Hello All,

Well the WOS Fieldtrip In the Foot Steps of Townsend started with a
completely unexpected species. We started at Madam Dorion Park/Wallula HMU,
Walla Walla Co. and ended up at Crow Butte Park, Benton Co..

Wallula HMU

HOUSE WREN..........1 ad. seen and heard by all. Very late.
Wilson's Snipe..............5 birds
Wood Duck.................3 birds

Walla Walla River delta

Bonaparte's Gull............4 birds
RED-NECKED GREBE..1 ad. very rare here.
Dunlin...........................133 birds
Killdeer.........................1 bird

Two Rivers HMU

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER....6 birds, rare.
Horned Grebe..............17 birds
Western Grebe..............14 birds

Plymouth, Benton Co.

Snow Geese....................475+ flying over town to the west.
Golden-crowned Kinglet...3 ad.
Black-capped Chickidee...3 birds
Ruby-crowned Kinglet......2 birds
Hooded Merganser...........1 pair
Bewicks Wren...................1 bird
Peregrine Falcon.................1 ad. beside rd. 3miles west of Plymouth

Paterson, Benton Co.

Marsh Wren.................1 bird
Virginia Rail...................1 bird
SWAMP SPARROW...1 bird
Golden Crowned Sparrow..1 ad.
Coopers Hawk...................1 ad.
Snow Geese..................2200 birds 3 miles west of Paterson on a
Columbia River Island. most ever in fall.
Swan Sp...................6 birds 3 miles west of Paterson.
Prairie Falcon............1 ad. 1.5 miles west of Paterson
Yellow-headed Blackbird...1 ad. female 2 miles west of Paterson.

Whitcomb Island, Benton Co.

Golden-crowned Sparrow......2 birds
Golden-crowned Kinglet........1 bird
Marsh Wren...........................1 bird

Crow Butte Park, Benton Co.

Golden-crowned Sparrow.......2 birds
Eared Grebe............................1 bird

Well that is it. Great weather 58 degrees, clear and calm.
super companions and great birds.
Later Mike






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Mike and MerryLynn Denny
Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley

If you have not birded, you have not lived