I visited the central Columbia Basin and then headed north up through the lakes to Coulee City today.? Species of note included:
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Burrowing Owl - 1 individual seen near Othello
Tri-colored Blackbird - several at Para Ponds
Trumpeter Swan - 14 on Morgan Lake
Snow Goose - 800 or so near Royal Lake (both Grant and Adams counties)
Sandhill Cranes - all over the place!
Barrow's Goldeneye - Lake Lenore
Turkey Vulture - Coulee City
Snowy Owl - 1 in Lincoln county at corner of Jannet and Morrison
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Lots of first of the year birds for me today - first time out of Spokane county this year - makes sense!
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Tim O'Brien
Cheney, WA
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