Hi, Tweeters!



I was fly fishing out in eastern WA yesterday (Thursday) and saw
numerous small flocks of Sandhill Cranes flying overhead (the flocks were
composed of 10 to 30 birds). I wasn't counting, but I'd guess I saw around
300 Sandhill Cranes total during the five hours I was fishing. I was fly
fishing Powerline Lake (a few miles south of Scooteney Reservoir, southeast
of Othello), and the Sandhill Cranes seemed to be congregating north of
Powerline Lake, maybe in the water just west of Camp Lakes. I can't be
positive about the location, as the small flocks were flying every which
way, but generally they seemed to be going in that direction and the
majority of calls I heard came from that direction. Just love the
ancient-sounding guttural calls of those cranes!



Good birding!



Rex Takasugi

Kent, WA