Hi Everyone--

The Audubon Society of Portland's monthly trip to the Vancouver Lake
lowlands of Clark County was very successful: good birds, good weather,
and a good group. The most unusual birds we had were 5 BARN SWALLOWS
(one young bird, the others bright adults) at the north end of Post Office
Lake and adjacent Campbell Lake, the continuing male EURASIAN WIGEON
in Post Office Lake, the continuing imm. HARRIS'S SPARROW on Old
Lower River Road, a PILEATED WOODPECKER in a large cottonwood
visible from Vancouver Lake Park, scope-filling views of a RED-BREASTED
SAPSUCKER inthe parking lot at Vancouver Lake Park, and scope-filling
views of a bathing BROWN CREEPER at Vancouver Lake Park. Large
numbers of noisy SANDHILL CRANES at Post Office Lake (some starting
to dance) and BALD EAGLES seemingly everywhere were also a treat.

Apologies for duplicate posts; Comcast sends both plain text and HTML.

Mark Miller
Vancouver, WA
snowyowl98683 at msn.com

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