[obol] Benton Co. NAMC Results

[MARCIA CUTLER]

The preliminary total number of species seen in Benton County for the NAMC 
on Saturday, May 12th is 114 sp.  This is the 3d highest total since I've 
been a compiler starting in 1995.

Highlights include:

 Western Grebe - 2 still at Cabell Marsh
Great Egret - 1 at Finley
Blue Grouse - Mary's Peak
Ruffed Grouse - McDonald Forest
Black-necked Stilt - 1 still lingering at Cabell Marsh
Wilson's Phalarope - up to 3 at McFadden Marsh
N. Pygmy Owl - Mary's Peak
Nashville Warbler - McDonald Forest or nearby
MacGillivray's Warbler - McDonald Forest

Misses include several bird species that were easily seen just a week 
earlier:

Green Heron
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Mountain Quail
Sora
Peeps of any sort
Dunlin
Owls: Barn, Great Horned and Western Screech
Hairy Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Horned Lark
Wrentit
Cassin's Vireo
Lincoln's Sparrow

Here's the complete list:

Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Blue Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Ca. Quail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Am. Coot
Killdeer
Bl-n. Stilt
Gr. Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
L-b. Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Rock Dove
B-t. Pigeon
Mourning Dove
N. Pygmy Owl
Vaux's Swift
Anna' s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-br. Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
N. Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
O-s. Flycatcher
W. Wood-Pewee
P-s. Flycatcher
Empidonax, sp.
Tree Swallow
V-g. Swallow
N. R-w. Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Steller's Jay
W. Scrub Jay
Am. Crow
C. Raven
Bl-c. Chickadee
Ch-b. Chickadee
Bushtit
R-b. Nuthatch
W-b. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
G-c. Kinglet
W. Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Am. Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Eur. Starling
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
O-c. Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Y-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
MacG. Warbler
C. Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Y-b. Chat
W. Tanager
Bl-h. Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
G-c. Sparrow
W-c. Sparrow
D-e. Junco
R-w. Blackbird
W. Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Br-h. Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
L. Goldfinch
Am. Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

Marcia F. Cutler
Corvallis, OR