I was at Toppenish NWR today and had several personal first of the year sightings for spring: COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NASHVILLE WARBLER, HOUSE WREN, WESTERN TANAGER, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, WESTERN WOOD PEWEE, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, and HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER. When I got home there was a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at water in the back yard.

Yesterday Matt Monda indicated that EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES are well established in his neighborhood in Ephrata.

Randy Hill
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