"Thirteen birders joined Joe and Carolyn Corvino on a beautiful spring day for an all day trip birding the Palouse Hills and Palouse Falls State Park. We were fortunate to have Mike and Merry Lynn Denny join us and help us find those birds invisible to the rest of us. Mike took us up Donnelly road, which has been replanted in many places with native Blue bunch Grass. In addition to enjoying the singing meadowlarks and the Swainson's and Red-tailed Hawks, Mike treated us to a lecture on this unique ecosystem. As the native plants have returned, badgers and other wildlife have followed. Among the highlights of the trip were, of course, the Peregrine Falcons, White-throated Swifts, and Violet-Green Swallows at Palouse Falls. But the real climax of a wonderful day was revisiting an active Ferruginous Hawk nest. There were three hawks around this nest, one of which treated us to a truly regal aerial display. We rewarded ourselves with a visit to Ray's Diner in Dayton, home of the best soft-serve in the area. While the rest of us ate, Merry Lynn found several immature Purple Finch around the diner."
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