Hi Randy and Tweeters,

I made the fest for the first time, been on the to do list.? I did not see Tri-colored Bbirds but did see 4 Burrowing Owls and was in vicinity of two others but did not get to see them.? I saw several Long-billed Curlews and one that was quite feisty indeed, it was chasing a Northern Harrier around a field and would not let it land and perch.? Many first of the year birds too on the trip.?

It was nice to run into someone I had worked with in the past and meet his family and find out he is an Othello native.? His dad is a OSCF committee member.? The talks were great and it was very hard to decide what to attend.? I learned a lot about the cranes and saw crane places and crane behavior I had not seen before.? Also learned a lot about the ice age floods too.? As always I appreciate all the hard work the volunteers put into these kinds of event to make them happen.

There is a really nice article about the festival in the Seattle Times today.? OSCF also has a Facebook link.

Here is the article:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/restlessnative/2014616965_restless28m.html

I know you were missed, Randy.

Kathy

Roosting in Kent, near Lake Meridian

(chukarbird at yahoo dot com)

Any driving directions contained within this message are given as a courtesy, beware, author is directionally challenged and will not vouch for them.


--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Randy and Elaine Hill <re_hill at q.com> wrote:

From: Randy and Elaine Hill <re_hill at q.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Sandhill Crane Festival
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu, inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 9:06 PM

It starts tomorrow, and the lecture series is even fuller than the past.? Don?t miss the calling of spring in a sunnier and drier area than your backyard.? I?m gonna miss it for the first time ever, so I?d like a report on the curlews, Burrowing Owls, Tri-colored Blackbirds, and all the rest that inhabit the Washington desert country. ?Randy HillRidgefield ? ?
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