Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Recent Notable Wildlife Sightings
Klamath Basin Refuges

Last updated: Saturday, October 4, 2008

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Date	What?	Where?	#
10/02/08	Burrowing Owl	Tule Lake NWR near kiosk	1
9/22 and 9/23/08	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
09/19/08	Common Yellowthroat	Discovery Marsh	2
09/19/08	Lincoln, Savannah, Fox, WC, Song & GC Sparrow	Discovery Marsh	Many
09/17/08	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
09/05/08	Whimbrel	Tule Lake NWR	1
09/04/08	American Bittern	Lower Klamath NWR	1
09/03 and 04/08	Green Heron	Discovery Marsh	1
09/02/08	MacGillivray's Warbler	Discovery Marsh	1
09/02/08	Western Tanager (Male)	Discovery Marsh	1
09/02/08	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
09/02/08	White-crowned Sparrow	Discovery Marsh	1
09/02 thru 09/05/08	Green Heron	Discovery Marsh	1
08/27/08	Osprey	Tule Lake NWR	3
08/18/08	Sandhill Cranes	Lower Klamath NWR	3
08/06/08	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
08/04/08	American Bittern	Discovery Marsh	1
07/26/08	Western Tanager	Behind Visitor Center	1
07/16/08	Bank Swallow (Colony)	Lower Klamath NWR	Colony
07/16/08	Red-shouldered Hawk	Lower Klamath NWR	1 (imm)
07/16/08	Peregrine Falcon	State Line Rd (E. of Shop)	1
07/16/08	Pectoral Sandpiper	State Line Rd	2
07/05/08	BlacK Tern	Tule Lake NWR	60
07/04/08	Wilson's Phalarope	East-West Road	200-300
07/04/08	Purple Martins	Lava Beds	8
07/03/08	Rufous Hummingbird	Behind Visitor Center	3
06/30/08	Virginia Rail	Discovery Marsh	1
06/30/08	American Bittern	Discovery Marsh	2
06/29/08	River Otter	Tule Lake NWR	4
06/26/08	Black Tern	Lower Klamath NWR	2
06/26/08	Sandhill Crane	Lower Klamath NWR	8
06/20/08	Tri-colored Blackbird	7 mi S of VC on Hill Rd	400+
06/20/08	American Bittern	Lower Klamath NWR exit	1
06/20/08	Great Egret	Lower Klamath NWR	400+
06/13/08	Blue-winged Teal	Discovery Marsh	1 pair
06/07/08	Blue-winged Teal	Lower Klamath NWR	2
06/06/08	Wilson's Phalarope	Discovery Marsh	2
06/06/08	Green Heron	Discovery Marsh	1
06/06/08	Western Wood Peewee	Visitor Center	1
05/31/08	Western Tanager	Behind Visitor Center	2
05/08/08	Common Yellowthroat	Discovery Marsh	1
05/03/08	Wilson's Warbler	Visitor Center	1
05/03/08	Cassin's Finch	Visitor Center	1
05/01/08	Yellow Warbler	Visitor Center	1
05/01/08	Yellow-breasted Chat	Visitor Center	1
4/30/08	Wilson's Phalarope	Tule Lake NWR	22
4/30/08	Dunlin	Tule Lake NWR	75
04/28/08	Savannah Sparrow	Visitor Center	1
04/28/08	Bullock's Oriole	Behind Visitor Center	1
04/27/08	Franklin's Gull	Lower Klamath NWR	30
04/27/08	Peregrine Falcon	Lower Klamath NWR	1
04/22/08	Marbled Godwit	White Lake Unit	2
04/22/08	American Bittern	Discovery Marsh	1
04/22/08	Dusky Flycatcher	Behind Visitor Center	1
04/19/08	Common Yellowthroat	Lower Klamath NWR	1
04/20/08	White-faced Ibis	Lower Klamath NWR	90
04/18/08	Dunlin	TL NWR & White Lake	Hundreds
04/18/08	Caspian Tern	Tule Lake NWR	2
04/16/08	Peregrine Falcon	Lower Klamath NWR	1
04/15/08	White-faced Ibis	Discovery Marsh	2
04/11/08	Black-throated Sparrow	Tule Lake NWR	1
04/05/08	Marbled Godwit	White Lake Unit	12
04/04/08	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Visitor Center	2
04/04/08	Ferruginous Hawk	Merrill Pit Road	1
04/03/08	Common Snipe	Discovery Marsh	6
03/30/08	Northern Shrike (Imm)	Tule Lake NWR	1
03/30/08	Prairie Falcon	Petroglyph Point	1
03/30/08	Greater Yellowlegs	Stateline Road	75-80
03/29/08	Sandhill Cranes	Tule Lake NWR	22
03/25/08	Marbled Godwit	White Lake Unit	15
03/19/08	Black-necked Stilt	White Lake Unit	4
03/08/08	Eared Grebe	Tule Lake NWR	3
03/08/08	Sandhill Cranes	Lower Klamath NWR	20
03/02/08	Cinnamon Teal	Tule Lake NWR	4
03/02/08	Ferruginous Hawk	Lower Klamath NWR	1
03/02/08	Red-shouldered Hawk	Discovery Marsh	1
03/02/08	Tree Swallow	Hwy 161 Near LK Shop	3
03/02/08	Peregrine Falcon	Hwy 161 Near LK Shop	1
03/01/08	Clark's Grebe	Tule Lake NWR	2
03/01/08	Western Bluebird	2 mi. south of Visitor Center	2
03/01/08	Mountain Bluebird	2 mi. south of Visitor Center	3
03/01/08	Sandhill Cranes	Tule Lake NWR	22
02/28/0/	Northern Shrike	Lower Klamath NWR	1
02/17/08	Fox Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	2
02/16/08	Say's Phoebe	Tule Lake NWR	1
02/16/08	Red-shouldered Hawk	Discovery Marsh	1
02/16/08	Lesser Goldfinch	Behind Visitor Center	2
02/14/08	Say's Phoebe	Lower Klamath NWR	1
02/10/08	Merlin	Behind Visitor Center	1
02/09/08	Cinnamon Teal	Lower Klamath NWR	1
02/09/08	Eurasian Wigeon	Lower Klamath NWR	2
01/29/08	Merlin	Hill Road 1 mi S of Hwy161	1
01/19 and 01/21/08	Lapland Longspurs and Horned Larks	1/4 mile N of Hwy 161 from LK Auto Tour exit	20 35
01/19/08	Hermit Thrush	Visitor Center at water	1
01/18/08	Red-shouldered Hawk	Discovery Marsh	2
01/17/08 and 01/18/08	American Bittern	Lower Klamath NWR	1
01/17/08	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Lower Klamath NWR	1
01/17/08	Ferruginous Hawk	Lower Klamath NWR	2
01/10/08	Black Phoebe	Lower Klamath NWR	1
01/10/08	Ferruginous Hawk	Lower Klamath NWR	1
01/02/08	Black Phoebe	Front of Visitor Center	1
01/02/08	Townsend's Solitaire	Front of Visitor Center	1
12/29/07	Prairie Falcon	Tule Lake NWR	1
12/13/07	Loggerhead Shrike	Discovery Marsh	1
12/12/07	Red-shouldered Hawk	Discovery Marsh	1
12/12/07	American Bittern	Lower Klamath NWR	1
12/12/07	Black Phoebe	Visitor Center at water	1
12/12/07	Hermit Thrush	Visitor Center at water	1
11/28/07	Brown Creeper	Visitor Center Parking Lot	1
11/28/07	Northern Shrike (immature)	Lower Klamath NWR	1
11/10/07	Townsend's Solitaire	In front of Visitor Center	1
11/07/07	Prairie Falcon	Discovery Marsh	1
11/07/07	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
11/07/07	Wood Duck	Discovery Marsh	1
11/07/07	Red-shouldered Hawk	Discovery Marsh	1
11/02/07	Cedar Waxwings	Discovery Marsh	30+
10/31/07	Varied Thrush	Visitor Center at water	1
10/26/07	Wood Ducks	Discovery Marsh	2 Pair
10/25/07	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
10/09/07	Black Phoebe	Behind Visitor Center	1
10/08/07	Hermit Thrush	Behind Visitor Center	1
10/07/07	Lewis's Woodpecker	Visitor Center near water	1
10/04/07	Loggerhead Shrike	Sheepy Ridge	1
08/30/07	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
08/17/07	Sandhill Cranes	Lower Klamath NWR	50+
08/16/07	Nashville Warbler	Behind Visitor Center	1
08/16/07	Red-shouldered Hawk	LK Auto Tour near exit	1
08/14/07	Swainson's Hawks	Along Township Road	76
08/10/07	Northern Waterthrush	Behind Visitor Center	1
08/09/07	Lazuli Bunting	Discovery Marsh	1
08/07/07	Golden Eagle	LKNWR near Intrsctn E	1
08/02/07	Sandhill Cranes	Lower Klamath NWR	22
07/31/07	Calliope Hummingbird	Behind Visitor Center	1
07/29/07	Anna's Hummingbird	Behind Visitor Center	1
07/29/07	Red-shouldered Hawk	Lower Klamath NWR	1
07/29/07	Peregrine Falcon	Hwy 161 east of LKNWR	1
07/20/07	Black-throated Gray Warbler	Visitor Center near water	1
07/09/07	Green Heron	LK Refuge Intersection A	1
07/09/07	Peregrine Falcon	LK Refuge/Hwy 161 near main entrance	1
07/01/07	Franklin's Gull	Lower Klamath NWR	1
06/30/07	Eastern Kingbird	Lower Klamath NWR	1
06/27/07	Blue-winged Teal	Discovery Marsh	1 pair
06/27/07	Wood Duck	Discovery Marsh	1
06/08/07	Osprey	Tule Lake NWR	1
06/07/07	Virginia Rail w/4 chicks	Discovery Marsh	6
06/06/07	Bullock's Oriole	Visitor Center	1
06/02/07	Swainson's Hawk	Hwy 161	1
05/31/07	California Towhee	Visitor Center	1
05/26/07	Western Tanager	Visitor Center in water	1
05/25/07	MacGillivray's Warbler	Tule Lake/Hill Road	1
05/22/07	Anna"s Hummingbird	Visitor Center	1
05/17/07	Common Yellowthroat	Discovery Marsh	Saw 1 Heard Many
05/17/07	Blue-winged Teal	Discovery Marsh	2 pair
05/08/07	Black-headed Grosbeak	Visitor Center	1
04/30/07	Yellow Warbler	Visitor Center	1
04/28/07	Wilson's Warbler	Discovery Marsh	1
04/26/07	White-throated Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	1
04/25/07	Merlin	S of Indian Camp Golf Course	1
04/25/07	Calliope and Anna's Hummingbird	Tule Lake NWR Photoblind #4	1 of each
04/25/07	Bullock's Oriole M and F	Behind Visitor Center	1 of each
04/23/07	Rufous Hummingbird and Orange-crowned Warbler	Tule Lake NWR Photoblind #4	1 of each
04/17/07	Bullock's Oriole (Female)	Behind Visitor Center	1
04/13/07	Marbled Godwit	Lower Klamath NWR	75
04/13/07	Peregrine Falcon	MP 7 State Line Road	1
04/13/07	Sandhill Crane	Lower Klamath NWR	4
04/10/07	Marbled Godwit	White Lake Unit	31
04/03/07	Dunlin, Dowitcher	Discovery Marsh	50
04/02/07	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Behind Visitor Center	2
03/31/07	Dunlin, Marbled Godwit	White Lake Unit
03/30/07	Yellow-headed Blackbird	Tule Lake NWR	10
03/27/07	White-faced Ibis	Lower Klamath NWR	2
03/22/07	Cedar Waxwing	Behind Visitor Center	4
03/17/07	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
03/13/07	Varied Thrush	Behind Visitor Center	1
03/13/07	Black Phoebe	Lower Klamath NWR	1
03/10/07	Wood Duck - Pair	Lower Klamath NWR	2
03/10/07	White-throated Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	1
03/08/07	Tri-colored Blackbirds	Merrill Pit Road	3
02/28/07	White Pelicans	Lower Klamath NWR, lower end of tour route	6
02/28/07	Bewick's Swans	White Lake Unit of Lower Klamath NWR	2
02/26/07	Sandhill Cranes	Tule Lake and Lower Klamath NWR	4
02/24/07	Varied Thrush	Front of Visitor Center	1
02/24/07	Fox Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	1
02/23/07	Sandhill Cranes	Flying above Visitor Center	6
02/23/07	Loggerhead and Northern Shrike	Discovery Marsh	1 of each
02/23/07	Hermit Thrush, White Throated Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	1 of each
02/18/07	Greater Yellowlegs, Prairie Falcon, Eurasian Wigeon	Lower Klamath Auto Tour Route
02/14/07	Cedar Waxwings	Behind VC in treetops	10
02/08/07	White-throated Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	1
02/01/07	White-tailed Kite, Northern Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, and Say's Phoebe	Discovery Marsh near 2nd observation kiosk	1 of each
01/25/07	Say's Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
01/23/07	Say's Phoebe	Hill Rd, 1/2 mi north of Lava Beds	1
01/22/07	Leucistic Bald Eagle	Chin Rd & Buesing Rd	1
01/20/07	Cedar Waxwings	Visitor Center near water	2
01/19/07	White-tailed Kite and Northern Shrike	Discovery Marsh beyond 2nd observation kiosk	1 of each
01/13/07	Lapland Longspurs	Lower Klamath Straits	15
01/11/07	White-faced Ibis	Tule Lake NWR east of Frey's Island	1
01/05/07	Red-shouldered Hawk (immature)	Lower Klamath NWR	1
12/20/06	Northern Shrike	Tule Lake NWR Auto Tour Route (near the end)	1
12/19/06	Red-shouldered Hawk	Tule Lake NWR Auto Tour Route	1
12/13/06	Harlan's Hawk	Visitor Center and Tule Lake NWR	1
12/12/06	White-throated Sparrow	Visitor Center near water	1
12/11/06	Varied Thrush	Behind Visitor Center	1
12/06/06	American Goldfinch	Behind Visitor Center in trees	4
12/02/06	Yellow-headed Blackbird	Lower Klamath NWR	10
11/28/06	Varied Thrush	Visitor Center	1
11/27/06	White-throated Sparrow	Behind Visitor Center	1
11/20/06	Ferruginous Hawk	Discovery Marsh	1
11/18/06	Hooded Merganser	Discovery Marsh	4
11/07/06	Whimbrel	Tule Lake NWR Auto Tour Route	2
11/04/06	Loggerhead Shrike	Behind Visitor Center near water	1
11/01 thru 11/17/06	Townsend's Solitaire	Behind Visitor Center near water	1
10/20/06	Anna's Hummingbird	Behind Visitor Center	1
10/14/06	American Bittern	Discovery Marsh	1
10/13/06	Northern Mockingbird	Peninsula near Lava Beds	1
10/07/06	Burrowing Owl	Tule Lake NWR South edge of Sump 1B	1
10/07/06	Varied Thrush	Visitor Center near water	1
10/04/06	Loggerhead Shrike	Lower Klamath NWR
10/04/06	White-tailed Kite	Lower Klamath NWR	1
09/23/06	Varied Thrush	Visitor Center near water	1
09/14/06	Rufous, Calliope and Anna's Hummingbird	Behind Visitor Center at feeders	1
09/07/06	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
08/27/06	Black-throated Gray Warbler	Malone Springs in Aspen Trees	1
08/18/06	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
08/11/06	Black Phoebe	Discovery Marsh	1
08/01/06	Semipalmated Plover	Lower Klamath NWR Auto Tour	2
07/22/06	Swainson's Hawk	Hwy 161	1
06/20/06	Common Moorhen	Lower Klamath NWR	1
06/14/06	Burrowing Owl	Tule Lake NWR Auto Tour Route	1
05/14/06	Northern Pygmy Owl	Hidden Valley	1
05/06/06	Common Moorhen	Tule Lake NWR Sump 1B	1
05/06/06	Peregrine Falcon	Hwy 161 before Merrill Turnoff	1
05/02/06	Black Phoebe	Visitor Center	1
05/02/06	Peregrine Falcon	White Lake Unit	1
04/29/06	Swainson's Hawk	Hwy 161 west of Merrill	2
04/29/06	Calliope Hummingbird	Tule Lake NWR	1
04/25/06	White-throated Sparrow	Visitor Center	1
04/18/06	Semipalmated Plover	Lower Klamath NWR	2
04/17/06	Eurasian Green-winged Teal	Lower Klamath NWR	2
04/05/06	Black Phoebe	Across from Visitor Center	1
04/04/06	Marbled Godwit	White Lake	6
03/28/06	Red-breasted Merganser	Tule Lake NWR	1
03/24/06	Black Phoebe	Visitor Center	1
03/23/06	Leucistic Bald Eagle	Suty Road & Stateline Road	1
03/18/06	Marbled Godwit