Subject: Othello birding 07/10/02
Date: Jul 13 09:54:12 2002
From: Ruth Sullivan - GODWIT at worldnet.att.net


Hello Jason,


Nice trip you had.I am happy that more birders explore eastern Washington
and also trying to improve there Birding skills outside local
birding.Congratulation!!!!

Ruth Sullivan
godwit at worldnet.att.net
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Paulios" <jpaulios at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 9:22 AM
Subject: Othello birding 07/10/02


>
> I took a trip last Wednesday to the Othello region to pick up some birds I
> missed earlier in the Spring. Had great luck and found some terrific new
> areas for me. Thanks to Bob Flores for some tips on hot spots! The best
> birding occured on the north side of the potholes area just south-west of
> Moses Lake, I found the directions in an old "Winging It" article written
by
> Mike Denny (I believe). Directions were: take the Hiawatha exit off I-90
> and head east on the southern frontage road for about 3 miles. Before you
> get to the large powerline towers there is a dirt road heading south.
Take
> this for what feels like forever, always staying right! Eventually you
> start to see the Egrets and Gulls, soon you will come to a dike. I parked
> here for about 45 minutes and never heard or saw another individual.
> Reminded me of Horicon Marsh area in S/C Wisconsin. Here I saw:
> 3 WESTERN GREBES (1 on nest)
> 2 CLARK'S GREBES (1 adding material to a nest)
> 3 A. WHITE PELICANS (way way up)
> GREAT EGRETS (more common than GB HERONS)
> 7+ B/C NIGHT-HERONS
> 3 WOOD DUCKS
> 2 CINNAMON TEAL
> 2 B/N STILTS (+1 chick)
> 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS
> 1 FORSTER'S TERN
> 1 BLACK TERN
> 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK
> E. KINGBIRD
> 1 HOUSE WREN
> LARK SPARROWS
>
> Other birds seen on trip:
> 2 COMMON LOONS (Basic plumage on Columbia seen from Ginko overlook)
> 3 BUFFLEHEAD (females on Para Ponds)
> RUDDY DUCK chicks mixed in with others at Para Ponds
> 2 AM. AVOCETS (pond off Gillis RD near Crab Creek, only 2 of trip and I
> checked many different ponds!)
> 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW (pond off Gillis RD being chased by Swainson's)
> 1 CASPIAN TERN (Dodson RD)
> 1 BURROWING OWL (Dodson RD)
> 7 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES (Gillis RD before you get to the pond, as coming from
> East to West)
> 2 ROCK WREN (at Ginko overlook)
>
> Jason Paulios
> Olympia, WA
> JPaulios at hotmail.com
>
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