Tweeters,

I floated the East Fork of the Lewis in search of my first winter steelhead of the year. Along the way I ran into a couple beaver, two river otters, many Common Mergansers, and a male Barrow's Goldeneye. The strangest find was a stunning and surprisingly vocal male Bullock's Orioles feeding in the riparian vegetation about 1 mile upstream from La Center. I also caught and released a beautiful 5 lb native steelhead. Not too many days where I get Bullock's Oriole and winter steelhead in the same day!

Cheers,



Tyler L Hicks
PhD Student
Washington State University - Vancouver

E-mail: tyler_hicks at wsu.edu
Website: www.thingswithwings.org

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