Benton County, Wa  Bird List 2015

First Reported Occurrence

Dec 30 – (232) American Tree Sparrow
Dec 28 – (231) Lapland Longspur
Dec 18 – (230) Western Bluebird
Dec 11 – (229) Lesser Goldfinch
Dec 02 – (228) Snow Bunting
Nov 27 – (227) Common Redpoll
Nov 09 – (226) Red-throated Loon
Oct 23 – (225) Pacific Loon
Oct 22 – (224) White-winged Scoter
Oct 21 – (223) Surf Scoter
Oct 18 – (222) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Oct 12 – (221) Red Crossbill
Oct 08 – (220) Red Phalarope
Oct 04 – (219) Mountain Chickadee 
Oct 03 – (218) White-faced Ibis 
Sep 26 – (217) American Golden-Plover
Sep 22 – (216) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sep 19 – (215) Sabine's Gull
Sep 09 – (214) Black-bellied Plover
Sep 06 – (213) Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Anna's Hummingbird
Sep 04 – (210) American Pipit, Pygmy Nuthatch, Green Heron
Sep 01 – (207) Semipalmated Plover, Stilt Sandpiper
Aug 31 – (205) Sora
Aug 25 – (204) Black-throated Gray Warbler
Aug 24 – (203) White-breasted Nuthatch
Aug 21 – (202) Common Tern
Aug  9 – (201) Gray Flycatcher
Aug  5 – (200) Red-necked Phalarope
Jul  27 – (199) Turkey Vulture
Jul  21 – (198) Baird's Sandpiper 
Jul  12 – (197) Marbled Godwit, Semipalmated Sandpiper
Jun 21 – (195) Golden Eagle
Jun   9 – (194) Chestnut-sided Warbler
Jun   6 – (193) Willow Flycatcher
May 23 – (192) Black-throated Sparrow, MacGillivray's Warbler
May 22 – (190) Black Tern
May 21 – (189) Franklin's Gull
May 19 – (188) Eastern Kingbird
May 16 – (187) Gray Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, Common Nighthawk
May 13 – (184) Olive-sided Flycatcher
May 11 – (183) Blue-winged Teal, Spotted Sandpiper
May  6 – (181) Dusky Flycatcher
May  4 – (180) Western Tanager
May  3 – (179) Black-chinned Hummingbird
May  2 – (178) Townsend's Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Common Poorwill, Western Wood-Pewee, Calliope Hummingbird
May  1 – (171) Cassin's Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bullock's Oriole, Black-headed Grosbeak
Apr 30 – (166) Yellow Warbler, Long-billed Dowitcher
Apr 28 – (164) Least Sandpiper, Lark Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting
Apr 27 – (161) Rufous Hummingbird
Apr 26 – (160) Yellow-breasted Chat
Apr 25 – (159) Bonaparte's Gull, Western Sandpiper
Apr 24 – (157) Vesper Sparrow, Hammond's Flycatcher
Apr 23 – (155) Chipping Sparrow
Apr 19 – (154) House Wren, Nashville Warbler, Forster's Tern, Cinnamon Teal
Apr 18 – (150) Grasshopper Sparrow
Apr 17 – (149) Brewer's Sparrow, Lesser Yellowlegs
Apr 15 – (147) Black-necked Stilt
Apr 13 – (146) Bank Swallow
Apr   4 – (145) American Avocet, Clark's Grebe, Osprey, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow
Apr   2 – (140) Western Kingbird
Mar 26 – (139) Swainson's Hawk, Mountain Bluebird
Mar 22 – (137) Gray Partridge
Mar 16 – (136) Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Caspian Tern
Mar 15 – (133) Long-billed Curlew
Mar 13 – (132) Yellow-headed Blackbird, Violet-green Swallow
Mar   9 – (130) Sage Thrasher, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Cowbird
Mar   8 – (127) Rock Wren
Mar   7 – (126) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Mar   2 – (125) Ferruginous Hawk
Feb 27 – (124) Chukar
Feb 19 – (123) Tree Swallow
Feb 18 – (122) Burrowing Owl
Feb 16 – (121) Sandhill Crane
Feb 15 – (120) Barn Owl
Feb 12 – (119) Savannah Sparrow
Feb 10 – (118) Evening Grosbeak, Loggerhead Shrike, Sagebrush Sparrow
Feb 07 – (115) Red-breasted Merganser
Jan 30 – (114) Tundra Swan
Jan 29 – (113) Red-necked Grebe
Jan 24 – (112) Prairie Falcon
Jan 17 – (111) Bohemian Waxwing, White-throated Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler

Jan 15 – (108) Say’s Phoebe

Jan 12 – (107) Am Dipper, Western Scrub-Jay, Horned Lark, Long-eared Owl

Jan 10 – (103) Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glaucous Gull

Jan 4 – (101) Brown Creeper

Jan 3 – (100) Black-Headed Gull, Cackling Goose, Wood Duck, Greater Scaup, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Western Grebe, American White Pelican, Great Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Virginia Rail, Herring Gull, Thayer’s Gull, Western Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Belted Kingfisher, American Kestrel, Northern Shrike, Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pacific Wren, Marsh Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Solitaire, Cedar Waxwing, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Brewer’s Blackbird, Pine Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Eurasian Wigeon, Eared Grebe, N Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon, W Meadowlark, Pine Siskin, Harris’ Sparrow, Snow Goose, Wilson’s Snipe, Mew Gull

Jan 2 – (56) Hooded Merganser, RW Blackbird, Merlin, GW Teal, Cooper’s Hawk

Jan 1 – (51) Am Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Juncos, Bewick's Wren, Spotted Towhee, WC Sparrow, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow, BB Magpie, DC Cormorant, Bufflehead, H Grebe, Barrow's Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye, Am Wigeon, Gadwall, Am Coot, Redhead, RT Hawk, Mallard, YR Warbler, L Scaup, RN Duck, N Flicker, Robin, N Pintail, Killdeer, Eur Starling, House Finch, PB Grebe, Am Crow, GB Heron, Adult B Eagle, Common Loon, RB Gull, Cal Gull, GW Gull, GWF Goose, Canada Goose, Hermit Thrush, RC Kinglet, Downy Woodpecker, N Shoveler, RN Pheasant, Mourning Dove, Varied Thrush, Canvasback, Calif. Quail, Eur. Collared Dove, Rock Pigeon, N Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk