BIRDWATCHING — While the new commander at Fairchild Air Force Base is looking into options for bringing back the big Air Show, area birdwatchers are finding their own aerial displays of high-speed flying.
You simply have to know where to look.
Check out this Tuesday report from local birder Jon Isacoff:
Quick run to Sprague sewage lagoons today. A pleasant surprise was a PEREGRINE FALCON that bombed shorebirds and waterfowl several times, losing a chase with with a Wilson's Phalarope. Shorebird species present:
Killdeer
Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater YL
Lesser YL
Baird's Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
WIlson's Phalarope
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