Hi Tweets, Suzi and Hugh Clark, Kelly Cassidy, and I escaped almost
certain precipitation yesterday by sneaking over to Wenas. We came back
with 47 species, including our target White-headed Woodpecker. Here's
what we saw (not all seen at Wenas, some along the way in sagebrush, the
Yakima River, etc.):


Great Blue Heron
Swan sp.: near Ellensburg, but couldn't ID at 72 mph! 8 of these.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture (2)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Chukar
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker (3 in the campground - at least 2 males, third ?)
Northern Flicker
Say's Phoebe
Horned Lark
Violet-green Swallow
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Crow
Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Robin
Sage Thrasher
Loggerhead Shrike
Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html