Subject: Waterville Plateau
Date: Feb 1 10:53:31 2004
From: ndwendt at netzero.com - ndwendt at netzero.com



Hi Tweeters,

We decided to go for the SNOW BUNTINGS and what a show it was, with the majority of the 200+ buntings in an almost pure flock just a few miles west of Coulee City right on the shoulders of SR 2. Others were in mixed flocks with Horned Larks on SR 172. We were also treated to the sighting of a MERLIN just south of SR 172 on the left side of L NE.

Other good birds were TRI-COLORED BLACKBIRDS at Wilson Creek, SHORT-EARED OWL sitting on the north side of SR 28 as we traveled east from Odessa, PRAIRIE FALCON near SR 2, NORTHERN SHRIKES on SR 172.

I just want to thank the author and contributors of "Birders Guide to Washington" for the excellent directions and detail, and to Tweeters for the up-to-date sightings that are now possible.

Norma Wendt
Deer Park WA
mailto: ndwendt at netzero.com