Today Ken and I met t 6 AM and headed south with hopes of finding the White-tailed Kite found yesterday at the South Lewis County Airport, and of seeing the lingering winter specialties of the SW corner. We got to the airport just at dawn, and fog was moderately thick. We drove all around Read More…
Category: Cowlitz County
No White-tailed Kite Today
On April Fools Day Ken, Bruce, Marcus and I headed to the Longview area to try for the White-tailed Kite that had been seen there for the four previous days. We met at 6:30 AM at the I-5/ Hwy. 512 Park & Ride and got to the location a bit before 8:30 AM. Greeted by Read More…
Birding 3 Southwest Washington Counties in 3 Days
This week Kay and I celebrated Valentine’s Day with a mid-week getaway with new friends Patti and Dan Anderson. Tuesday Feb 14 we left about 9 AM and drove south to bird Cowlitz County. We were excited and this was our only good-weather day of the trip. First stop was at the Mt. Saint Helen’s Read More…
Ridgefield NWR and Vancouver Bottoms
Today Bruce Labar and I met at 7 AM and headed south to Ridgefield NWR. Enroute we stopped in Centralia at a home with a feeder where Lesser Goldfinches are often found. The feeders were well stocked but the LEGO were not attending but Purple Finches were all over. At Vancouver NWR we just did Read More…