Hello Tweets,

Yesterday(July 2nd)and today July 3rd Keith Brady and my mother and I birded
vast portions of Okanogan Co. with a total of 141 species,but we were unable
to relocate the Alder Flycatcher along Kipling Rd. and several other key
species that we had hoped to observe. Our trip consisted of birding from
Winthrop to Roger Lake via FR 37 to FR 39 then to Concunully and north the
Havillah area on the 2nd,which included Muskrat Lake. On the 3rd we began in
the Havillah-Chesaw area(including a visit with Paul Lehman and others)along
Kipling Rd. in search of the Alder Flycatcher,then we continued west and
south to Cameron Lake Rd. and a final stop made at Fort Okanogan State Park
and the mouth of the Okanogan River at 2pm. We encountered very good weather
and warm daytime temperatures. Our main highlight of the trip was locating
early arriving shorebirds and a successful nesting pair of Black-necked
Stilts along Cameron Lake Rd. In addition Keith and I observed a single
SHORT-EARED OWL flying over an open field in the Havillah area heading
north,which seemed out of place for the location for the season. During our
searching of the Havillah-Chesaw area birded a few new locations to us,as
well as araes we had not birded during the summer months before such as
Fields Lake along Fields Rd. and along Molson Summit Rd. A list of out most
notable highlights follows at selected locations:

June 2nd,2002

Common Loon
1 along Hwy.97 south of Wells Dam,Chelan Co.on the 2nd and 3rd

Red-necked Grebe
2 pair at Muskrat Lake,Okanogan Co.(OK)both days
1 at Fields Lake,OK on the 3rd

Eared Grebe
11 at Muskrat Lake,OK on the 3rd
3 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd
62+ at Duley Lake(Cameron Lake Rd.),OK on the 3rd

Am.White Pelican
2 at Cassimer Bar(mouth of the Okanogan River),OK on the 3rd

Northern Pintail
3 at Duley Lake,OK on the 3rd

Canvasback
4 at Fields Lake,OK on the 3rd

Common Goldeneye
1 female at Muskrat Lake,OK on the 2nd
1 female at Fields Lake,OK on the 3rd

Bufflehead
1 female at Muskrat Lake,OK on the 2nd
1 female at Fields Lake,OK on the 3rd
1 male at Duley Lake,OK on the 3rd

Cooper's Hawk
1 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Swainson's Hawk
4 along Tonasket-Havillah Rd.,OK on the 2nd

Blue Grouse
1 female along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Black-necked Stilt
4(with 1 pair with 2 young)along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Greater Yellowlegs
2 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Lesser Yellowlegs
2 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Western Sandpiper
5 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Least Sandpiper
1 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Wilson's Phalarope
3 at Muskrat Lake,OK on the 2nd
12 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Black Tern
17 at Muskrat Lake,OK on the 2nd
1 at Fields Lake,OK on the 3rd

Band-tailed Pigeon
1 flying along I-90 east of Easton,Kittitas Co. on the 3rd

Northern Three-toed Woodpecker
1 along FR 39 south of Roger Lake,OK on the 2nd
1 near Havillah,OK on both days

Gray Flycatcher
1 pair along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Boreal Chickadee
1 pair along FR 39 south of Roger Lake,OK on the 2nd

White-breasted Nuthatch
1 pair near Havillah,OK on the 3rd
1 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Sage Thrasher
2 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Loggerhead Shrike
1 along Tonasket-Havillah Rd.,OK(west of Fanchers Dam Rd.)on the 2nd

Northern Waterthrush
1 along Kipling Rd.,OK on the 2nd,with 2 there on the 3rd

Common Yellowthroat
1 along Molson Summit Rd.(Mary Ann Creek),OK on the 3rd

Brewer's Sparrow
1 along Molson Summit Rd.,OK on the 3rd
5 along Cameron Lake Rd.,OK on the 3rd

Bobolink
13 along Tonasket-Havillah Rd.,OK(east of Tonasket)on the 3rd

In addition to birding we encountered several mammal species including 2
Black Bears(with 1 along FR 500 north of FR 39, where the bear was close to
our vehicle,and 1 along Cameron Lake Rd. on the 3rd)

Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net