I was out working in the Wenas area West of Yakima today and new migrants are finally starting to show up. Highlight was the first GRAY FLYCATCHER of the year calling in this dry site ponderosa pine zone. Also firsts of the year were CHIPPING SPARROW, CASSIN'S FINCH, and HOUSE WREN. Other birds seen between Naches and Wenas Boise Campground were:

Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey (Wenas Lake)
American Kestrel
Ruffed Grouse
Blue Grouse
Red-naped Sapsucker (1)
Northern Flicker
White-headed Woodpecker (2)
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch (2)
Mountain Chickadee
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Townsend's Solitaire (6)
Mountain Bluebird (6)
Western Bluebird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Jeff Kozma
Yakima, WA