>Hi tweets,
>
>My mom went birding with the Spokane Audubon last weekend and they saw an
>Oldsquaw on Banks Lake. I always thought that Oldsquaw where salt-water
>birds . . .
>
>Laurinda

Occasional Oldsquaws show up on eastern Washington lakes every year,
especially in mid to late fall. They are quite scarce. However, Banks Lake
and the others in the Grand Coulee chain seem to attract birds that prefer
salt-water, including Oldsquaw.

--Jerry <tangren at wsu.edu>
Wenatchee WA