Some signs of spring on the Palouse, all from Whitman Co, WA:

CANADA GOOSEF: As of Monday, April 20, still incubating a nest between the
two sewage ponds near the trailer court on Albion Road.

RED-TAILED HAWK: As of Monday, April 20, still incubating on a nest along
Albion Road.

SWAINSON'S HAWKS: Two were soaring above Shopko in Pullman on Satuday, April
18, around 1300 PDT. This was my second sighting.

MOURNING DOVES: Two nestlings about to fledged from a nest in the town of
Albion.

GREAT HORNED OWLS: Still attending to nestlings in a nest along Albion Road
as of Monday.

RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS: A pair were courting at the Rose Creek Preserve on
Friday, April 17. They were the first ones I had seen this year.

VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS: Two were flying around buildings on the WSU campus
on Friday, April 17. On that same day, two were investigating a box along
the Rose Creek nest box trail.

BEWICKS WREN: On the Rose Creek Preserve, Friday, April 17, I observed one
wren carrying food to a nest (but I didn't see the nest). A second bird,
probably her mate, was scolding nearby.

WESTERN BLUEBIRDS: Several are building nests and laying eggs as of Friday
in nest boxes in the Rose Creek area.

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS: A pair has been seen near one of the boxes on the Rose
Creek trail and, on Friday, there was a single egg in a nest box in their area.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES: Most of the males are all decked out in their summer
finery.

EVENING GROSBEAK: A lone female visited my feeder breifly on Saturday, April 18.

Still no hummingbirds but the feeder is up.

Deb Beutler
Department of Zoology
P.O. Box 644236
Washington State University
Pullman (Whitman Co.), WA 99164-4236
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu