I ventured out to the Para Ponds outside Othello last Saturday to hopefully
get a lifer Tri-colored Blackbird. We didn't see many close enough to ID
well, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make any of the Red-winged
into Tri-colored. Anyway, here is what we saw.

Along HWY 24 between Yakima and Othello:

Great-blue Heron (1)
Northern Harrier (2)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (numerous)
American Kestrel (very numerous)
Prairie Falcon (1)
American Crow (5)
Common Raven (numerous)
Black-billed Magpie (numerous)
Horned Lark (3)
Northern Shrike (2)
Western Meadowlark (10)

At Para Ponds:

Tundra Swan (2)
Canada Goose (500+)
Gadwall (15)
Mallard (40+)
Pintail (40+)
American Wigeon (5)
Green-winged Teal (2)
Canvasback (39)
Lesser Scaup (2)
Bufflehead (1)
Common Merganser (3)
American Coot (2)
Great-blue Heron (1)
Northern Harrier (2)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Rough-legged Hawk (1)
Mourning Dove (15)
American Robin (2)
Brewer's Blackbird (10)
Red-winged Blackbird (100+)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (3)
Brown-headed Cowbird (25+)

Jeff Kozma
Yakima