The Osprey is Back

The Tuesday morning walkers were standing on the bluff on the east side of the lake this morning when a beautiful osprey flew over us, circled the lake a couple times, dove into the water and came up with a fish.  It then flew off to enjoy a meal.  There were two Say's phoebe's today - one along the dam and one on the east side.  A northern shrike was singing in the shrubs near "Cayuse Falls" and three Townsend's solitaires sang for us from their usual spot at the northeast end of the lake.  The male tree swallows were on top of or near the nest boxes.  Could it be that the females are already nesting?  We saw or heard 33 species today.  It's nice to see some of the winter birds still remain while the summer birds are starting to come  back.    Ginger