Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Birds as of December 31

Nov 22  264 GYRFALCON - below Ice Harbor Dam
Nov 1  263 CATTLE EGRET - over 10 years since this species was last seen in the county. Used to be a regular fall vagrant. This breaks our record for number of species seen in one year.
Oct 23  262 PALM WARBLER - FIRST RECORD FOR WALLA WALLA COUNTY. Found on our regular Tuesday Bennington Lake walk. 10 folks got to see this amazing bird. #262 ties our record for the number of species found in the county for one year. This bird puts the total number of species seen in the county all-time to 352 - WOW. What will our next new bird be?

Oct 12  261 Surf Scoter
Oct 10  260 Ross's Goose