I birded along the Columbia River in western Klickitat County on
1/3/03, mostly checking the flocks of scaup for Tufted Duck or
Long-tailed Duck to no avail. But I did see a HARRIS' SPARROW at the
Southwest corner of the Bingen Ponds. This bird is coming to a bird seed
chum spot put out by Stuart Johnston. According to the information in the
Bird Notebook that is in Loafer's Bakery in Bingen, there are also a
Swamp Sparrow and a White-throated Sparrow coming to a chum spot on the
North side of the pond too. I tried for these birds but a rain squall put
most of the birds deep into cover.
There were three LESSER GOLDFINCHES in with a flock of AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES near the log scaling shack along the river south of the pond.
A CANYON WREN was calling from the cliff on the west side of
Rowland Lake and one ACORN WOODPECKER was perched on the "granary tree"
on Old Highway 8 near Balch Road.
Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA
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