If you want to see the route we took on this trip go to
DeLorme Page 86

Sunday we headed for Wilbur and then south to H Lake, O'Brian
Lake and Wagner Lake. In this area we saw: GRAY PARTRIDGE,
COMMON SNIPE, PIED-BILLED GREBE with mini-pieds, BLACK-NECKED
STILT, SWAINSON'S HAWK, LARK, BREWER'S, GRASSHOPPER and VESPER
SPARROWS

South to Draper Lake and south again to Eagle Spring Lake.
Next we headed east to Coffeepot Lake where we camped
overnight. The cozy campground was FREE! We saw: CEDAR
WAXWING, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, CANYON and MARSH WRENS, GOLDFINCH,
OSPREY, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT and
lots of HOUSE WRENS.

In the morning we headed northeast to Twin Lakes. In this area
we saw: CASPIAN TERN, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE,
COMMON NIGHTHAWK, SAGE THRASHER and two TURKEY VULTURES.

Now north to Willow Lake. Here we saw gobs of BROWN
DUCKS--huh?? yes--this time of year that is all there is.
They are harder to ID than a 3rd year Glaucous gull in
pre-basic--post alternate plumage or something like that. '-)
Along the way we were able to ID--REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP,
NORTHERN SHOVELER, CANVASBACK, RINGNECK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, CINNAMON TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN
WIGEON and GADWALL.

>From Willow Lake we went northeast to Swanson Lakes. Here is
where the subject line comes in. There were 6 WESTERN and two
LEAST SANDPIPERS feeding along the shoreline. Swanson Lakes is
always a good spot for a variety of species.

Continued north to Marquette Springs where we saw a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER and a WESTERN WOOD PEEWEE. Sandy spotted a WESTERN
KINGBIRD nest, and we were able to watch the chicks being
feed. :-)

North again to Spring Creek and on to hwy 2, just east of
Creston, back to Wilbur and home.

This route is about 80 miles. We saw a total of 75 species.

--

Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA

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