Subject: Birding a Central State Loop.
Date: May 16 08:16:57 2004
From: Rolan Nelson - rnbuffle at yahoo.com


G'mornin' Tweets,

Yesterday (May 15) Ned McGarry and I met at the Preston P&R in the wee hours to tackle a loop east on 90 to Ellensburg, up and over Umtanum to Wenas, then west on 410 with a stop at the Nile Burn. Turned out to be a 350 mile, 17 hour jaunt with 80 species and 6 NEW LIFE BIRDS for Ned!

In the "new" taxometric order, here's what we saw:

Canada Goose, Mallard, Cinnamon teal, Ring-necked Duck, California Quail (Tons!)

Great Blue Heron,Turkey Vulture (two over Ellensburg, Diann), Osprey, Northern Harrier, R-T Hawk, Am. Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon.

Am. Coot, Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe (there were dozens of Snipe on the fence posts around Ellensburg), Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove.

Calliope Hummer, Lewis's Woodpecker (there is still a very large number of these in the Oak Creek Burn), Red-naped Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, White-headed Woodpecker, and Northern Flicker. A 6 woodpecker day is a VERY good thing!

Western Wood Pewee, Hammond's Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Say's Pheobe, Western Kingbird, Steller's Jay, Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven.

Tree, Violet-green,Cliff and Barn Swallows, Black-capped and Mountain Chickadees, Brown Creeper, House Wren, Winter Wren, Am. Dipper.

Western and Mountain Bluebirds, Swainson's Thrush, Varied Thrush, Am. Robin, Sage Thrasher, European Starling.

Nashville Warbler, Yellow Warblwr, Yellow-rumped Warbler (both sub-species) Townsend's Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Western Tanager.

Spotted Towhee, Chipping, Brewer's, Vesper,Savannah, Song, and White-crowned Sparrows, Junco, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting.

Red-winged, Yellow-headed and Brewer's Blackbirds, Western Meadowlark, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bullock's Oriole.

Purple, Cassins and House Finch, Am. Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, House Sparrow.

If anyone would like to know where any particular species was spotted, just let me know off list.

Good Birding,

-Rolan


Rolan Nelson
Fircrest, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com

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