Just for the record, I found an adult HOUSE WREN in Madame Dorian Park on
November 11, 1996, and had my report of same roundly ridiculed as highly
unlikely by local "experts."

Dennis Rockwell
Kennewick, WA
dennisrockwell at dwwireless.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike and MerryLynn" <m.denny at charter.net>
To: "Inland NW Birders" <inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>; "tweeters"
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:36 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Fieldtrip to WW & Benton Co.


> 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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>
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> Mike and MerryLynn Denny
> Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley
>
> If you have not birded, you have not lived
>
>
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