Mar 26 160 Blue-winged Teal (earliest arrival date by 4 days)
Mar 25 159 Vesper Sparrow
Mar 22 158 Caspian Tern
Mar 21 157 Turkey Vulture
Mar 19 156 Cliff Swallow
Mar 18 155 Long-billed Curlew, 154 Violet-green Swallow
Mar 14 153 Tree Swallow
Mar 12 152 Lesser Black-backed Gull
March 8 151 Osprey (earliest ever by 9 days)
Mar 5 150 Mountain Bluebird
Mar 3 149 Least Sandpiper
Feb 27 148 Western Gull
Feb 25 147 Orange-crowned Warbler, 146 Pine Siskin, 145 Ferruginous Hawk
Feb 2 144 Northern Goshawk
Jan 28 143 Cassin's Finch, 142 Savannah Sparrow, 141 American Pipit
Jan 21 140 American Coot (oops forgot to add on the 1st!) 139 Peregrine Falcon, 138 Sandhill Crane
Jan 20 137 Ruffed Grouse
Jan 19 136 Dunlin, 135 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
Jan 16 134 Rock Wren, 133 Evening Grosbeak, 132 Tricolored Blackbird, 131 Lincoln's Sparrow
Jan 15 130 Northern Pygmy-Owl
Jan 11 129 Northern Saw-whet Owl
Jan 10 128 Spotted Sandpiper
Jan 8 127 White-breasted Nuthatch
Jan 7 126 Pileated Woodpecker, 125 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 124 Golden Eagle, 123 Gray Partridge, 122 Fox Sparrow, 121 Common Redpoll
Jan 6 120 White-throated Sparrow, 119 Purple Finch, 118 Iceland Gull, 117 Killdeer, 116 Clark's Grebe
Jan 4 115 Western Screech-Owl
Jan 3 114 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 113 Pacific Wren, 112 Trumpeter Swan
Jan 2 111 Virginia Rail, 110 Wilson's Snipe, 109 California Scrub-Jay, 108 Bohemian Waxwing
January 1, 2023 New Years Big Day of Birding in Walla Walla County
107 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 106 Brewer's Blackbird, 105 Brown-headed Cowbird, 104 Red-winged Blackbird, 103 Western Meadowlark, 102 Spotted Towhee, 101 Song Sparrow, 100 Harris's Sparrow, 99 Golden-crowned Sparrow, 98 White-crowned Sparrow, 97 Dark-eyed Junco, 96 American Tree Sparrow, 95 American Goldfinch, 94 Lesser Goldfinch, 93 House Finch, 92 House Sparrow, 91 Varied Thrush, 90 American Robin, 89 Hermit Thrush, 88 Townsend's Solitaire, 87 Western Bluebird, 86 American Dipper, 85 European Starling, 84 Marsh Wren, 83 Bewick's Wren, 82 Canyon Wren, 81 Brown Creeper, 80 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 79 Cedar Waxwing, 78 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 77 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 76 Horned Lark, 75 Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 74 Mountain Chickadee, 73 Black-capped Chickadee, 72 Common Raven, 71 American Crow, 70 Black-billed Magpie, 69 Steller's Jay, 68 Canada Jay, 67 Northern Shrike, 66 Loggerhead Shrike, 65 Say's Phoebe, 64 Prairie Falcon, 63 Merlin, 62 American Kestrel, 61 Northern Flicker, 60 Hairy Woodpecker, 59 Downy Woodpecker, 58 Belted Kingfisher, 57 Long-eared Owl, 56 Great Horned Owl, 55 Barn Owl, 54 Rough-legged Hawk, 53 Red-tailed Hawk, 52 Bald Eagle, 51 Cooper's Hawk, 50 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 49 Northern Harrier, 48 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 47 Great Egret, 46 Great Blue Heron, 45 American White Pelican, 44 Double-crested Cormorant, 43 Common Loon 42 Glaucous-winged Gull, 41 Herring Gull, 40 California Gull, 39 Ring-billed Gull, 38 Short-billed Gull, 37 Anna's Hummingbird, 36 Rock Pigeon, 35 Mourning Dove, 34 Eurasian Collared-Dove, 33 Western Grebe, 32 Eared Grebe, 31 Red-necked Grebe, 30 Horned Grebe, 29 Pied-billed Grebe, 28 Ring-necked Pheasant, 27 Wild Turkey, 26 California Quail, 25 Ruddy Duck, 24 Red-breasted Merganser, 23 Common Merganser, 22 Hooded Merganser, 21 Barrow's Goldeneye, 20 Common Goldeneye, 19 Bufflehead, 18 Lesser Scaup, 17 Greater Scaup, 16 Ring-necked Duck, 15 Redhead, 14 Canvasback, 13 Green-winged Teal, 12 Northern Pintail, 11 Mallard, 10 American Wigeon, 9 Eurasian Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 7 Northern Shoveler, 6 Wood Duck, 5 Tundra Swan, 4 Canada Goose, 3 Cackling Goose, 2 Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 Snow Goose
Dec 7 268 Snow Bunting, 267 Lapland Longspur
Nov 13 266 White-winged Scoter
Nov 12 265 Pacific Loon
Nov 11 264 Ross's Goose
Oct 30 263 Rusty Blackbird
Oct 15 262 Surf Scoter
Oct 1 261 Williamson's Sapsucker
Sept 30 260 Clay-colored Sparrow
Sept 25 259 WHITE WAGTAIL (First confirmed record for E. Washington, found by Chris Lindsey at the blood pond) MerryLynn had a wagtail species at the delta but could not ID to species.
