Subject: Gyrfalcon at Bickleton
Date: Feb 13 06:14:08 2004
From: John Allinger - nhojregnilla at hotmail.com


Hi Tweets,

We spent about 3 hours in glorious sunshine, birding the area around
Bickleton on Thursday afternoon, 12 Feb 2oo4. Locals told us the Mountain
Bluebirds are due to start returning on the 14th of February! The area
around Bickleton, although cold, was just above the low clouds/fog plaguing
the hills above the Columbia River yesterday.

Raptor season now!

Gyrfalcon - 1 (grey phase)
Peregrine Falcon - 3 (very dark)
Rough-legged Hawk - 8 (three color phases)
Northern Shrike - 1
Northern Harrier - 1 (male)
Bald Eagle 1*
Red-tailed Hawk - 1

Horned Larks (several small flocks, and many, mostly lone individuals)
Common Raven
European Starling
Rock Pigeons (Rock Doves)
Dark Eyed Juncos
American Robin (flock of ~60)

* Several Bald Eagles along Rock Ck. Road and another on lower Dot Rd.)
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John & Loraine Allinger
birding near: Bickleton, Klickitat Co., WA
< nhojregnilla at hotmail.com >

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