Andy,
We were out in the mountains yesterday also, although not really birding.
We did a family hike to Park Butte Lookout, south of Mt. Baker. Saw one
Red-tailed Hawk, one Raven, and one Prairie Falcon. I noticed you did not
see a prairie falcon. We saw several at Sunrise at Mt. Rainier in Sept
last year. I assume this dispersal to the mountains occurs in the Cascades
from BC to Oregon. I wonder about in BC or Oregon or California. Also
what about timing? When does it start? I assume it ends when snow
arrives.

Dan Logen
Stanwood, Wa
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> From: Andy Stepniewski <steppie at wolfenet.com>
> To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Blue Grouse nearTipsoo Lake in Mt. Rainier NP
> Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 7:11 AM
>
> Tweeters,
>
> Yesterday (30 August), a hike around Naches Peak near Chinook Pass was
> great for grand views of Mt. Rainier and late flowers in the subalpine
> meadows. The trail was dusty in places; it has been a dry summer! But
the
> 5,500' altitude was welcome relief from the 95 degree heat in Yakima. The
> bird of the day for most in the Yakima Valley Audubon Society group of 14
> was two Blue Grouse broods with attentive adult hens by the trail which
> heads northeast from Tipsoo Lake to the parking lot a few yards east of
the
> Chinook Pass summit. This is only a five-minute walk from the Tipsoo Lake
> parking area.
>
> Noted on this five mile loop were:
>
> Sharp-shinned Hawk-2
> Red-tailed Hawk-1
> American Kestrel-1
> Blue Grouse-1 hen with 6 chicks, 1 hen with 5 chicks
> Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker-3
> Hammond's Flycatcher-1
> Steller's Jay-5
> Clark's Nutcracker-10
> Common Raven-5
> Mountain Chickadee-5
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee-3, Pacific silver fir grove above Tipsoo Lake
> Red-breasted Nuthatch-5
> Golden-crowned Kinglet-3
> Townsend's Solitaire-2
> American Robin-125, conspicuous in all the meadows
> Varied Thrush-3
> American Pipit-1, overhead
> Cedar Waxwing-3, overhead
> Yellow Warbler-1, surprising at this altitude?
> Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler-10
> Townsend's Warbler-2
> Chipping Sparrow-5
> Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco-110, mostly in several loose flocks, one
numbering
> about 40
> Cassin's Finch-2
> Pine Siskin-5
>
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato WA
>