Subject: [Tweeters] Othello - Yakima trip.
Date: Apr 13 17:33:14 2008
From: Dale C - hartspass at yahoo.com


I could not resist a forecast for sun and warm
temperatures. Some unusual sightings include:

4 loggerhead Shrikes on crab creek road east of Red
Rock Coulee road out to end of electrical line.

Ring neck ducks and Northern Shovelers on ponds in the
Columbia WF south of Potholes reservoir. A single
common loon on upper Goose Lake call hear once. Lots
of SH Cranes around the refugee, best seen soaring in
evenings. Lots of calling and early morning
overflights at the sada lake campground.

Ft Simcoe Dozens of Lewis' Woodpeckers, ditto
Yellow-Rumped Warblers. Observed copulating American
Kestrels. More activity west of officer's row.

6 White Pelicans circling- seen in downtown Yakima.

7 elk and 6 female bighorn sheep at the visitor's
center at Oak Creek Wildlife Area. Hills west of
parking lot.

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