[birding] FOR ARCHIVES: E. E. Wilson Anna's hummer etc. 13 Feb 2010

[Joel Geier]

Hi folks,

Jeff Hayes posted this report on www.birdnotes.net. I think the ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD might be the first one ever recorded on the wildlife area,
though we've had visitors to our yards on either side of the wildlife
area.

I think the date of this report should actually be 13 Feb (yesterday)
rather than today when this was typed into the database, since it
mentions being there at dusk. The count of TRUMPETER SWANS is from
Airlie Rd. Sounds like the main flock is really massing now; I hope to
get out there for my usual end-of-winter swan census before they fly out
in late February.

Happy birding,
Joel

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: joel.birdnotes at peak.org
To: joel.birdnotes at peak.org
Subject: E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area, Benton County, Oregon on February
14, 2010
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:24:17 GMT

This report was mailed for Jeff Hayes by http://birdnotes.net

Date: February 14, 2010
Location: E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area, Benton County, Oregon

Low temperature: 51 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 57 degrees fahrenheit
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 90%
Precipitation: none

Note:  I did NOT find the Y-b Sapsucker, but when I arrived there
were perhaps 40 people and 20 dogs at HQ and the WWII memorial and
points between.  I looked, listened, scanned every tree, no
sapsucker.  The N. SHRIKE was present south of Camp Adair Rd down "B
street" about one-half mile, singing away.


Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)                       14
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)                   2000 [1] 
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)                     80 [2] 
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)                           19
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)                      3
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)              1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)        1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)                       4
Great Egret (Ardea alba)                                1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)                   1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)                     4
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)                     5
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)                         3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)                       27
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)                     1
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)                       1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)                    1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)                     6
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)                      1
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)             11
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)                   8
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)           8
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)                       1
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)                     7
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)                5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)                4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)                   110
Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)                              4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)                   90
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)             25
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)                      20
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)                        22 [3] 
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)                       35
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)                 4
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)         15
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)       30
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)                       20
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)             60
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)                 2
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)            30
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)                     2
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)                     10
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)                   1

Footnotes:

[1]  North side of Airlie Road, 3.6 miles west of Hwy.99W
[2]  North side of Airlie Road, 3.6 miles west of Hwy. 99W.  Seemed
     to be a "pure" flock (i.e. no Tundras in flock), several grayish
     immature birds seen
[3]  probably twice this number, many heard "ticking" near dusk

Total number of species seen: 43







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