Add a very early Nashville Warbler in the yard, and the Red-naped Sapsucker did come into my back yard. So far more than 500 Sandhill Cranes have flown over town and are probably arriving from a migration stop east of here. Yesterday there were still 800 cranes roosting in Marsh Unit 1 of Columbia NWR, and probably many more than that at Corfu.

Randy Hill
Othello
----- Original Message -----
From: Hill
To: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
Cc: TWEETERS
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Othello migrants this morning


With 3 Pine Siskins, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a White-crowned Sparrow showing up in the yard this morning I headed over 2 blocks to Kiwanis Park, which has mostly pine and sycamore trees. Among first of the year birds today were Townsend's Solitaire, Orange-crowned Warbler (very bright yellow), RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, and more than 30 Ruby-crowned Kinglets. 10+ wintering Golden-crowned Kinglets were still active, 3+ probably resident Red-breasted Nuthatches, a pair of CA Quail, and a calling Spotted Towhee were noted. Unfortunately the Red-winged Blackbirds have found the feeders also.

Get out there and enjoy great spring weather!

Randy Hill
Othello