Sherry and I ventured to the east side today. On our way to Vantage, we had a PRAIRIE FALCON fly over I-90 just before the exit. Once in Vantage we went down Recreation Rd. to the trail. We had a LAZULI BUNTING and ROCK WREN singing right away. We walked up the trail and got a SAY'S PHOEBE. We continued to listen for the trill song of the BLACK-THROATED SPARROW, and finally heard the bird still further up the trail. The sparrow was flying from perch to perch singing. Thanks Steve and Marv for this one.

After, we headed over to Wilson Creek. We decided to make the trek after reading a post by Pete Fahey. The birding was outstanding, and we spent more than 4 hours there, and tallied 65 species. We saw alot of the same birds Pete had, and here are some of the birds we saw today. Thanks Pete.

The best birds were 2 TRUMPETER SWANS
Wood Duck 1
American Wigeon 4
Blue-winged Teal 4
Cinnamon Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 1
Redhead 20
Ring-necked Duck 18
Ruddy Duck 5
Eared Grebe 1
American White Pelican 2
Great Egret 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Black-necked Stilt 4
American Avocet 1
Common Nighthawk 1
White-throated Swift 1
Say's Phoebe 4
Western Kingbird 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
Horned Lark 1
Sage Thrasher 1
Lark Sparrow 3
Lazuli Bunting 3
Tricolored Blackbird 4 males, I'm sure there were more Tricolored there.
Yellow-headed Blackbird 14
Bullock's Oriole 1

Dave Hayden
dtvhm AT nwrain.com
Centralia, WA





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