Tweets,
I would just like to add one thing to Ken's post.

My Thanks to Ken for showing me around Klickitat
County!! I had a GREAT weekend of birding with him,
and that was probably the most species of birds I have
seen and identified in a single day! 12 species of
Warblers! 10 species of Flycatchers! 9 species of
Raptors! 13 species of Sparrows! All 6 Swallow
Species (except Purple Martin)!
I ended up the weekend with 125 species seen in
Klickitat county! Not bad for my first birding trip
to that county ;)

And I stopped at Tenino on the way home and twitched
the Clay-colored Sparrow for Thurston county. Nice
bird, and it was singing from the power lines and very
easily seen!
I'll also add my thinks to whoever first spotted the
bird and reported it. Very Nice!

Good Birding!
Guy

--- "washingtonbirder. Knittle"
<washingtonbirder at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Birding Klickitat County with Guy McWethy Saturday
> and a few hours Sunday
> morning we spent Friday night listening to 17 trains
> go by at Avery Park
> along the Columbia river while trying to sleep on
> the ground. Between
> trains a family of Barn Owls were very vocal on the
> cliffs above Hwy 14.
> After dawn we found a few White-throated Swifts just
> west of Avery Park. We
> checked out the town of Maryhill and found 1 lone
> Tree Swallow way out of
> place for such a dry area. A smart stop along the
> water at Roosevelt
> produced a Peregrine Falcon knocking a small bird
> out of the air and picking
> it up out of the water, there was a late Common Loon
> not far off shore, and
> 2 airborn American White Pelicans soaring over the
> northern part of town.
> North of Six Prong Road we noted an Ash-throated
> Flycatcher using a bluebird
> house and a Prairie Falcon sitting on one of the
> many power poles along the
> road. Backtracking to Six Prong Rd. we found a
> Mockingbird not far from the
> western end of Six Prong Road singing loudly on top
> a large Juniper Tree.
> This was our best bird of the day. Other birds
> found along Six Prong Road
> were Long-billed Curlews, a Loggerhead Shrike and an
> adult Black-crowned
> Night-Heron. Just past ther heron we ran into
> Wilson Cady and his wife who
> had just seen a Ferruginous Hawk, which we missed
> finding.
>
> Going north on Sand Ridge Road we found Sage
> Sparrows, Grasshopper Sparrows
> (heard only), Sage Thrashers, and Brewer's Sparrows.
> It was nice that Guy
> had his I-Pod, even though not all species
> responded. We made a quick stop
> crossing Pine Creek and had the normal plus a
> White-breasted Nuthatch.
> Farther along was our only Lewis's Woodpecker of the
> trip.
>
> At Conboy NWR we saw and heard Sandhill Cranes in
> their bright rusty
> breeding colors along with 1 Yellow-headed
> Blackbird. We ended the day at
> Trout Lake with 114 species all in Klickitat Co. and
> our last bird was
> shortly after dark with Poorwills landing on the
> dirt road close to our
> camping area. 15 mins later with both of us
> thinking that we had a good day
> of finding birds it began to rain and it rained all
> night. We ended up wet
> trying to sleep on the ground and we found the night
> longer than most
> nights.
>
> Suday morning a quick check of Trout Lake revealed a
> family of Catbirds
> mewing in the downpour. Heading back into Clark Co.
> we stopped along Hwy 14
> and scoped out the Mute Swan and a male Redhead at
> Steigerwald NWR.
>
>
>
> Ken Knittle
> Washington Birder newsletter
> 2604 NE 80th Street
> Vancouver, WA 98665
> mailto:washingtonbirder at hotmail.com
>
>
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Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com

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