We decided not to travel far this holiday week-end, but went
for a ride
today on Buffalo Lake Road in Okanogan Co. The weather was
great.
We saw 28 species on our short loop drive. The list below is
in the order we
saw them.

COMMON RAVEN COMMON LOON
MOURNING DOVE BELTED KINGFISHER
AMERICAN KESTREL WESTERN KINGBIRD
PINE SISKIN VESPER
SPARROW
AMERICAN ROBIN RING-BILLED GULL
EASTERN KINGBIRD BONAPARTE'S GULL*
WESTERN KINGBIRD RUDDY DUCK
NORTHERN FLICKER NORTHERN SHOVELER
LARK SPARROW RING-NECKED DUCK

CALIFORNIA QUAIL CLIFF SWALLOW
PIED-BILLED GREBE CHIPPING SPARROW
WESTERN MEADOW LARK BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE
BARN SWALLOW SAVANNAH SPARROW
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER ROCK WREN

We saw the Bonaparte's Gull at Five lakes, northwest of
Buffalo Lake.
DeLorme pg 102 D-1

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Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA
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