Skamania!
Skamania. I am referring to the county in Washington, not my teenage wannabe rude girl days...
But anyway. On Saturday I decided to head out to Skamania county to do some exploring. I had driven through the county, climbed Beacon Rock, and hiked Wind Mountain, but I had never birded there.
I picked up 37 species throughout the day and managed photos of far fewer. The morning's first stop was at Mt Pleasant Cemetery not far over the county line...
It was sufficiently spooky, with Varied Thrushes and Steller's Jays providing living entertainment. My next stop was the completely deserted Beacon Rock State Park.
Beacon Rock looms over the park to the west...
Down by the water were hundreds of scaup, a handful of fishermen, and a soaring Bald Eagle...
After the park I headed west with a quick stop by the Bonneville Dam. Ravens and a Red-tailed Hawk were the only birds of interest...
Along the Stevenson waterfront I picked up more birds like Western and Horned grebes, Comm…
But anyway. On Saturday I decided to head out to Skamania county to do some exploring. I had driven through the county, climbed Beacon Rock, and hiked Wind Mountain, but I had never birded there.
I picked up 37 species throughout the day and managed photos of far fewer. The morning's first stop was at Mt Pleasant Cemetery not far over the county line...
It was sufficiently spooky, with Varied Thrushes and Steller's Jays providing living entertainment. My next stop was the completely deserted Beacon Rock State Park.
Beacon Rock looms over the park to the west...
Down by the water were hundreds of scaup, a handful of fishermen, and a soaring Bald Eagle...
After the park I headed west with a quick stop by the Bonneville Dam. Ravens and a Red-tailed Hawk were the only birds of interest...
Along the Stevenson waterfront I picked up more birds like Western and Horned grebes, Comm…