We made a three day weekend trip across Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry, and
Okanogan counties. On the way, we were passed by a "little red sports car"
with the vanity plates: RAINSUX. Little did we know... It started raining
late in the day Friday, as well as most of the day Saturday and Sunday.
Regardless, the birding highlights are as follows:

Sullivan Lake, Noisy Creek Campground (DeLorme pg 119 T38N R44E Section 18)
(6/21):

Least Flycatcher (2 or 3 individuals, identified primarly by voice)
Red-eyed Vireos (Several singing individuls)
American Redstart (1 male)
Red-necked Grebes (2 nesting pairs)
Pileated Woodpeckers (2 individuals)
Song Sparrow (observed nest in reeds)
Western Screech-Owls (2 at same location, both vocalizing)
Sora (1 individual, calling)
Swainson's Thrush (Several singing)
Gadwall (1 male, 1 female)
Yellow Warbler (singing)

Road to Salmo Mountain (DeLorme pg 119 T40N R45E South East) (6/22):

Note: Road to Salmo was closed due to fallen trees about 4 to 5 miles from
Salmo Mt (distance based on our best estimate from a Forest Service map)

Wilson's Warblers (several singing)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Hermit and Varied Thrushes

Spruce Canyon Road (off of Route 20 in Stevens county) (DeLorme pg 118 T35N
R41E Section 11) (6/22)

Northern Waterthrush (3 indiviudals)
Vaux's Swift
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow Warbler (singing)
Swainson's Thrush (singing)


White Mountain Fire Area at Sherman Pass, Ferry county (DeLorme pg 117 T36N
R35E Southwest) (6/22):

Nashville Warbler (singing)
Orange-Crowned Warbler (singing)
Townsend's Solitaire (singing)
Warbing Vireo (singing)
Wilson's Warbler (singing)
Red-naped Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker

At Junction of Rt 20 and 21 East of Repiblic (DeLorme pg 116 T36N R33E
Section 5) (6/22):

Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal (1 male)

Beaver Lake Road, Okanogan County (DeLorme pg 116 T39N R31E Southwest) (6/23):

Veery (singing)
Sora (actively calling into the late evening) (6/22 and 6/23)
Virgina Rail
Common Goldeneye (several females with young)
Black Tern
MacGillivray's Warbler
Spotted Sandpiper (several - one pair mated)
Red-necked Grebe on a nest
Golden Eagle (a pair at a nest, one parent brought a kill back to the nest)
Common Loon (2 individuals (in different ponds, in alternate plumage)
Willow and Hammond's Flycatchers, Western Wood-Pewee (singing)

Mary Ann Creek Road

strangest observation: a Common Snipe at the top of a tall conifer calling
(other Snipe were winnowing)
Greater Yellowlegs (pair in alternate plumage)

Hungry Hollow Road (just north of the Sitzmark ski area) (DeLorme pg 115
T39N R29E Section 15) (6/23)

Orange-crowned Warbler ( at least two singing individuals)
Bullock's Oriole (1 female)
Red-naped Sapsucker (a pair bringing food to a cavity)


Route 97 at mile post 273 south of Omak (Delorm pg 100 Township Unknown) (6/23)

Black Swifts (4 indivudals)
Lewis' Woodpeckers (2 individuals)
Turkey Vultures (2 individuals)
Western Kingbird

Chief Jo Dam Visitors Center (Okanogan side) (6/23)

Loggerhead Shrike










Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at oneworld.owt.com