Sunday I was birding - and toasting - in the heat of the cottonwoods and pines
next to the Yakima R. In one of the cottonwoods, next to the trunk, not four
feet off the ground was a nest of a smaller-than-robin-sized bird that had the
color of a female western tanager. Can anyone help with an ID? (bill thicker
than robin, no eye ring, had faint wing bars) She was frantic so I didn't want
to poke my nose into the nest. There was no male about. The alarm call she
made was like the clicking of a Calif. Quail. Usual suspects were also around
- western wood-pewees, downy woodpeckers, eastern kingbirds, hosts of the
unknown flycatcher. thanks for your suggestions. mck

mikemckinstry
bothell,wa
mckco at msn.com