My favorite finch at my feeders is a little guy with a bright orange cap. He's feisty! https://www.hoglezoo.org/meet_our_animals/animal_finder/House_Finch He...
 I received the question below from someone who got my name from the LCBAS newsletter or website. Can any of you help answer it?   I used to have Polish...
I went with Jennie to Umatilla NWR Patterson Unit to check an Owl burrow. Good news was the burrow was occupied! We also saw 15 Long-Billed Curlew. 10 of...
According to posts on Tweeters, the west side of the state has had arrivals of Rufous and Calliope Hummers. While the Rufous is not really big news (they show...
I just received a call from Nancy, who has found a singing Eurasian Collared-Dove at Horn Rapids Park! She is spending the day doing BUOW surveys- more details...
I drove by the pond on Keene last night at 4 PM on my way home and looked for Yellowhead BB. They were not there. At 6:30 PM on the way to a meeting we drove...
Sorry, I just read a post from March 28 about the Yellowheads. We have been out of the country so am still catching up. Interestng that I didn't see any at 4...
I managed to beat the rain and saw a few interesting birds, including a wood duck pair in the only ray of sun - beautiful! There was also a green-winged teal...
Hi all: My son, Charlie, and I did some birding this weekend around the Richland area and farther west and found a few interesting things. It started with...
Last weekend I saw some pretty cool birds. Last week I saw my first cinnamon teal in a marsh off of Canal St. in West Richland, and a pair of green-wing teal...
When you volunteer with FWS, you see great birds! Today Jane and Keith Abel and I helped Randy Hill with long-billed curlew surveys at Columbia NWR. In...
Are you interested in birds? Would you like to enjoy a nice afternoon at your refuge? Just curious? Then we cordially invite you to join us on a guided walk...
Hi all, A beautiful male Rufous Hummingbird was visiting our feeders this morning. I'm glad I was out taking advantage of the great weather to do some...
Nice flock of White-fronted geese, of about 150 birds, flew over West Richland late this morning. Heading north.  Bob Derting West Richland Nice flock of...
Our friend Guy (who visits from Renton to help with the Christmas Bird Count) called to say that his folks have a Townsend's Solitaire in their yard (near Oak...
We have yet to find Sage Sparrows on Case Rd, but inspired by Mr. Woodly we tried yet again--and failed on Friday the 17th. We did find Vesper Sparrow and a...
Late notice, here, but Mike and I went from Tri-Cities to Pullman, WA on April 8th. On the Palouse River along Rt. 26 east of Washtucna, we saw about a...
Please read Randy's note below. While this was not anyone on this list (as far as we know), it is a good reminder. Please, always respect private property....
This morning, four hawks were circling our property, over the hill just south of Van Giesen at about 62nd in West Richland. Red tails, I assume, from the...
We had a flock of American Pipits on Crosby Rd yesterday as well as a flock of Sage Sparrows in nearly the same area. On Crooks we had a Savannah and a Vesper...
We got a call from someone in Kennewick who has had 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves near 12th and Vancouver. The caller seemed to know to check for Ringed...
Don't know about others, but I have more White-crowns in my yard right now than I have ever had. There are likely close to 100 White -crowns in the yard,...
The fields near the intersection of Twin Bridges Road and Snively are currently flooded. I spent about an hour along there this afternoon and saw some good...