Hello all,
A Golden-crowned Sparrow showed up in our garden this morning - and the
Shoemake's have one as well. A Harris's Sparrow is still coming to a feeder
in Walla Walla - in breeding plumage. A few Evening Grosbeaks stopped
briefly in our yard yesterday evening. First sighting since January.
Our Tricolored Blackbirds thinned out already to a couple females - maybe
they went north. Have all three hummer species at the feeders.
Cassin's Finches and Pine Siskins are common all over town and our
White-crowned Sparrows are still in the lowlands - they must know about the
deep snow in the mountains.
Migration is still very slow here in the Walla Walla Valley - walked
Bennington Lake yesterday and found no new year birds. Did have a
Long-billed Curlew fly over and an Eared Grebe. The Wood Ducks have fluffy
ducklings up behind the dam at Rood's Park.
Waiting for BH Grosbeak, WW Pewee, Wilson's Warbler, etc. etc. ----
MerryLynn


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

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BIRDING, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED!
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