By Susan Saul
Cindy McCormack led a VAS birding trip on April 26 with stops at Sams Walker Day Use Area at Skamania, the Beacon Rock State Park boat launch, and the River to Rock Trail between the boat launch and Ridell Lake, which is more marsh than lake these days. Highlights included American Dippers feeding young in a nest (out of sight) under a bridge over Woodard Creek, Osprey carrying nesting material, and American Goldfinches demonstrating territorial defense. It was a cool (upper 50’s) and cloudy day but we saw 51 species at Sams Walker and 50 species at Beacon Rock.
Vancouver Audubon 