Hi Tweeters,

I went north today, stopping first at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee
and very quickly found the Yellow-billed Loon that has been seen fromthere
in recent weeks. It was in the middle of the river well north of the
park. Among the ducks at the slough in the park was one male Eurasian
Wigeon.

I searched along Union Valley Road north of Chelan for an hour for the
Northern Hawk-Owl but couldn't find it. I have always felt the best way to
find a rare bird is to find the people looking at it. The next best way is
to talk to the people who saw it an hour earlier. Thank you to the two
birders I talked to who said it had moved two miles up the road, to
milepost 6.3. There is a pullout on the west side of the road at that spot.

Something interesting happened while I was watching the owl. A raven flew
over and the owl seemed to deflate its feathers. It was just a narrow tube
of an owl. I put two photos of the Northern Hawk-Owl in the new photos
folder on my website, one showing the deflated posture. I am interested to
know if others have seen birds do this. Here is the link to the photos:

http://www.granstrand.net/gallery/newphotos

Denny Granstrand


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Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA
dgranstrand AT gmail.com
Denny Granstrand's bird photos can be seen at:

www.granstrand.net/gallery/
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