Hello Andy,
I was almost tempted to answer Richards E-Mail.Someone found a Yellow Rail
in Olympia at the Black-Lake Meadows in early April of this year So it would
be in migration.
The birder what saw this Rail was alone and went after all the Soras and
Virginia Rails what been sighted there.Since the birder was alone it's a
sight record what you proable will see when you going over the
records.Dennis excepted the written up report in detaile.
The birders statue about his birding is exellent and reliable.
You mention Bunchgrass Meadows in Pend Oreille where i spend lot's of time
collecting hard to find Dragonflies.Any other sighting of this species is on
Rogers Lake.I talk about the ZigZag Darner.When i was visiting this area i
also had Moose.The place was deserted when i was visiting,you can spend days
to venture and dont cover it all.I had a great time there but the Mosquitos
was a problem.Every hour or so i had to apply some repellent.There also got
some giant Flys there you dont find them any where around than only
there.But despite all that i had a great time and found what i came for and
more.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
godwit at worldnet.att.net

write up about this bird.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Stepniewski <steppie at nwinfo.net>
To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:07 AM
Subject: YELLOW RAIL HABITAT IN WASHINGTON: CALISPELL LAKE?


> Tweeters,
>
> Searches for Yellow Rails in the breeding season in Washington should
> include Calispell Lake (north of Spokane, west of Hwy. 211. WA DeLorme p.
> 105, B-6). Unfortunately, access to this large wetland and lake seems
> extremely limited; the roads encircling it appear to be all private
> property. Perhaps there is public access of which I am unaware.
Bunchgrass
> Meadow ( WA DeLorme p. 119, C-7) might be another site.
>
> These two areas, in my opinion, most resemble the Yellow Rail breeding
> habitat (floristically and structurally) in mid-continent Borth America
> where the species is still fairly common: Manitoba, Minnesota, North
Dakota,
> for example.
>
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato WA
> steppie at nwinfo.net
>
>