Tweeters,

Last evening (1June), Denny Granstrand and I went to upper Cold Creek to
look for the Least Flycatcher. Though it was windy, we relocated the bird.

We birded this riparian area for about 45 minutes and found more diversity
of migrants than on the previous day (31 May), when migrants were few,
though four Yakima Training Center riparian areas were thoroughly birded
for about 5 hours of total effort in this habitat the day before.

Listed below are 1 June migrants (45 minute effort, one riparian site),
followed in parenthesis by 31 May totals (5 hours effort, four riparian
sites). Local breeders such as Eastern Kingbird, etc., are not included.

Olive-sided Flycatcher-1 (1)
Western Wood-Pewee -1 (0)
Least Flycatcher -1 (1)
Hammond's Flycatcher -1 (0)
Swainson's Thrush-1 (0)
Solitary Vireo -1 (0)
Warbling Vireo-4 (1)
Yellow Warbler -0 (1)
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's ) Warbler-1 (0)
Towensend's Warbler-1 (0)
MacGillivray's Warbler-0 (1)
Wilson's Warbler-5 (10)
Western Tanager-1 (0)

We searched for the Clay-colored Sparrow at Greely Pond, but had no luck;
the wind was blowing so even Brewer's Sparrows were quiet.

Oanother subject, though some references state Vesper Sparrows don't sing
any more than other sparrows in the evening, I disagree. I consistently
note this is the last sparrow to stop singing, quitting just as dusk
arrives (20 minutes after sunset). Thus, perhaps it is well-named after
all.

Night birds were well-represented:

Great Horned Owl-2
Long-eared Owl-1
Short-eared Owl-5
Common Nighthawk-3
Common Poorwill-1

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA