Yesterday morning 9 sleepy but enthusiastic souls left Coeur d'Alene at 3am
to observe a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE lek on the Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area west
of Davenport, Lincoln County. The manager, Juli Anderson, showed us to the
lek and waited while we watched at least 11 grouse. It was a life bird for
each of us.

Ken Eppler and I birded the Wildlife Area after, as well as Davenport and
Reardon on the way home. After the grouse, our main bird of interest was a
SAGE THRASHER singing on territory along Telford Road in the Wildlife Area.
Also seen or heard were:

Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area:
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
SWAINSON'S HAWK
American Kestrel
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
VIRGINIA RAIL
American Coot
Killdeer
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
COMMON SNIPE
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Marsh Wren
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
SAGE THRASHER
VESPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird

Davenport Cemetery:
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (100+)
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Cassin's Finch
American Goldfinch

Reardon Ponds:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (3)
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
VIRGINIA RAIL
BLACK-NECKED STILT
Marsh Wren

Stephen Lindsay
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
slindsay at dmi.net