Hi all



We spent a rather dismal day at Fir Island and West 90 yesterday.? We saw the usual hawks, eagles and falcons.? Items of note was 1 Northern Shrike at the boat launch and 1 on Maupin Road where it bends to the north.? There also was a cooper's hawk keeping watch over the game farm!? It was sitting right on the fence over the top of the pheasants.? I guess it was looking for an escapee!



The biggest suprise was a small flock of plovers accross the street from the West 90 parking lot - in the muddy field.?They were very hard to pick out against the mud.? They blended in very well.? So my question is - can anyone tell if they were black bellied or perhaps one of the golden plovers??? Here's my rather bad photo - with the low light and constant drizzel the photos were not as good as I had wanted them to be.? Reply's can be public or private - I'm sure others are interested in this as well.? I first thought they were red knots so ignore the photo link name!







http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/hh152/DDLewis1/?action=view&current=redknot.jpg



I also have to mention that we have a scrub jay and a mountain chickadee at our feeder in North Bend



Thanks for the help

D. Lewis

North Bend



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