Hello Tweeters,

This morning I took a walk around the main pond of Vance Creek County Park here in Elma. I spent roughly one hour there under cloudy skies. I recorded 17 species and here they are:

Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard (domestic)
Scaup
Common Merganser
Osprey
American Coot
Western Gull
Northern Flicker
Crow species
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Siskin

The Osprey nest that is on top of a snag on the southern side of Wenzel Slough Rd. right by the first park entrance has been altered in size. Before the Osprey returned this year, the nest was in good condition. Now it looks like it is almost gone. I had been wondering if it had been damaged by winds or perhaps even taken down by humans. I spotted the Osprey on the nest snag this morning so that has me thinking maybe it is being rebuilt or moved by the Osprey itself. Is this something Osprey's do each year? In the meantime, I will keep an eye on the nest snag and see what happens.

Tim O'Brien
Elma, WA
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