Hello all,
What a count!!! 30 participants this year - an all time high. Total of 82 species - and counting. Highlights include:
Western Bluebird - 5
Tundra Swan - 6
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Prairie Falcon - 1
Merlin - 2
Long-eared Owl - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Bohemian Waxwing - 61 (saw 160 today at Bennington Lake)
Golden-crowned Sparrow - 1
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch - 1
Common Redpoll - 8
RUSTY BLACKBIRD - 1* New to count! (relocated today and photographed on Cottonwood Road S. of Walla Walla)
COUNT WEEK BIRDS THUS FAR:
Mew Gull - 1 adult *New to count! (WW High School)
Snow Bunting - 8 *New to count! (Bennington Lake)
Northern Goshawk - 1 subadult (Bennington Lake)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 (Cottonwood Road)
California Gull - 15
Common Merganser - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3

HIGH COUNTS:
Red-tailed Hawk - 133
3 Harlan's
2 Krider's
Black-capped Chickadee - 136
Bewick's Wren - 40
Dark-eyed Junco - 1820
Ring-necked Ducks - 26

REMEMBER: Two Rivers CBC on January 4
Hope to see many of you there
Later - Mike


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Mike & MerryLynn Denny
323 Scenic View Drive
College Place, WA 99324
509.529.0080 (h)

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BIRDING, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED!
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