Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Pullman, WA Bewick's Wrens/Spotted Towhee - Lawson Gardens/Kruegal Park , 3/6/11


I had a few hours to kill in Pullman this afternoon and stumbled upon Lawson Gardens in the southeast part of Pullman. It was quite full of birds including a pair of Bewick's Wrens (male singing) and a female Spotted Towhee. The towhee may be an arrival but it also seems a reasonable place for an over-wintering bird. This seems like a good urban park for wintering birds and perhaps could be in migration as well. The eBird list below includes some birds from the surrounding neighborhood.

thanks, Charles.

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From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org>
Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:23 PM

Location:     Lawson Gardens/Kruegal Park
Observation date:     3/6/11
Number of species:     19

California Quail     5
Rock Pigeon     1
Northern Flicker     5
Black-billed Magpie     20
American Crow     8
Black-capped Chickadee     1
Red-breasted Nuthatch     2
Bewick's Wren     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     4
American Robin     10
European Starling     5
Spotted Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     3
Dark-eyed Junco     25
Cassin's Finch     1
House Finch     20
Pine Siskin     35
American Goldfinch     2
House Sparrow     30

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)



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Charles Swift
Moscow, Idaho
(north-central Idaho, 80 miles SE of Spokane, WA)
46°43′54″ N, 116°59′50″ W
email: chaetura@gmail.com
skype: charles.swift
google voice: 208-991-2473




--
Charles Swift
Moscow, Idaho
(north-central Idaho, 80 miles SE of Spokane, WA)
46°43′54″ N, 116°59′50″ W
email: chaetura@gmail.com
skype: charles.swift
google voice: 208-991-2473

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Charles, We are finding your blog very interesting and appreciate your bird reports. We went to Cougar Bay Lake Coeur d'alene yesterday and believe we saw Trumpeter Swans and various duck species. We are interested in your Palouse River trip from Altergott Road to Elberton and are hoping to do this someday this spring. We live in Garfield. We have an aluminum boat.

David & Melody