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<div>Friday more than a dozen eac Mountain and Western Bluebirds on Durr Road and Umptanum N. Wenas roads south of Ellensburg. 5 or 6 White Headed Woodpeckers Observatory Road.</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 12:07:08 PM PDT, Marcy D'Addio via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp276634d8yiv8380470038"><div><div>Predicted 70s, light wind near Ellensburg so we drove to see the bluebirds and balsam root. </div><div><br></div><div>The Arrowleaf BalsamRoot was peak along Hwy 10, Yakima River and on Hayward Rd. Early boom near Cle Elum.</div><div>But where are the bluebirds? I visit this area every 2-3 years to see both Western and Mountains on the bluebird boxes on Hayward. Numbers seem down during my last 2 visits.</div><div><br></div>WA 10/WA970<div>4/13 11:00am</div><div>Wild Turkey</div><div><br></div><div>Taylor Rd, Hart Rd 11:15 -12:15</div><div>3 White Crown Sparrows</div><div>American Robin</div><div>2 Black'billed Magpie </div><div>Western Meadowlark</div><div>Norther Harrier</div><div>Turkey Vulture</div><div>American Kestrel</div><div>Yellow rumped Warbler, Audubon's</div><div>4 Western Blue Birds</div><div>Northern Flicker</div><div>House FINCH</div><div>Purple FINCH</div><div>Spotted Towhee</div><div>16 deer</div><div>6 squirrels on road munching gravel, Western Gray Squirrels? Very long, bushy tail</div><div><br></div><div>12:15-1:30</div><div>Hwy 10, near Thorp/Hayward corner</div><div>2 crow</div><div>Meadowlark 2</div><div>Violet green swallow - so many</div><div>Steller Jay</div><div>2 raven</div><div><br></div><div>Ground hog/marmot ?</div><div><br></div><div>2-3p</div><div>Hayward Rd in the Kittitas Valley Wind Farm</div><div>No Mountain Bluebirds</div><div>4 Western Bluebirds</div><div><br></div><div>Marcy D'Addio </div><div>Redmond, WA</div></div>
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