Sunday, April 11, 2010

Birds are returning!

Despite weather that is at times, windy, sunny, warm, cold, and snowing, all within an hour or so, birds are returning to North Central Washington.

Tuesday I had to be in Wenatchee for a day long Vet appointment and so I took my kayak and I saw a pair of Osprey at the mouth of the Wenatchee River. It was a nice reward for the trip.

At our house in the Methow on Friday, a Rufous Hummingbird arrived and yesterday it was joined by Calliope hummers. In Twisp there is an unusual hummingbird that is puzzling even to the experts. It could be an Anna's.

Ken said he saw five Turkey Vultures here on Tuesdsay and suddenly they are everywhere!

Dusky Grouse have been displaying on hillsides for a couple of weeks now.

What interesting birds are you seeing?

1 comment:

Torre said...

Great photo! our first hummer showed up on Sunday (Apr. 18): possibly a rufous female, though it was there and gone too quickly.