Good Morning,

For many years, I have hung the SAS mixture of suet in a mesh bag of one or another kind.
We have many more nuthatches now, and, they have destroyed the mesh.
So, I gathered a 4" pinecone, and mashed the suet into the voids.

We have always had bushtits flocks flying through the Nursery, but, now we have a resident flock.
They visit 4-5 times a day; the most I have counted on the pinecone is 18.

We still have our other 6 species visiting.

Best to all of you,
Jane

Neil W. Burkhardt & Jane Stewart
McComb Gardens
751 McComb Road
Sequim, WA 98382-7882

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----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Downes
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu ; inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:11 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Vantage 3-14-09


Spent a quick morning checking out Vantage. Nothing rare, but had a few decent birds a couple of season firsts for me.

On the Vantage hwy., sage sparrows and mountain bluebirds were out in force, I also managed to pick up one male SAGE THRASHER near MP 20, which is the first for the season. Also at this location was about 40 Elk on the south side of the Vantage Hwy. I tried for Vesper Sparrow and Brewer's Sparrow, but probably a couple weeks too early for Brewer's, though time is just about right for Vesper to be returning. Had Townsend's solitaires in several places at Ginkgo and other stops. Say's phoebe were out in force as were rock and canyon wrens singing. Chukars were calling in a few places and lots of violet-green swallows over the Columbia. The pacific loon that has been wintering below the Wanapum Dam spillway was still there.

A decent morning with some good birds. Coming back through Ellensburg I toured the valley roads where several great-horned owls were on nests.

Scott Downes
downess at charter.net
Yakima WA




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