Avocets and Stilts

MerryLynn and I drove over to the west side of the county this morning to look for shorebirds.  There were American avocets at the overlook pond just before Wallula Junction, and also at the Walla Walla River Delta.  There were black-necked stilts at the east end of the millet ponds on Northshore Road.  We also saw a cinnamon teal at the Wallula overlook pond, a long-billed curlew at the Delta along with several Caspian terns and a large flock of dunlin. There were 13 Eurasian wigeons at Tyson ponds.  Finally, there are a pair of osprey building a nest along Highway 12 just before the new wine facility east of Lowden.

Things are picking up!  Ginger