Subject: [Tweeters] Tricolored Blackbirds Othello.
Date: Jul 16 22:52:50 2014
From: Randy Hill - re_hill at q.com


There were at least 8 males today, mostly behind the cattail and bulrush. More than 100 shorebirds, mostly LB Dowitchers and Western Sandpipers but also BN Stilts, Spotted Sandpipers, G&L Yellowlegs. Plenty of pelicans and Caspian Terns. Potholes Reservoir had a couple of Forster?s Terns and Clarks Grebes with many Western Grebes and pelicans.



On the way home, at least a half dozen Common Nighthawks at Vernita Rest Area Benton County (Hwy 24) alternately flying around and roosting in the trees there.



Randy Hill

Ridgefield



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Randy Hill
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:45 PM
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Subject: [Tweeters] Tricolored Blackbirds Othello.




Found a few Tricolored Blackbirds at the Para Ponds this afternoon. Seldom found them there in middle of July, probably an indication of nesting.
Randy Hill, Ridgefield
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