The Hills Are Alive

When I was a child, I was fas­cinated with the beautiful bluebirds in the area where I lived in the "Old" Kettle Falls, Wash., north of Spokane.

The western and moun­tain bluebirds were plentiful there in the spring and sum­mer.

The mountain species is typical of high elevations in summer, most common above 5,000 feet as quoted from "The Golden Field Guide."

Both of the species are found in our Blue Mountains above Dayton, Waitsburg and Pomeroy. An excellent loop into the high mountains fol­lows a ridgeline south from Dayton above the North Touchet River. I talked with Tom Scribner of the Wall...