>Feb. l3th Eastern Wash. has Snowy Owls too! Maybe I should say
>North-Central Wash. East of Mansfield today we saw 2 Snowies and
>over l,000 Snow Buntings. We were at the intersection of l4 and O streets
>approx. l mile from Simms Corner, which is East of Mansfield. All were
>within a 1/4mile stretch. On one side of road is a house with a yellow
>airplane. On other side of road are several grain silos. Before we
>returned
>to Bridgeport we also saw : Golden Eagle, Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk,
>Red-tailed Hawk, Ravens, Horned Larks, Gray Partridge, Red-winged
>Blackbird and Magpies. Missed the Yellow-headed Blackbird reported
>on edge of town. Next: Say's Phoebe and maybe spring will be here.
>Got 5-6 in. new snow last Tues., still LOTS on ground, but roads are good.
>Meredith
>
>Meredith and Dave Spencer
>merdave at televar.com

Thanks for posting this information! Lorna and I drove up there yesterday
(2/16).

Snow Buntings were no problem. They were widespread in northern Douglas Co.
in varying flock sizes--the most common bird in the area--which isn't hard
considering there was almost nothing else; Horned Larks were way down in
numbers.
The male buntings were coming into spring plumage and were quite spectacular.

With a little searching, we also saw one of the Snowy Owls perched on a
barn just across the road from the yellow airplane.

Considering the temperature and the number of Robins along with two
Killdeer, I was surprised that Say's Phoebe was a miss. Probably way too
much snow still on the ground?

Lorna & Jerry <tangren at wsu.edu>