The Horan Nature Area at the confluence of the Wenatchee and
Columbia rivers was a great place to be this past Sunday morning. We added the beautiful Great Egret to our life list, though we don't have a physical list. Now you know for sure that we are beginners.


I got a little help with the identification from a wildlife biologist. I was leaning toward a Great White Heron, but my friend said they are only found in the east.



Another first for us was seeing an osprey eating a fish on the limb of a dead tree near the foot bridge over the

Wenatchee
River.


Red-tailed hawk
Killdeer
Great blue heron
Great egret
Osprey


Our IDs are much fewer than most, but we are havingfun anyway.


Dick Martin


Wenatchee
Valley
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