Tweets & Inlanders,

There is a singing Northern Mockingbird at Horn Rapids County Park north of
Richland. From Richland, one would take Rt 240 toward Vernita. The park
is located just past the Horn Rapids Dam. One would turn left toward
Benton City to the park entrance. The bird has been in the day-use area in
the smaller group of trees (locust and cottonwood). It has also flown into
a large thicket of wild rose closer to the river.

The larger group of cottonwoods and the river path behind these trees also
had a good variety of birds today including Western Tanager, Wilson's and
Townsend's Warblers, Cassin's and Warbling Vireos, Black-headed Grosbeaks
and a very vocal Yellow-breasted Chat today.

For the most part, most migrants and summer arrivals have made an
appearance (see below). The only ones we have yet to see are Eastern
Kingbird (which has been seen but not in numbers yet), Gray Catbird,
Olive-sided Flycatcher (one hopes) and Common Nighthawk. Shorebirds have
been scarce as the water at the Yakima Delta has remained high most of the
time since the Willet put in its appearance.

Bill & Nancy

Cinnamon & Blue-winged Teal
Swainson's and Ferruginous Hawks (web-cam nest has 2 young!)
Caspian & Forster's Terns
Calliope, Rufous, and Black-chinned Hummingbirds
Lewis's Woodpecker
All expected empids (Willow, Hammond's, Gray, Dusky, Pac-slope) and W
Wood-Pewee
Both vireos
All 6 swallows
All 6 wrens
8 expected warblers plus 1 Common Yellowthroat
MANY Western Tanagers
Sparrows (Vesper, Sage, Savannah, Fox, Chipping, Brewer's, Lark,
Grasshopper, and Lincoln's) plus a late-to-leave, transient White-throated
Lazuli Bunting
Black-headed Grosbeak
Bullock's Oriole

Looks like the Benton year list is at least 182!

Bill & Nancy LaFramboise
wlafra at owt.com
Richland, WA