Will send a more detailed report a little later but on a WOS field trip today 4 of us observed a WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, possibly 2 birds if the 2nd sighting was a different bird, at Ellinger Homestead, located about 7 miles North of Washtucna. As far as I know this is a County first record! Other birds of note were LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS, 1 at Bassett Park and a 2nd at Ellinger, 2 RED-EYED VIREOS (as well as abundant Warbling and 2 Cassin's), a female BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, and many typical Warblers, Sparrows, and Flycatchers (10 species). More later...

Good birding,
Jon Isacoff, Spokane
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Jonathan B. Isacoff
Chair, Environmental Studies
Associate Professor, Political Science
Gonzaga University
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Spokane, WA 99258-0052
fax - 509-313-5718
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isacoff at gonzaga.edu