Tweets,

Did a three day trip to eastern Washington over the Presidents Day weekend. Our route was: from Wenatchee north on 97 to Tonasket, took the Tonasket-Havillah Rd to the Sitzmark Ski area and returned by the same route south to Brewster, then se on 173 to Bridgeport, east on 174 to Grand Coulee, s on 155 to Coulee City, s on 17, continued s on 28 to Ephrata and back to Seattle via I-90.

Notable sightings included:

A male Mountain Bluebird on the Tonasket-Havillah Road. (Is this the first one this year again? We reported the first one on this same weekend last year.)

Ruffed Grouse on the Tonasket-Havillah Road.

A Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker at the Sun Lakes State Park in the same tree with a Red-shafted. (Has anyone else seen this bird? Would like a confirmation because it was a brief look.)

Canyon Wren heard singing at Sun Lakes State Park.

We had 50 species in all. Here is an abbreviated list:

Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Eared Grebe 1
Trumpeter Swan 5 (n of Bridgeport)
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Canvasback 8
Redhead 2
Common Goldeneye 40
Barrows Goldeneye 3 (Dry Falls Visitor Center, probable)
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey 2 (Ellensburg on I-90)
Bald Eagle 19
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Rough-legged Hawk 5
Ruffed Grouse 3 (on Tonasket-Havillah Rd)
Great Horned Owl Heard (Sun Lakes State Park)
Northern Shrike 2 (one was a possible immature)
Horned Lark 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Townsends Solitaire 2
Cedar Waxwing 40
Song Sparrow 3 (with nest material)
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Ileen Weber and Julianne Duncan
Seattle