Date: 11/26/25 11:04 am From: Steve Loitz via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Washington State counties - totem birds
For Kittitas County, maybe Sage Thrasher, Prairie Falcon and Williamson's
Sapsucker (or White-headed Woodpecker), although I would expect pushback
from Yakima County and Chelan County.
Steve Loitz
Ellensburg
On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM Tim Brennan via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> A good birding friend and I have talked about this 117-questions-in-one
> question: If each county in our state had a totem pole with three birds on
> it... what would those birds be? An extra constraint we added - no birds
> can be on more than one totem! It seems like it would call for at least one
> specialty bird (if you want to see a __________, you really want to go to
> __________ county), and some combination of other birds that paint a good
> picture of the county.
>
> Even without the no-shared-birds constraint, it would be interesting to
> hear what birds come to mind for different counties!
>
> But ultimately, we may need to set up a mock draft for this...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Tim Brennan
> Renton
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