[Tweeters] Birding Eastern Washington

[Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters]

My wife Carole and I went birding in the Wllds of Eastern Washington last
Wednesday and Thursday (4/9 - 4/10). We started with a FOY Osprey on the
nesting platform just before getting off I-90 at the first Cle Elum exit as
expected. It has been a reliable spot for an Osprey for many years..
Continuing on to the Railroad Ponds, we hoped to find a Pygmy Nuthatch,
instead we found a pair of lively Red-breasted Nuthatches. Seems they took
over the territory.  A single FOY Turkey Vulture was patrolling over the
ponds.
Next we headed east on SR 10 and stopped at the Teanaway River Dipper
Bridge where we found the resident pair of American Dippers waiting for us
under the bridge on our side of the river. They are always fun to watch and
this pair had a bulky nest visible on a beam under the bridge and
was actively feeding young.
A little further on SR 10 is a rock formation over which 7 Turkey Vultures
were circling while a Common Raven showed off his flying skills to them. We
passed through Ellensburg and continued on Old Vantage Road with a brief
side trip down Parke Creek Road to a  pond. There we found our
First-Of-Year Yellow-headed Blackbirds, an American Coot, a pair of
Killdeer and a single male Common Goldeneye. Next stop was at Ginkgo  State
Park in Vantage. Other than the resident Say's Phoebe things were still
quiet there, except for some Gold - and House Finches and several
Yellow-rumped Warblers.
We spent the night in Moses Lake. To my surprise, Eurasian Collared-Doves
are all over town there. I had yet to find one in the Seattle area this
year.Their tooting must be annoying in some neighborhoods!

Good Birding!

Hans

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*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
thefedderns at gmail.com
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