Hey Tweets....a fried of mine lives on the bluffs in Hoquiam overlooking the
Bowerman Basin. He called me a few years ago and said there were
approximately 300 Sandhill Cranes that had just come in over his home and
settled on the mudflats below.

I grabbed my scope and a friend and we got to see the birds...what a picture
of contentment! Never having seen the large congregations along the Platte
River or other stopovers, this was my first sighting of such a large group.

Since then I have seen them migrating over my home in Ocean Shores, but no
further large numbers on the ground.

On another note, I saw 6 Greater White-fronted geese on the golf course
behind the theatres here in Ocean Shores today.
But no juncos have yet showed up in my yard. The Fox & Golden-crown Sparrows
are back...about 2 weeks ago.

Dianna Moore
Ocean Shores, Wa.
dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com