Hi Tweets,

So how difficult can it be to find one's way to Kanniwai Road as one
wends one's way through the tiny town of Wilson Creek? If that one
is me, I guess it's pretty difficult. But by getting lost, I found
the Ferruginous Hawk yesterday (4-4-10) on R.3 N.E., as the cliffs
soften into rounder hills near the junction with Bennett Road. As I
drove out of Wilson Creek on Railroad Avenue and it curved north with
nice looking cliffs on the left, I thought, "Ah ha! This looks
likely." Raptors. Check. Oops, Ravens. Raptors again. Oops, two
Kestrel. Raptors a third time. Red-tailed Hawks. Looking good and
some nice birds! Then as I continued north of the cliffs a larger
raptor appeared over softened hills and then glided low along the
road. Bingo! The Ferruginous Hawk. I watched it hunting between
2-2:30 p.m. on Sunday. I then met up with Ruth Sullivan in the
evening on the Waterville Plateau and we returned to Wilson Creek
today where we consulted DeLorme and finally found Kanniwai Road.
Initially we went to where I saw and photographed the hawk yesterday
but did not find it. We then worked our way along Kanniwai Road,
finding lots of Ravens, Red-tailed Hawks, a Golden Eagle, and an
adult Bald Eagle. We did not relocate the Ferruginous Hawk. But
it's out there and for those who are less challenged by the street
grid of small towns than am I, check both roads! And many thanks to
Michael Flemming for posting his hawk sighting from last weekend.
This made a great outing. (For those interested, Wilson Creek is on
Highway 28, about half an hour east by northeast of Ephrata.
Consult Opperman.)

Carol Riddell
Edmonds