[Tweeters] Eastern WA

[Hank Heiberg]

>> Last week we birded in Kittitas, Chelan, Grant and Adams counties.  Our surprises were..

>> 1.  A Caspian Tern harrassing a Black-crowned Night-Heron just south of Soda Lake in the Columbia NWR.

>> 2.  Three Harlequin Ducks above the spillway at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery.

>> 3.  An unattended camp fire along Umptanum Road which we were dousing with water from our car and shoveled dirt when a Kittitas County fire vehicle arrived followed by 4 DNR fire vehicles.  It was the first time that we have used the shovel that we have carried in our car for years. 

>> 4.  A blizzard on the way home between Easton and Snoqualmie Pass.

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>> Our tool for finding birds and their locales was, as usual, Washington Dashboard.

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>> http://birdingwashington.info/dashboard/wa/

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>> The following photo album gives a good idea of what we saw.

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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72157719109873141

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>> The locations are either in the caption under the photo or as a tag which can be seen by scrolling down from the photo.  Rotary Park in Ellensburg was good for Yellow-headed Blackbirds.  Para Ponds northwest of Othello had a large variety of interesting birds, but we did not see Tri-colored Blackbirds in Othello.  Sleeping Lady Resort has a Pygmy Nuthatch that is nesting in the snag right by the main circular drive.  However we did not see any White-headed Woodpeckers.  Driving through the Columbia NWR from Othello to Potholes State Park was very productive.  Ditto for Birders Corner and the I-90 Winchester Rest Stop Sewage Treatment Ponds, both in Grant County.

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>> Hank & Karen Heiberg

>> Issaquah, WA

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>> Sent from my iPad

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