For those who have asked the Williamson's is a male - beautiful bird. The NE 3rd Loop end of the trail is just off of.... NE 3rd (business 14) which is the main drag through downtown Camas. Go through town and then you'll head downhill crossing Lacamas Creek, make a right at the next light (NE 3rd Loop) and then park in the tiny lot with a tiny park on the right about 1/4 down the street. The Goldfinches were in the small park and the Williamsons was just down the hill on the right down the paved trail. Walk out to the boardwalk (which was under 2 feet of water 2 weeks ago) and watch on your left. Not much farther on is a big beargrass meadow that is over head high and it hosts all kinds of sparrows, wrens, rails and other creatures.

Good luck and good birding

Rob
Rob Conway
Camas, WA
45.58?N 122.44?W - elevation 310 ft.
robin_birder at hotmail.com





From: robin_birder at hotmail.com
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu; obol at freelists.org
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:33:30 +0000
CC:
Subject: [Tweeters] Williamson's Sapsucker, Nesting Lesser Goldfinch, Camas, WA




This morning on my walk along the Washougal River Greenway Trail I found a Williamson's Sapsucker along the boardwalk at the NE 3rd Loop end of the trail working a number of different trees but easily found by following the tapping. In the same area were Lesser Goldfinches collecting food and returning them to a nest near the parking lot. Good birds for the morning.

Rob

Rob Conway
Camas, WA
45.58?N 122.44?W - elevation 310 ft.
robin_birder at hotmail.com






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