Heya Tweets,
We went down to Lewiston so my wife could try out her new camera
(an EOS Rebel X, by the way- great camera!) and we had a blast. Geese
are piling back up in the Levee, they weren't so numerous last month.
Lots of Mallards, more Buffleheads than last month too. The robin flocks
throughout the Palouse are amazing; Lewiston has its share, too. We
probably spent a good half hour taking shots of robins. At the small
park just south of the Hwy 12 bridge to Clarkston, we found a whole bunch
of Mallards, Widgeons, etc. and one Beautiful Hooded Merganser. Last
year, we regularly spotted one in the same place-- maybe the same individual?
He's extremely approachable and likes to pose for the camera.

Didn't see any Eurasian Wigeons and no sign of the Canvasback that were
hanging out a few weeks ago.

Mann Lake isn't really active yet, but the RC airplane dudes may have
scared some of the flocks off (not to mention the HERD of fishermen!)

LEWISTON LEVEE
Robins - 25+
Starlings - 35-40
Mallards - 200+?
Wigeons - 50
Canada Geese - 25
Am. Coots - 40
Wood Ducks - 15
Bufflehead - 20
Northern Pintail - 2 (pair)
Kildeer - 3
Sparrow spp - 4
Gull spp. - 2
Rock Dove - 12 (Must've been hiding)

PARK SOUTH OF HWY 12 BRIDGE
Wigeons - 100+
Mallards - 30-40
Canada Geese - 6
Am. Coots - 20
Hooded Mergansers - 1 (male)

MANN LAKE
Kildeer - 3
Bufflehead - 10
Canada Geese - 30+
G. B. Heron - 1
(Observations made from parking lot only; didn't look too promising and
there were a lot of people driving around, so we didn't go on the careful
cruise down the road to the left.)

ROAD FROM PULLMAN TO LEWISTON
Golden Eagle - 1 in tree near Uniontown (regular nesting place)
Red-tailed Hawks - 2
Rough-legged Hawk? - 1 (Had black patches, took photo- we'll see)
Red-winged blackbirds - 3
Starlings - 100+
Ring-necked Pheasants - 4, easy to spot on the snow between Colton and
Uniontown to the east of Hwy 195.
Magpies - 10

-Pat
scott931 at uidaho.edu