Mike and MerryLynn Denny led us on another successful search for fall migrants during our first field trip of the fall. We found them on Detour Road, Byrnes Road, the Walla Walla River Delta, Two Rivers HMU and Hood Park. The Delta was high so there were no shorebirds, but we were able to see 6 species of gulls and common terns. We also got a quick look at a parasitic jaeger chasing a gull along the Columbia River. At Hood Park we watched several very cooperative Nashville warblers and orange-crowned warblers. On Byrnes Road they found us a clay-colored sparrow. After the trip ended, our car drove out to McDonald Road where alfalfa seed cutting was in full swing. We watched 30+ Swainson's hawks and several red-tailed hawks soaring all around us in one field. The Dennys left us and headed for Windust Park where they made their fantastic discovery of the variegated flycatcher.
Highlights of the trip:
Franklin's gull - Walla Walla River Delta
Western gull - Walla Walla River Delta
Common terns - Walla Walla River Delta
Parasitic jaeger - Columbia River north of Boise Cascade plant
Red-necked phalaropes - Mile Post 300 on Highway 12
Solitary sandpiper - Mill Post 300 on Highway 12
Greater and lesser yellowlegs - Mill Post 300 on Highway 12
Great egrets - Walla Walla River Delta
Swainson's hawks - Detour Road, McDonald Road
Eurasian collared doves - Touchet, WA
Olive-sided flycatcher - Lowden/Gardena Road, Hood Park
Nashville warblers - Hood Park
Orange-crowned warblers - Hood Park
Clay-colored sparrow - Byrnes Road
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