Sept 20 258 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 257 Black-throated Gray Warbler
Sept 19 256 California Scrub-Jay
Sept 13 255 American Bittern
Sept 9 254 Flammulated Owl
Sept 7 253 Red-shouldered Hawk
Sept 3 252 American Golden-Plover
Sept 1 251 Northern Waterthrush
Aug 28 250 Stilt Sandpiper
Aug 10 249 Willet
July 11 248 Pygmy Nuthatch
July 4 247 LEAST TERN (FIRST RECORD FOR SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON)
June 30 246 Least Flycatcher
June 17 245 American Redstart
May 27 244 SNOWY PLOVER
May 26 243 Short-billed Dowitcher, 242 Pectoral Sandpiper
May 25 241 Red-eyed Vireo, 240 Veery
May 23 239 Willow Flycatcher
May 22 238 Common Nighthawk
May 21 237 Swainson's Thrush, 236 Western Flycatcher, 235 HUDSONIAN GODWIT
May 20 234 Common Tern, 233 Gray Catbird
May 18 232 Green-tailed Towhee
May 15 231 SNOWY EGRET, 230 Chukar, 229 Eastern Kingbird
May 14 228 MacGillivray's Warbler
May 13 227 Sage Thrasher
May 12 226 Olive-sided Flycatcher, 225 White-faced Ibis, 224 Yellow-breasted Chat
May 8 223 Red-necked Phalarope
May 7 222 Black-bellied Plover, 221 Grasshopper Sparrow, 220 Western Wood-Pewee, 219 Common Poorwill
May 6 218 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 217 Semipalmated Plover
May 4 216 Wilson's Warbler, 215 Warbling Vireo, 214 Red-necked Grebe, 213 Franklin's Gull, 212 Marbled Godwit
May 2 211 Black-headed Grosbeak
May 1 210 Bullock's Oriole, 209 Lark Sparrow
Apr 30 208 Lazuli Bunting, 207 Wilson's Phalarope, 206 BLACK TERN, 205 Western Tanager, 204 Baird's Sandpiper
Apr 29 203 Townsend's Warbler
Apr 28 202 Lewis's Woodpecker, 201 Lesser Yellowlegs
Apr 27 200 Dusky Flycatcher, 199 Sanderling, 198 Forster's Tern, 197 Common Yellowthroat
Apr 26 196 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 195 Calliope Hummingbird, 194 Hammond's Flycatcher
Apr 24 193 Dusky Grouse, 192 Yellow Warbler
Apr 23 191 Rufous Hummingbird
Apr 22 190 Vaux's Swift, 189 Cassin's Vireo
Apr 21 188 Solitary Sandpiper
Apr 20 187 House Wren, 186 Western Kingbird
Apr 19 185 Gray Flycatcher
Apr 18 184 Nashville Warbler
Apr 17 183 Sora
Apr 9 182 Blue-winged Teal, 181 Barn Swallow
Apr 8 180 Vesper Sparrow
Apr 7 179 Chipping Sparrow, 178 Brewer's Sparrow
Apr 6 177 Bonaparte's Gull, 176 Sabine's Gull, 175 Bank Swallow
Apr 3 174 Swainson's Hawk
Apr 2 173 Canada Jay
Mar 28 172 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, 171 Red-naped Sapsucker
Mar 26 170 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 169 American Avocet,
Mar 25 168 Greater Yellowlegs
Mar 24 167 White-throated Swift, 166 Cinnamon Teal, 165 Osprey, 164 Black-necked Stilt, 163 Caspian Tern
Mar 21 162 Western Sandpiper
Mar 19 161 Cliff Swallow
Mar 17 160 Long-tailed Duck, 159 Long-billed Curlew
Mar 7 158 Tree Swallow
Mar 4 157 Mountain Bluebird
Mar 4 156 Violet-green Swallow
