Hi tweets,

Rahne and I decided to check out Umptanum Road and Wenas on Saturday. It was amazing!! We had over 80 species by 3:00, and decided to pad the list by heading over to Crab Creek and Vantage.

Clark's Grebe (one in Columbia near Vantage)
Western Grebe (several near Ellensburg)
Great Blue Heron (Renton)
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (one in Cle Elum ponds)
Cinnamon Teal (pair in Cle Elum ponds)
Ring-necked Duck (Cle Elum)
Lesser Scaup (Crab Creek)
Barrow's Goldeneye (pair in Cle Elum ponds)
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser (male in Cle Elum ponds)
Turkey Vulture
Osprey (Cle Elum)
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk (juv - Umptanum Road)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon (adult - Umptanum Road)
California Quail (two males - Crab Creek)
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper (Wenas SF)
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon (Federal Way)
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Vaux Swift (Roslyn exit)
White-throated Swift (Vantage)
Calliope Hummingbird (Roslyn exit)
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis' Woodpecker (Umptanum Road)
Northern Flicker
Red-naped Sapsucker (Stampede Pass, Umptanum Road)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (Wenas SF)
Pileated Woodpecker (Wenas SF)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Wenas SF)
Western Wood Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher (Umptanum Road , Gingko SP )
Dusky Flycatcher (Wenas SF)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe (Umptanum Road)
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike (Crab Creek)
Cassin's Vireo (Cle Elum ponds)
Stellar's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch (Cle Elum ponds)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Cle Elum ponds)
Pygmy Nuthatch (N. Wenas Rd)
House Wren (Umptanum Road)
Winter Wren (Stampede Pass)
Bewick's Wren (Wenas SF)
Rock Wren (Umptanum Road)
Canyon Wren (Umptanum Road)
Marsh Wren (Crab Creek)
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire (Wenas SF)
Veery (Wenas SF)
American Robin
Sage Thrasher (Umptanum Road, rest stop W of Vantage)
European Starling
Bohemian Waxwing (one in pines - Roslyn exit)
Cedar Waxwing (Crab Creek, Cle Elum ponds)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Umptanum Road)
Nashville Warbler (Wenas SF)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Vantage)
Yellow Warbler (Roslyn exit, Umptanum Road)
Western Tanager (Umptanum Road)
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow (Crab Creek)
Sage Sparrow (Umptanum Road)
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln Sparrow (Wenas Campground)
Song Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (N. Wenas Rd)
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak (males at Wenas SF, Crab Creek)
Lazuli Bunting (male singing off Umptanum Road, female at Gingko SP)
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Crab Creek)
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Cassin's Finch (Umptanum Road)
House Finch
Red Crossbill (three near Cle Elum ponds)
Pine Siskin (Wenas SF, Cle Elum ponds)
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak (Wenas SF)
House Sparrow

.... 112 species!

Regards,
Christine Vadai
Mill Creek, WA
christinevadai at sprynet.com