<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ron,<div>It’s migration season in central and eastern WA. Migrant passerines and shorebirds are the main draws with some water birds starting to return. In the Yakima area, Fort Simcoe can be quite good for migrants, Wenas Lake and if the water levels are right Sunnyside Wildlife Area, both for shorebirds. Oak Creek Wildlife Area would normally be good, west of Yakima but it remains closed through this month as the area recovers from a recent fire. Umptanum Rd through to Wenas Campground is great for dry forest birds and numerous woodpecker species including Black-backed and White-headed.</div><div><br></div><div>The Vantage area is great for passerine migrants, especially Ginkgo and Wanapum SP plus the Cove. </div><div><br></div><div>A bit further east, Potholes is great with both passerine, shorebirds and waterbird migrants.</div><div><br></div><div>All of these areas are hotspots on eBird, a great resource for recent sightings.</div><div><br></div><div>You mentioned Yakima Audubon, their website is newly revamped and does have resources yakimaaudubon.org. There is a listserv covering Yakima County but it doesn’t get many posts these days. </div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Scott Downes<div>Downess@charter.net</div><div>Yakima Wa</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 2, 2024, at 12:12 PM, rjayrabin via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Tweeters,<div>I'm wondering if anyone might have suggestions for birding this time of year, this week in particular, in Central Washington, primarily the Yakima, Ellensburg, Leavenworth areas. Yakima Valley Audubon doesn't seem very active online and I'm wondering if Central/Eastern Washington has a listserv similar to Tweeters. </div><div>Many thanks,</div><div>Ron Rabin</div><div><a href="mailto:rjayrabin@gmail.com">rjayrabin@gmail.com</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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