Hello All,

MerryLynn and I left the house in a cool 33 degrees F. and headed to the WWRdelta. The Columbia River had very low water this morning so the mud flats this morning were greatly exposed. Very light wind and clear. Birds of interest seen were.....


WWRdelta


Long-billed Dowitchers........76
Dunlin.....................................182
Wilson's Snipe......................5
Least Sanpiper.....................8
Western Sandpiper..............1
Black-bellied Plover.............1
Killdeer...................................51
Bonapartes Gull....................14
FRANKLINS GULL...............1
Western Grebe......................70+
Horned Grebe........................16
White-winged Scoter.............1 ad.male
Surf Scoter..............................1 sub-adult male
Common Loon........................2


TWO RIVERS HMU


Red-breasted Merganser....1
Least Sandpiper...................2
BROWN CREEPER.............1ad. first time we have ever seen this species at this HMU along the Columbia River in 30 years of birding here.
Orange-crowned Warbler.....1 ad.

Butterflies Observed

West Coast Lady.........2 (Photoed)
Dotted Blue...................1 (photoed)
Sulfur..............................3

Later Mike






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Mike & MerryLynn Denny
Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley

"If you haven't birded, you haven't lived"