Ileen,

Congratulations Ileen, I believe yours is the first report of bluebirds in
Washington this spring. They are usually seen on the Yakima Audubon Wenas
Bluebird Trail (from Ellensburg to Wenas Creek) about this time in February,
so it looks like these gems are on schedule.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA

>I'm new to Tweeters but thought this might be of interest.
>
>On Sun, 2-16 at about 4pm we (Ileen Weber and Julianne Duncan) saw a MT.
>BLUEBIRD, a male in full breeding plumage,in Eastern Washington southeast
>of Reardon on the Waukon Rd, s of Hwy 2, and n of the town of Waukon. It
>was about 20 feet from the road, off and onto a fence line in a snow
>covered farm field by a small pond of ice. At one point it was down on
>the ice.
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>We were surprised and delighted because this seemed very early.
>
>Ileen Weber
>Seattle, WA
>duncanweber at seanet.com
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