[obol] Census Count: Mt. Hood Wilderness, Clackamas County, Oregon on August 01, 2006

[winkg at hevanet.com]

This report was mailed for Wink Gross by http://birdnotes.net

Date: August 1, 2006
Location: Mt. Hood Wilderness, Clackamas County, Oregon

Low temperature: 60 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 63 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: NW
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 60%
Precipitation: none

Took the dog on a hike up the Timberline Trail along south side of
Bald Mtn to McNeil Point (straddling the border of Clackamas and Hood
River Counties).  Best birds were a flock of about 15 GRAY-CROWNED
ROSY-FINCHES flying overhead below McNeil Pt, a female TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER, and a HERMIT THRUSH carrying food.

Also managed to identify several butterflies: CHALCEDONA CHECKERSPOT,
SILVERY BLUE, GRAY HAIRSTREAK, and WOODLAND(?) SKIPPER.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Vaux's Swift                        2
Northern Flicker                    1
Gray Jay                           10
Clark's Nutcracker                  3
Chestnut-backed Chickadee          10
Red-breasted Nuthatch              15 [1] 
Brown Creeper                       1
Golden-crowned Kinglet              4
Hermit Thrush                       1 [2] 
Varied Thrush                       1
Yellow-rumped Warbler               5 [3] 
Townsend's Warbler                  1 [4] 
Hermit Warbler                      2 [5] 
MacGillivray's Warbler              2
Dark-eyed Junco                    20
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch            15
Red Crossbill [6] 
Pine Siskin                         2

Footnotes:

[1]  Red-breasted Nuthatch: mostly juveniles responding
     enthusiastically to my pygmy-owl imitation.
[2]  Hermit Thrush: carrying food
[3]  Yellow-rumped Warbler: juveniles
[4]  Townsend's Warbler: female
[5]  Hermit Warbler: juveniles
[6]  Red Crossbill: heard only

Total number of species seen: 18