Yakima Valley Highway, at Norbert & Dicie Marquez's Pond, is not limited
access, so bird watchers can & may legally & safely stop and park on the
shoulder, and setup scopes and enjoy the view without danger and without
angering other motorists.

Dropped pin
https://maps.app.goo.gl/t1Q2cSkjMt5JdNaC8

Good Birding,
Kevin Lucas
Yakima County, WA

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On April 12, 2023 2:29:26 PM Kevin Lucas <vikingcove at gmail.com> wrote:


> Today I found a breeding plumage Black-bellied Plover at Norbert & Dicie

> Marquez's Pond in Nass, along the Yakima Valley Highway between Outlook &

> Granger. It's foraging west of the pond. It's a striking bird, and the

> first one I've found in Yakima County this year.

>

> It's still foraging as of 2:22.

>

> Norbert & Dicie are the couple who own the pond. I've not met Dicie, and

> have called this pond Norbert's Nass Pond for years, because I've met and

> spoken with him, and I liked the ring of it. He's a nice guy. I realized

> that it wasn't right for me to call it that, since it left out Dicie, so

> I've started calling it, appropriately, Norbert & Dicie Marquez's Pond.

>

> Good Birding,

> Kevin Lucas

> Yakima County, Washington

>

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