Hello Tweets,



We spent a couple of nights car camping in the Quilomene and Colockum
Wildlife Units on the east slopes this past weekend where we saw lots of
interesting birds, wild flowers and some stunning scenery. We drove in at
Park Creek Rd and drove Army "Road" to the Columbia. While entering at Park
Creek there were a couple of Magpies and an Eastern Kingbird near the last
house. As we joined Army Rd there was a Sage Thrasher singing his heart out
near the first windmill. There were lots of Western Meadowlarks and Horned
Larks along the ridge. The road is slow and rough and fit for only high
clearance 4 wheel drive vehicles. We then dropped down to the River for the
night and were woken at 4:30 by a Yellow-breasted Chat singing right next to
our tent. At around 7:00 am over breakfast, we saw an ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER fly into the tree next to our tent and start singing. He stayed
about 5 minutes, singing throughout and then took off, not to be seen again.
Lazuli Buntings also sang throughout our morning there. On our way out we
saw a large family of Wild Turkeys and a pair of Chukars. There are some
pictures of the Flycatcher here:



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Rod Gilbert

Olympia