Subject: Solitary Sandpipers, more
Date: Apr 30 18:31:16 1998
From: Howard Ferguson - FERGUHLF at dfw.wa.gov
>From Eastern WA, Spokane & Stevens Co.
Just saw a solitary Solitary sandpiper yesterday & today in Elk, WA-
north of Spok on Hwy 2 on Dunn Rd between Oregon Rd and Allen Rd
on a small pond along with 8 American pipits, yellow-headed blackbirds,
killdeer, red-wing blackbirds and savannah sparrows.
On Wednesday at "Jump off Joe" Lake saw:
common loon
bald eagle (few dark feathers in head & tail, few light flight feathers)
osprey
red-necked grebes (nesting)
common snipes (winnowing)
barn swallows
tree swallows
v-g swallows
yellow warbler
Nashville warbler
audubon's warbler
Virginia rail
chipping sparrow
savannah sparrow
marsh wren
grt-blue heron
yellow-headed & red-winged blackbirds
buffleheads
lesser scaup
tree frogs
long-toed salamanders
painted turtles
A nice sunny spring day!!
Howard Ferguson
Spokane