Hi Tweets

This weekend, Gene Revelas and I birded over in Okanogan County. Highlights
on Friday included:
Camping near Tiffany Springs Campground, Hike into Roger Lake, with Boreal
Chickadee and Three-toed Woodpecker (3). On Saturday morning, we saw Blue
Grouse on a hike up toward Freezeout Ridge, and Spruce Grouse and several
Showshoe Hares along the road west of Roger Lake. On Saturday
Afternoon we headed over toward the other side of the valley, where we
encountered Lewis' Woodpecker, Lazuli Bunting, White-throated Swifts, 3 Wild
Turkeys,
and many ducks with young, including Eared Grebes carrying their young on
their backs. On Saturday night we stayed at Gene's cabin in the hills above
Riverside, with Townsand's Solitaire, Red Crossbill, Cassin's Finch, and
singing Porwill. Sunday morning we birded the lakes along Lake Cameron Road
and Soap Lake Road, and had a nice assortment of shorebirds:
Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs,
Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper,
Long-billed Dowitcher, Common Snipe, Wilson's Phalarope, Killdeer. That's
10...in eastern Washington! In a riparian grove we heard a Veery, in a
Ponderosa Pine wooded area we had Gray Flycatcher and Pygmy Nuthatch. In
the drier areas we saw Brewer's, Vesper, Lark, and Grasshopper Sparrows (all
still singing).


Here is our trip list:

SPECIES SEEN
>From 7/16/1999 to 7/18/1999 ~ in Okanogan ~ 119 seen
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Barrow's Goldeneye
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
American Kestrel
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, QUAIL AND TURKEYS
Spruce Grouse
Blue Grouse
Wild Turkey
WOOD-PARTRIDGES
California Quail
RAILS AND COOTS
Sora
American Coot
SANDPIPERS
Common Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
Killdeer
GULLS AND TERNS
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Black Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
SWIFTS
White-collared Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Calliope Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Western Wood-Pewee
Gray Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
CROWS AND JAYS
Gray Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
VIREOS AND ALLIES
Cassin's Vireo
WAXWINGS AND SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Cedar Waxwing
THRUSHES
Varied Thrush
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
STARLINGS
European Starling
NUTHATCHES
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
CHICKADEES, TITS
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
LARKS
Horned Lark
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Bullock's Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
////---- STATISTICS ----/////
Species seen - 119

Rick Romea
Seattle, WA
rromea at stioptronics.com

206-523-5831 (Home)
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Flying isn't the hard part; Landing in the net is.
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