This may be old news regarding the collared-dove invasion, but today,
11/1, while passing through Ephrata, we saw 2 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES
right on the main highway through town.

There were lots of waterfowl on the lakes in Grand Coulee. At the north
end of Alkali Lake, we saw a flock of swans; the ones on shore were too
distant to identify for sure, but 2 on the water were TUNDRA SWANS.

We didn't see too much else of note, but we did see 1 late SWAINSON'S
HAWK on Pinto Ridge Rd near Straton, and my first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK of
the season and a MERLIN on the Old Vantage Highway between Vantage and
Kittitas.

Rachel Lawson and Joseph Brown
Seattle
rachelwl at msn.com