This morning I birded parts of northern Garfield Co. The sun was shining and it was windy along the Snake River. I first hit
Central Ferry where there must have been over 600 COMMON GOLDENEYES some of the males starting to practice courtship rituals.

Other species at Central Ferry

Pied-billed Grebes
Western Grebes
Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Blue Heron
Canada Geese
3 American Wigeon
1000+ Mallards
Ring-necked Ducks
only 4 Lesser Scaup
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
200 Coots
Ring-billed Gulls
California Gulls
Rock Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
Black-billed Magpies
Horned Larks
1 Black-capped Chickadee
6 Bewick's Wrens
Song Sparrows
20 Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-winged Blackbirds
Western Meadowlarks

Then at Willow Bar I had

1 male Common Merganser
4 Northern Harriers
Red-tailed Hawks
American Kestrels
1 calling Great Horned Owl in broad daylight
3 Northern Flickers
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Robin
1 Bohemian Waxwing
a flock of 300+ White-crowned Sparrows, nothing mixed in with them
House Sparrows

Then with not much time I hit Lower Granite Dam which was very birdless. I was hoping for a Dipper, but didn't see any near the dam
itself.

This list doesn't look super, but Garfield County happens to be the toughest county in Washington to bird. I wanted to drive down
to Rice Bar, but ran out of time.

Ken Knittle, Monroe
washingtonbirder at hotmail.com