When I stepped out to sample the pre-dawn air this morning at 7, in addition to
a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS, two PYGMY-OWLS were calling.
At the intersection of Griggs and Brewster, where the old Griggs mill used to
be, I stopped to look over a flock of ducks, mostly MALLARDS And NORTHERN
PINTAIL. Before I could look them over carefull, a pair of passing BALD EAGLES
put the all up. A WRENTIT started singing then, from the tangled blackberries
and cottonwoods South of Griggs, well back from the road. There was one here a
year ago, too.
At Foster Reservoir, there was a RED-NECKED GREBE, 2 HORNED GREBES, and a dozen
WESTERN GREBES visible from the dam. BARROWS and COMMON GOLDENEYES were below
the dam, as usual. At Shaw Viewpoint on highway 20 There was also a RED-NECKED
GREBE, possibly the same one, it's hard to say.
Good birding,Jeff
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