BIRD LIST:  2017 West Trip
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LOCATIONS:  Trip to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons and back, 2017;  Drew Panko and Trudy Battaly;  6380 miles
 June22 to July 22
A:  6/22-6/25 NY to MI:  RB Winters SP,PA 6/22-23; E.Harbor SP, Magee Marsh, Ottowa NWR OH 6/23-24; drive to MI 6/25 
B:  6/26-29:   Kneff NF, Mason Tract Rd +adj Kirtland habitat, Hartwick SP, Chase Bridge Rd, Brevort Lake NF, Seney NWR
C:  6/30-7/2:  Seney NWR, Mich, to Minn on 6/30; Rice Lake NWR on 7/1; Tamarack NWR on 7/2
D:  7/3-7/6:  Long Lake NWR, ND, Ft Abraham Lincoln SP, T Roosevelt NP South on 7/4-5, T Roosevelt North on 7/5-6
E:  7/7-10: Cooney SP MT, Rt 212 Shoshone NF, Yellowstone NE, Slough Rd WY 7/7; YNP-Lamar Valley 7/8-10, 
         Rte 212 treeline/tundra on 7/9
F:  7/11-14: Lamarr V YNP, Y Canyon, Grant CG 7/11; JDR Highwy, Gr Teton NP, Lewis Falls, Colter Bay CG, Signal Mt 7/12;
         Signal Mt & CG, loop drive, dirt rd 7/12; GG rd (E of Jackson LJunc), Pacific Creek&2Ocean Rd, Jackson L Dam on 7/14
G:  7/15-16: Grand Tetons to Rawlins WY 7/15, Rawlins  to Ogallal NE 7/15
H:  7/17-22:  Ogallala to "Roof Blew Off" N. Platte NE 7/17; Grand Island NE 7/18, Marshalltown IA 7/19, Monticello IN 7/20,
         Youngstown OH 7/21, home  7/22
 
