hi all ... Gene and I spent a couple of hours this afternoon
wandering the trail at Steigerwald NWR, east of Washougal, Washington
... pretty active place today, although not alot of variety ... we
watched a pair of Osprey building a nest ... sure hope they aren't in
a hurry as they appeared rather inept at nest building (GRIN) ...

anyways, here's the list of 32 ... we didn't see any Purple Martins yet ...

Cackling Geese
Canada Geese
Mute Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
Lesser (???) Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Killdeer (heard)
Northern Flicker
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow (or possible Raven ???, big, disappeared too quickly)
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird

Lyn and Gene,
Vancouver, Washington







Lyn Topinka
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