Richard & Tweets,
Ibis are probably still at Lake Kahlotus which is about 15 miles east of
Connell in Franklin County page 54, C4. Easy to scope from hwy 260.

I've managed to miss adding Ibis to my Adams County year list. (Para ponds,
etc)
Once by two miles & one hour.

These Ibis probably came from Klamath county, OR. I was just at Malheur NWR
in SE OR & found the normal high numbers of Ibis. Also some Tweets might be
interested that two COMMON MOORHEN might be nesting at Malheur NWR. A male
SUMMER TANAGER was the other goodie there.

Craig & Judy Corder
dual citizens of Hermiston, OR & Cheney, WA
ccorder at eoni.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Pterodroma at aol.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: <hill at cbnn.net>; <rflores at qosi.net>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: White-faced Ibis / Tricolored Blackbird / Conboy NWR ??


> Hi Tweets --
>
> I've been following 'Tweeters' and OBOL all spring from my California
field
> station assignment with particular interest in postings about the
WHITE-FACED
> IBIS outbreak and TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS but haven't seen much lately about
> either. There were so many ibis reports of flocks wandering north along
the
> Oregon coast reported on OBOL that some of those surely made it to and may
> still be along the Washington coast.
>
> Now that I'm back in the PNW for a few weeks, I'd like to take a looky-loo
at
> those two (ie., tick 'em off for Washington) if I can find them at or
around
> the Adams and Grant County locations which have been well described in
> various postings over the past two months.
>
> I am hoping that the Tricolored Blackbirds can be expected to still be in
> place at the Soap Lake / Wilson Creek (Grant Co.) and/or the Para Ponds
site
> near Othello (Adams Co.). Any other recommendations?
>
> Now, what about the White-faced Ibis? It would seem to me that the
Othello /
> Potholes area would be the best bet for a focused search. Are there any
ibis
> that have become at least temporarily reliable at any one pond, marsh, or
wet
> spot in particular, and if so, where? Any other recommendations? There
was
> mention of a Franklin County location with the suggested potential for
> breeding. Where was that exactly?
>
> And finally, any thoughts or comment on Conboy NWR in northern Klickitat
> County apart from the fact that its most noted claim to fame is for the
> state's only (I think) breeding Sandhill Cranes? No one seems to ever go
> there or report on anything around there other than the occasional rare
> posting that pops up on OBOL. Conboy NWR is rather off the beaten track
and
> not on the way to or from just about anywhere which may be why birding
visits
> and reports are infrequent to nonexistent ...or it's just one big gigantic
> secret :-)) I do get a headache from just studying the map in DeLorme
when
> looking at Conboy :-)) The reason I bring it up is that I am still on the
> prowl for a Washington Yellow Rail. Yeah, yeah... a virtually ridiculous
> long shot, but who knows until one tries.
>
> Thanks gang. --Richard Rowlett
>
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> Richard Rowlett
> Bellevue (Eastgate), WA, USA
>
> "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what
> nobody has thought" --Albert Szent-Gyorgi (1893-1986).
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>