncommon away from ne WA. 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 and 9/2 and on 9/10 (RFl), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 8/20 (SA), 2 at Trout Lake Klickitat on 8/22 (KGl), 1 near Schwana Grant on 8/27 (SM), 1 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 9/8 (DSc), and 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/10 (RFl,DSc). Northern Waterthrush Uncommon as a migrant in WA. 1 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 8/17 (TAv), 1 at Richland Benton on 8/18 (BW), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit from 9/23 (HA,ThA) to 9/30 (SM). MacGillivray’s Warbler Early migrants included 1 at Othello Adams on 8/1 (RFl), and 4 at Ephrata Grant on 8/17 (TAv). Common Yellowthroat Locally uncommon in e WA. 5 at Bingen Klickitat on 8/14 (SJ), 1 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/21 (DSc), 1 at Two Rivers CP Benton on 9/1 (DR) and 9/5 (RKo), 2 at Sun Lakes SP Grant on 9/1 (SM) and 9/8, 4 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 9/7 (TAv), 2 at Hooper Whitman on 9/10 (RFl), 3 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/17, 1 at Washtucna Adams on 9/17 (SM) and 9/30 (RFl), and 1 at Bennington Lake Walla Walla on 9/21 (MD,MLD). High count for e WA: 15 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 9/12 (KGl). Wilson’s Warbler High count: 48 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 9/7 (TAv). Yellow-breasted Chat Rare in w WA. 1 at Kent King from July to 8/21 (CWr). Late reports: 1 at Othello Adams on 9/16 and 9/17 (RFl), and 1 at Rock Lake Whitman on 9/17 (DiW). Green-tailed Towhee Late report from breeding area: 1 at Biscuit Ridge Walla Walla on 8/7 (AaM). Rare as a migrant. 1 juvenile reported at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (RFl).



Chipping Sparrow Locally uncommon in w WA. 1 at Seattle King on 8/1 and from 8/21 to 8/22 (SD), 1 at South Prairie Pierce on 9/11 (CWr), and 1 at Port Townsend Jefferson on 9/23 (BoB). Clay-colored Sparrow Uncommon but increasing in WA. 1 near Spokane Spokane on 8/4 (MWo,RoW), 3 at Othello Adams on 9/3 with 1 there on 9/10 (RFl), 3 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/3 (SM) with 4 on 9/4 (CWr) and 2 reported there on 9/7 (SDo), 1 at Potholes Grant on 9/8 (DSc), 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark on 9/18 (JnW), and 1 at Marymoor Park King from 9/28 to 9/30 (MiH,BBe). Brewer’s Sparrow Uncommon locally. 1 at 6800’ on Mount Adams Yakima on 8/5, 1 at Trout Lake Klickitat on 8/22 and 8/23 (KGl), 1 at Bateman Island Benton on 8/24 (NLa), and 3 near Spokane Spokane on 8/26 (MWo,RoW). Vesper Sparrow Uncommon in w WA. 2 reported at Johns River Grays Harbor on 8/26 (SSc), 1 at Montlake Fill King on 9/1 (KA) and 9/10 (TKL), 1 reported at Mount Baker Whatcom on 9/9 (fide WW), 1 at Magnusson Park King on 9/12 (KA), 1 at Marymoor Park King on 9/17 (MiH) and 9/18 (MtB), and 1 near Conway Skagit on 9/24 (SM). Lark Sparrow Late reports: 8 at Soap Lake Grant on 8/21 (DSc), and 3 at Lake Lenore Grant on 9/1 (RFl). Fox Sparrow Reports included 1 “Sooty” at Skagit WMA Skagit on 9/5, 1 “Sooty” at Wanapum SP Kittitas on 9/8 (TAv), 1 possible “Red” X “Sooty” at Washtucna Adams on 9/9 with 1 “Sooty” there on 9/10 and 1 apparent P. i. altivagans there on 9/17 (SM). Lincoln Sparrow Early lowland reports included 2 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 8/18 (KGl), 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (GiS), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 8/20 (SA), and 1 at Foulweather Bluff Kitsap on 8/21 (BWg). High count for e WA: 24 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 9/7 (TAv). Swamp Sparrow Uncommon in WA. 1 at South Prairie Pierce on 9/28 (CWr). White-throated Sparrow Uncommon in WA. 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit on 9/24 (SM), 1 at Othello Adams on 9/25 (RH), 1 at Nisqually NWR Thurston on 9/26 (PS,RS), 1 at Edmonds Snohomish on 9/28 (DnH), and 2 at Olympia Thurston on 9/30 (KBd). Harris’s Sparrow Rare in early fall in WA. 1 at Olympia Thurston from 9/27 to 9/30 (KBd). White-crowned Sparrow Early reports for e WA included 1 at Washtucna Adams on 8/20 (GiS), and 1 Z. l. pugetensis at Wenatchee Chelan on 9/1 (SM). Golden-crowned Sparrow Reports from e WA included 1 at Mount Spokane Spokane on 9/2 (TLi), 2 at Rattlesnake Mountain Benton on 9/5 (fide BLa), 1 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/7, 1 at Sprague Lake Lincoln on 9/7 (TAv), 1 at Washtucna Adams from 9/9 to

