Subject: Sunday 15 Feb o4 - Say's Phoebe at Washougal Dike
Date: Feb 18 07:55:01 2004
From: Wilson Cady - gorgebirds at juno.com



When I checked the Washougal Dike at the Steigerwald Lake Refuge on Tuesday 2/17/04 there were three SAY'S PHOEBES present. I believe these are the earliest reports for this species and the largest group of individual birds that I have for Clark County.
Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA
gorgebirds at juno.com

Hi Tweets,
Sunday afternoon, while biking on the Washougal Dike, we found a Say's Pheobe. Also present was a flock of 22 skitish Horned Larks. Several Western Meadowlarks were also sighted. Other birds noted were one mature Bald Eagle, several each of Am. Kestrels, Northern Harrier, and Red-tailed Hawks, 16 Tundra Swans, and 38, mostly grounded, Great-blue Herons. Yes,the wind does blow out there at the east end of the Columbia River Gorge! The 25x scope in the wind with the heat waves from the sunlight were just too much to overcome to I.D. the ducks. ---J & L w/Evans'
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(Birding the Washougal Dike near Steigerwald NWR)
John and Loraine Allinger
Hockinson, Clark County, Washington