BIRD LIST
BIRD LIST Numbers indicate number of days the species was observed.
2017 Trip List: NY to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons and back No. of
locations A B C D E F G H Regions
Canada Goose 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 8
Trumpeter Swan 1 3 1 1         4
Wood Duck   2 1           2
American Black Duck               1 1
Mallard 1 1 1 1   1     5
Ring-necked Duck   2 2           2
Lesser Scaup           1     1
Barrow's Goldeneye           1 1   2
Common Merganser           2 1   2
Ring-necked Pheasant       2         1
Greater Sage-Grouse       1         1
White-tailed Ptarmigan         1       1
Dusky Grouse         1 2     2
Sharp-tailed Grouse       2 1       2
Wild Turkey     1   1     1 3
Common Loon 1 2 1           3
Western Grebe       1       1 2
Clark's Grebe               1 1
American White Pelican     1 2   2 1   4
Double-crested Cormorant 2     1         2
Great Blue Heron 2   2 1     1 2 5
Great Egret 2     1         2
Snowy Egret 1               1
Cattle Egret       1         1
Black-crowned Night-heron 1               1
Black Vulture 1               1
Turkey Vulture 2 2 1 2       5 5
Osprey 2 2 2   3 2     5
Bald Eagle 1 2 1 1   1 1   6
Northern Harrier       1       1 2
Cooper's Hawk         1       1
Broad-winged Hawk   1 1           2
Swainson's Hawk       2     1 1 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2   1 2         3
Golden Eagle       1 1 1     3
American Kestrel 1     1 1     1 4
Peregrine Falcon           1     1
Prairie Falcon       1         1
King Rail   1             1
Virginia Rail   2             1
Sora         1       1
Sandhill Crane   1 1   1   1   4
Killdeer 1   1 2 1     3 5
Spotted Sandpiper           1 1   2
Willet       1         1
Upland Sandpiper 1               1
Common Snipe     1           1
Franklin's Gull             1 1 2
Ring-billed Gull 1 2 2 1       1 5
California Gull       1   1   2 3
Herring Gull 2 1             2
Least Tern       1         1
Black Tern     1 1         2
Common Tern   1             1
Foster's Tern 1               1
Rock Pigeon 2   1 2     1 6 5
Eurasian Collared-Dove             1 2 2
Mourning Dove 2 2 2 4 1   2 5 7
Inca Dove         1       1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1               1
Black-billed Cuckoo     1           1
Great-horned Owl               1 1
Great Gray Owl           1     1
Short-eared Owl       1         1
Northern Saw-whet Owl     1           1
Common Nighthawk       2         1
Whip-poor-will 1 1             2
Chimney Swift   1   3       2 3
White-throated Swift           1     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2           1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird           1     1
Belted Kingfisher   1 1     1 1   4
Red-headed Woodpecker       1       1 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2               1
Williamson's Sapsucker             1   1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1           1
Red-naped Sapsucker             1   1
Downy Woodpecker   1             1
Hairy Woodpecker 1               1
Northern Flicker 2 3 1 1 3 3 1   7
Olive-sided Flycatcher         2       1
Western Wood-Pewee         1       1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 2 1           3
Acadian Flycatcher 1               1
Least Flycatcher 2 2 1 2 1       5
Eastern Phoebe 1 2 1       1   4
Say's Phoebe       1 1   1   3
Great-crested Flycatcher 1 1             2
Western Kingbird       2     1 3 3
Eastern Kingbird 1 1 1 3 1       5
Loggerhead Shrike   1         1   2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1   2           2
Blue-headed Vireo 1 1 2           3
Warbling Vireo 2   1 1 1   1 1 6
Red-eyed Vireo 2 4 2 3         4
Gray Jay             1   1
Blue Jay 1 2           1 3
Clark's Nutcracker         1 2     2
Black-billed Magpie       3 1 2     3
American Crow 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 8
Common Raven   2     3 4 2   4
Horned Lark       1         1
Purple Martin 1   2 2     1 1 5
Tree Swallow 2   2   4       3
Violet-green Swallow         3 3 1   3
Bank Swallow       1         1
Cliff Swallow       2 1 3   2 4
Barn Swallow 2 1 1 3 1 3   2 7
Black-capped Chicadee 2 3 1 2         4
Mountain Chickadee           2     1
Tufted Titmouse 1               1
Red-breasted Nuthatch   1       2     2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1   1 2         3
Brown Creeper 1               1
Rock Wren       1         1
Carolina Wren 1             1 2
House Wren 2   1 4 2   2 1 6
Winter Wren   1             1
Sedge Wren     1           1
Marsh Wren     1 1         2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet         2 3     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1         1     2
Eastern Bluebird   2 1           2
Mountain Bluebird 0 0 0 2 1 1     3
Townsend Solitaire         1       1
Veery 1 1 2           3
Swainson's Thrush           3 1   2
Hermit Thrush 1 3     2 2     4
Wood Thrush 1 3 1           3
American Robin 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 5 8
Gray Catbird 1 2 1           3
Brown Thrasher 1 2   2         3
European Starling 2 1 1 1       5 5
American Pipit         2       1
Cedar Waxwing 2 2   1         3
Golden-winged Warbler     1           1
Orange-crowned Warbler           1     1
Nashville Warbler   2             1
Northern Parula   1 1           2
Yellow Warbler 2 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 3 2 2 1       5
Magnolia Warbler   2             1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 1             2
Yellow-rumped Warbler         2 3     2
Black-throated Green Warbler   1             1
Pine Warbler 2 1             2
Kirtland's Warbler   2             1
Palm Warbler   1             1
Black-and-white Warbler   2 2 1         3
American Redstart 1 3 2 3         4
Prothonotary Warbler 1               1
Worm-eating Warbler 1               1
Ovenbird 2 3 1 1         4
Louisiana Waterthrush 1               1
Connecticut Warbler   1             1
Mourning Warbler         1       1
Common Yellowthroat 2 4 2 3 1 1   1 7
Yellow-breasted Chat       1         1
Geen-tailed Towhee         3 3     2
Spotted Towhee       3 1 1     3
Eastern Towhee 2 2 1           3
Chipping Sparrow 2 2 2 2 3 2   2 7
Clay-colored Sparrow       1         1
Brewer's Sparrow           1 1   2
Field Sparrow 1 2   3         3
Vesper Sparrow   1     1 1     3
Lark Sparrow       2         1
Savannah Sparrow       1         1
Grasshopper Sparrow         2       1
Henslow's Sparrow             1   1
Song Sparrow 2 3 2 3   3 1 3 7
Lincoln's Sparrow           1     1
Swamp Sparrow   2 2           2
White-throated Sparrow   1 1           2
White-crowned Sparrow         1       1
Dark-eyed Junco 2 4     3 4 1   5
Scarlet Tanager 1 1 1           3
Western Tanager         1       1
Northern Cardinal 2             1 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 2             2
Black-headed Grosbeak           1     1
Lazuli Bunting       3 2 2 1   4
Indigo Bunting 2 2 3 1         4
Bobolink       2       1 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2 4 2 4 1     3 6
Eastern Meadowlark               2 1
Western Meadowlark       3 1   2   3
Yellow-headed Blackbird       1         1
Brewer's Blackbird         1   1 1 3
Common Grackle 2 3 2 3 2   2 3 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 1     1 2 2   1 5
Orchard Oriole       2     1 1 3
Baltimore Oriole 2 1             2
Black Rosy-Finch         1       1
Purple Finch     1           1
Cassin's Finch         3 2     2
Red Crossbill     1           1
Pine Siskin           2     1
American Goldfinch 1 4 3 4   1   1 6
House Sparrow 1   1 1     2 5 5
American Dipper           1     1
SPECIES 82 76 71 81 57 52 41 45 201
UNIQUE species 14 11 9 16 13 11 4 4

Mammals
MAMMAL LIST Number of Days Observed
Badger       1         1
Bat sp.               1  
Bear, Black      1   1       2
Bear, Grizzly         1       1
Beaver   1 1           2
Bison       3 4 3     3
Chipmunk, Eastern 1 1             2
Chipmunk, Least         2 3     2
Chipmunk, Yellow-pine           2     1
Cottontail, Eastern 2 1             2
Coyote       1 2       2
Deer, Mule       3 2 1 1   4
Deer, White-tailed  2 1 1 1     1 1 6
Elk         1       1
Fox, Red            1     1
Groundsquirrel, 13-lined    1 1           2
Groundsquirrel, Unita's         3 3 1   3
Marmot, Yellow-bellied         3       1
Mink 1               1
Muskrat   1             1
Porcupine   1             1
Prairie Dog       2         1
Prognorn Antelope         3 1 2   3
Rabbit sp.     2 1          
raccoon     1       1 2 3
Sheep, Big Horned       1         1
Snowshoe Hare   1             1
Squirrel, Grey 1   1 1       1 4
Squirrel, Red    1       3 1 1 4
Striped Skunk     1       1   2
Wolf (possible)         1       1
Woodchuck 1             1 2
Woodland Jumping Mouse   1             1
Species     + 2 nonspecifics 31
Herps
 
Butterflies and Plants
 
 
 
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