9/17, 1 at Big Flat HMU Franklin on 9/9, 1 at Wind Dust Park Franklin on 9/9 (SM), 1 at Othello Adams on 9/16 (RFl), 3 at Kennewick Benton from 9/23 to 9/30 (BLa), and 1 at Ephrata Grant on 9/29 (TAv). Early for WA: 1 at Indian Heaven Wilderness Skamania on 8/31 (KGl). “Slate-colored” Junco Early reports: 1 at Lyons Ferry Franklin on 9/10 (SM,DSc), and 2 at Olympia Thurston on 9/30 (KBd). Lapland Longspur Reports included 3 at Midway Beach Pacific on 8/26 (MkA), 2 at Montlake Fill King on 9/11 (ST), 15 at Jensen Access Skagit on 9/12 (HA,ThA), 2 at Marymoor Park King from 9/14 to 9/17 with 4 there on 9/21 (MiH), 1 west of Espanola Spokane on 9/18 with 4 on 9/25 and 3 there on 9/28 (JA), 2 at Kent King on 9/18 (MtB), 1 at Sibley Pass Skagit on 9/19 (GB), and 2 at Spangle Spokane on 9/28 (MWo). ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Rare in WA. 1 female at Washtucna Adams on 9/3 (SM,RFl), and 1 female reported at Skagit WMA Skagit on 9/22 (RiC). Black-headed Grosbeak Late reports: 1 at Renton King on 9/19 (GuM), and 1 at Marymoor Park King on 9/21 (MiH). Lazuli Bunting Late report: 4 at Lower Trout Lake Valley Klickitat on 8/23 (KGl). Tricolored Blackbird Rare but increasing in WA. 1 at Othello Adams from 9/1 to 9/8 with 2 there on 9/17 (SM), and 2 males five miles west of there on 9/29 (TAv). Yellow-headed Blackbird Uncommon in w WA. 1 near Stanwood Snohomish on 8/9 (DD) and 8/20 (SM), and 1 at Bainbridge Island Kitsap on 8/23 (BWg). Bullock’s Oriole Late for WA. 1 at Burbank Walla Walla on 9/20 (fide BLa). Pine Grosbeak Uncommon and local in WA. An adult feeding a juvenile at Klahhane Ridge Clallam on 8/2 (BMo), 7 at Coral Pass Pierce on 8/2 (CWr), 1 at Grand Lake Clallam on 8/4 (BoB), 1 at Steamboat Mountain Skamania on 8/15 (KGl), 2 at Salmo Pass Pend Oreille on 8/19 (MWo,RoW), 2 at Pleasant Valley Yakima on 8/28 (SDo), and 4 at Hannegan Peak Whatcom on 9/8 (PhP). Lesser Goldfinch Expanding from Klickitat core range. 1 at Bingen Klickitat on 9/1 (SJ), 2 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat on 9/4 (KGl), and 2 at Lower Trout Lake Valley Klickitat from 9/12 to 9/21 with 3 there on 9/25 (KGl). Corrigenda: Field Notes columns in WOS News 99 & 101 mistakenly grouped “Dusky” Canada under the Cackling Goose species entries. The 45th supplement of the AOU checklist split Cackling Goose from Canada Goose in 2004 and included the Dusky subspecies with Canada Geese. An excellent source of information on the various races can be found at the following website http://www.sibleyguides.com/canada_cackling.htm Sorry for any confusion.

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