While Bob was out looking for migrants this morning, I was trying to get caught up at home. A few interesting observations included a male Cassin's Finch and a Brewer's Sparrow, an assumed resident pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches, two "Audubon's" Warblers, and lots of White-crowned Sparrows at my feeders. I also heard several flocks of Sandhill Cranes flying over town.

Favorable weather might move a few cranes north today. Yesterday the cranes were foraging early in the corn at Corfu, with a couple thousand arriving by 4 pm (also when we drove by at 08:45). The flock included at least 100 Greater Sandhill Cranes, which seem to pass through toward the end of the spring migration period in mid-April. I'd love to know where those Greaters wind up nesting.

Randy Hill
Othello
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Flores
To: Tweeters ; Inland Birds
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: [inland-NW-birders]Corfu Woods, Para Ponds, McCain's Potato Ponds, Adams & Grant Co's, WA


I birded Corfu Woods this morning highlights include; 4 Nashville warblers, 2 orange-crowned warblers, 1 yellow-rumped warbler. Alot of ruby-crowned kinglets and white-crowned sparrows. 3 Lincoln's sparrow, 2 sharp-shinned hawks, two great horned owls and 2 Swainson's hawk.

At Para Ponds I found that first of the year cinnamon teal (thanks to Mike Denny who found one here last night) and 8 great egrets, 31 dunlin.

McCain's Potato Ponds had 4 cinnamon teal and 1 blue-winged teal (sorry Mike it was just over the dike)

PS- At Corfu, Rd C se, when I arrived at 0700hrs there were about 10,000 cranes and about 20,000 canada and cakling geese.

Good birding

Bob Flores
Othello, WA