Hello All,

After observing the CAPE MAY WARBLER at Spokane yesterday, I birded my way
back across the state, stopping at Para Ponds where I also observed good
numbers of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS. The flock was moving around some, but I
would estimate in the neighborhood of 25-40 birds.

Other highlights of yesterday besides the warbler and the blackbirds were
the approximately 17 PINE GROSBEAKS which Aaron Martin mentioned at Indian
Canyon Golf Course, Spokane. Many thanks to Gina Sheridan for her excellent
directions to this spot. I also had about 8 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS on Road
B SE, just north of the junction with Lower Crab Creek Road, west of
Othello. Finally, I finished off with wonderful observations of the
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES at dusk near Wanapum Dam.

Cheers and Good Birding,
Ted Kenefick
Seattle, WA
tgkenefick at MSN.COM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolan Nelson" <rnbuffle at yahoo.com>
To: "Dave Gravelle" <wingnut61 at shaw.ca>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] "Tricolored" vs. Red-winged


> Hi Dave,
>
> It's the Para Ponds near Othello, and if Bob Flores says they are
> Tri-Colored Blackbirds, I'd believe him! The man knows his birds. Also,
> there has been a gradual shift over the past few years from the
> Tri-coloreds traditional hotspot at Wilson Creek to the area west of
> Othello. Come on down and take a look!
>
> -Rolan
>
> Dave Gravelle <wingnut61 at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Hello Tweeters,
>
>
>
> I have been reading the Washington Tweeters digest for several months now
> and have seen several posts concerning Tricolored Blackbirds at one
> particular location (sorry, I forgot the name of the "ponds"). There are
> never any follow up posts in reference to these reported sightings so I
> was wondering if these are in fact Tricoloreds rather than Red-winged
> Blackbirds? I have checked Washington state checklists and various books
> but don't find any mention of an annually recurring colony of Tricolored
> BB in any of them. Am I missing something?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Dave Gravelle
>
> Vancouver, BC
>
> mailto:wingnut61 AT shaw.ca
>
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