Hello All,

This morning while birding with friends from Pennsylvania inside Wallula Gap
we observed the following species of note:

Common Loon-2 birds in winter basic.
Am. Avocet-31 birds in a tight flock headed west through Wallula Gap low
over the Columbia River-apparently migration has started for them.
White-throated Swift-5 birds in Wallula Gap.
Rock Wrens-4 birds

Out in the western desert of Walla Walla Co.

Ferruginous Hawk-3 young and an adult.
Grasshopper Sparrow-2 birds
Elk-2 bulls in velvet out in the desert

That is it
Later Mike
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Mike & MerryLynn Denny
1354 S. E. Central Ave.
College Place, WA 99324
509.529.0080 (h)

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