> Today during lunch stopped at the southern beach of Soap Lake. I found 5
> Black-necked Stilts and a pair of Cinnamon Teal, both seem a week or two
> early,but were nice sights. This morning saw a Sage Thrasher sitting on a
> telephone wire just north of Ephrata.
>
> Scott Downes

Tweets - I should have passed on a few more sightings that the Kempers and I
had last weekend in E. WA, for we saw both Cinnamon Teal and Sage Thrasher:

[1 TURKEY VULTURE over the Home Depot in Bellevue on our way out on the
18th.]

Several SAGE SPARROW and a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD at Jameson Lake.

2 flocks totalling 30-40 SNOW BUNTINGS near Atkins "Lake" (dry now) on the
Waterville Plateau on March 19.

2 WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS at the Dry Falls Interpretive Center, Grant Co.,
March 19.

A huge number and variety of ducks at the lake at N NE and 6th NE, a block
or two west of St. Andrews on the Waterville Plateau on March 19th.

1 SAVANNAH SPARROW and 2 GRAY PARTRIDGE at St. Andrews (Stollard Lake).

1 SHORT-EARED OWL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE on Heritage Rd at 13th on the
Waterville Plateau on the 19th. We had Northern Shrike at several
locations.

2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW at Foster Creek on the 19th.

1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW along with several Violet-green and some
Tree Swallows below the dam at Bridgeport.

1 SAGE THRASHER on Cameron Lake Rd., Okanogan Co., on March 19. I already
mentioned the Sandhill Cranes and Cliff Swallows along that road in a
previous email.

About 5 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, 2 near Stratford, the rest on Moses Lake -
Stratford Rd. on the 21st.

1 BURROWING OWL, 2 male CINAMON TEAL, and 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS on Frenchman
Hills Rd. at Dodson Rd. on the 21st.

9 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (3 pair + 3) along Lower Crab Creek, Grant Co., on the
21st.

Lots of SAYS PHOEBE everywhere.

1 TURKEY VULTURE just east of Easton on I-90 eating roadkill on the way home
on the 21st.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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