Howdy,

My mom and I spent the day on the eastside in search of some new year birds.
Using Denny Granstrand's hot tip, we relocated the Tufted Duck mixed in with
the large group of scaups just south of Wanapum State Park. I took some long
range digiscope pictures of him, which can be seen here:

http://www.houstonflores.com/images/tudu.jpg
http://www.houstonflores.com/images/tudu2.jpg

Other than this shaggy aythya, our highlights from the day include:

Sage Sparrow - Quilomene Wildlife Area
Horned Lark - Yeah, same place
Mountain Bluebird - Old Vantage Highway (hwy 10), mile 18

Quack,

Houston Flores
Bellingham, Wa
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