Hi All -

In regard to Gina's of 5 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in northeastern WA, I would
suspect these are local breeders. The habitat sounds right based on what
I've read and it's a bit early for nomadic flocks from Canada. Just
curious - are there regular or recent summer reports of this species in
northeastern WA?

thanks, Charles.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: inland-nw-birders-admin at uidaho.edu
>[mailto:inland-nw-birders-admin at uidaho.edu]On Behalf Of gina sheridan
>Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:03 PM
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu; inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
>Cc: birders13 at aol.com; RonPatDexter at msn.com; jessebirder at cablespeed.com;
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>Subject: [inland-NW-birders]Boreal Owl & Chickadee in Pend Oreille
>County
>
>
>On Sunday (Sept. 26th), we birded around Bunchgrass
>Meadows and turned up some pretty good high elevation
>specialties. On the bogland "meadows", we saw American
>Pipits, Lincoln's Sparrows, and five BOHEMIAN
>WAXWINGS. We heard White-winged Crossbills in the
>distance, but we never actually saw any. Other birds
>that we found in the area included Red Crossbills,
>Gray Jays, Stellar's Jays, Varied Thrushes, Juncos,
>White-crowned Sparrows, Townsend's Solitaire, Hermit
>Thrush, both kinglets, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Ruffed
>Grouse, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, and MacGillivray's
>Warbler.
>