WIA Bird Surveys, Washington County

October 2-3, 2017

Rebecca Kosten: transcript of telephone calls:

October 2

Terry Michaels and I continued our WIA bird surveys.  Temperatures barely reached 60 degrees.  Winds were 8-10 mph throughout the day.

Highlights:

CR 18/CR B (McCown's Longspur, Savannah Sparrow)
CR H/CR 30 (Black-throated Green Warbler, beaver creek)
Last Chance Rest Stop (Field Sparrow)
CR FF/CR 35 (Savannah Sparrow)
CR FF/CR 37 (White-throated Sparrow)
CR DD/CR 46 (Chestnut-collared Longspur, McCown's Longspur)

October 3

Continued WIA bird surveys.  Twelve WIAs checked after an early morning look at Prewitt Reservoir (Logan/Washington)  Temperatures middle 60s; winds 7-8 mph; gusts to 22 mph

Prewitt Reservoir: American Golden-Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Sabine's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Eastern Screech-Owl (also 10/2)

Highlights of WIAs

CR 43/hwy 61 (Savannah Sparrow, Field Sparrow)
CR 43/CR TT (Baird's Sparrow)
CR 59/CR MM (Field Sparrow-2)
Hwy 61/Rock Creek (Grasshopper Sparrow)
CR 71/CR RR (Chestnut-collared Longspur)