Hi Tweets,
Am heading out tomorrow for the east side and like to hit as many spots as I
can. Would someone give me the general area of Colockum Road? Am heading
down to our 2nd Annual Meeting of the Seattle Butterfly Group in Dayton but
I always try to see some new country on these trips and new Washington
birds. Thankyou in advance.
Gayle Benton
Orcas Island, WA
gbenton at rockisland.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Birdking88 at aol.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: <linusq at worldnet.att.net>; <boesche at tx3.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:53 PM
Subject: Colockum Pass (LONG)


> Hello Tweets,
> Had a full day of birding yesterday in eastern Washington with Fred
Boesche
> and Carol Schulz. We spent most of the day driving Colockum Road, where
we're
> leading a field trip, to get a feel for what's there this time of year.
> Colockum Road is an old stagecoach wagon road, and the pass is at 5400ft.
> This road goes through diverse habitat (from sagebrush, to Ponderosa
Pines,
> to Western Larch and Engelman Spruce, to large Cottonwoods and Quaking
> Aspens), and I think this area is just as good or even better than the
Wenas
> area.