Date: 12/28/25 10:20 am From: Marge Lumpe <margelumpe...> Subject: Hi Lonesome this morning
Good morning fellow birders! Hi Lonesome was pretty quiet again today. It was quite windy--20 mph SW, It was 69 degrees when I started, and it has now dropped to 55! A fairly remarkable showing of 9 Eastern Bluebirds were on the utility line along Lumpee Avenue just beyond Cemetery Road. A Northern Cardinal was perched in a tree right over the little stream in the same area. Then there was nothing else until I turned on to Hi Lonesome. A raptor of some sort lifted off the northern part of the prairie north of Hi Lonesome Road. I could not get my binocs focused on it before it disappeared. Judging by the speed of flight as well as the height, I do not think it was a Northern Harrier which I expected to see. An Eastern/Western Meadowlark lifted off, and that was all for Hi Lonesome Road. The last species was a Downy Woodpecker along Klink.
I'm hoping we have better luck on our count tomorrow.
Happy Birding, Marge Lumpe Benton County
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