date and time:  02 November 2025, from 05:50 to 11:55.

weather:  patchy ground fog on arrival quickly became dense fog until about 07:45, then clearing by 08:45, no wind, temperatures 43-70 degrees F.

route:  minimally modified Langham

solo survey

birds:

greater white-fronted goose-  750

Canada goose-  104

dark goose sp.-  330

northern shoveler-  150

American wigeon-  3

gadwall-  18

mallard-  40

northern pintail-  1250

green-winged teal-  220

ring-necked duck-  54

bufflehead-  1

duck sp.-  80

pied-billed grebe-  1

Anna’s hummingbird-  1

Virginia rail-  6 (heard only)

American coot-  110

sandhill crane-  121

snowy egret-  3 (fly-over flock)

great egret-  9

black-necked stilt-  130

killdeer-  28

dunlin-  17

least sandpiper-  42

long-billed dowitcher-  620

Wilson’s snipe-  26

greater yellowlegs-  41

turkey vulture-  13

white-tailed kite-  2

northern harrier-  3

sharp-shinned/Cooper’s hawk-  1

red-shouldered hawk-  4

red-tailed hawk-  6

great horned owl-  2

belted kingfisher-  2 (heard only)

red-breasted sapsucker-  1

downy woodpecker-  5

Nuttall’s woodpecker-  7

red-shafted flicker-  3

northern flicker-  4 (heard only)

American kestrel-  2 (one with a vole in its talons)

merlin-  1 (a candidate for suckleyi, but better view desired)

black phoebe-  18

California scrub-jay-  7 (low)

American crow-  5 (low)

oak titmouse-  6 (low by recent standards)

bushtit-  22 (only two flocks)

wrentit-  6 (heard only)

ruby-crowned kinglet-  25

cedar waxwing-  8

white-breasted nuthatch-  9

Bewick’s wren-  9

northern house wren-  12

marsh wren-  25

European starling-  2

western bluebird-  4

hermit thrush-  8

American robin-  3

American pipit-  25

house finch-  70

lesser goldfinch-  5

American goldfinch-  1 (heard only, vocal fly-over)

fox sparrow-  1 (heard only)

sooty fox sparrow-  1

Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow-  20

pugetensis white-crowned sparrow-  2

white-crowned sparrow-  15

golden-crowned sparrow-  55

Savannah sparrow-  40

song sparrow-  15

Lincoln’s sparrow-  10

sparrow sp.-  35

spotted towhee-  30

western meadowlark-  5

bicolored red-winged blackbird-  80

non-bicolored red-winged blackbird-  35 (a flock unto themselves)

red-winged blackbird-  450

brown-headed cowbird-  5

Brewer’s blackbird-  45

blackbird sp.-  280

orange-crowned warbler-  5

orange-crowned warbler (likely orestera)-  1

common yellowthroat-  12

Audubon’s warbler-  30

myrtle warbler-  5

yellow-rumped warbler-  10