Today Barb and I made the loop from Moses Lake to Grand Coulee and back.
Our circuitous route took us north and east through the back country of
Grant and Lincoln counties, eventually ending at Grand Coulee. From Grand
Coulee we returned to Moses Lake via Hwy 155 & Hwy 17. The following
highlights were observed.

Gloyd Seeps (Stratford Road)

Great Horned Owl - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2

Hwy 28 Crab Creek Crossing (Brook Lake outlet)

Violet-green Swallow - 3
Tree Swallow - 2

Wilson Creek

Say's Phoebe - 2
Northern Shrike - 1

Marlin-Krupp

Turkey Vulture - 1

Kiner Road (Marlin-Krupp to Almira)

Rough-legged Hawk - 2. One a very nice light morph
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Violet-green Swallow - 106. Not a misprint, there were 106 violet-greens
sitting on wires where Kiner Road crosses Wilson Creek just south of Almira.
Barn Swallow - 1 immature, with the VGSW above

Almira

Say's Phoebe - 1

Road 'R' NE (north of Hartline)

Rough-legged Hawk -2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1

Rd 50 NE

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - 64. Posing nicely on a fence and power lines
offering good photo opportunities
Rough-legged Hawk - 1

Rd 52 NE

Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Snow Bunting - 4 These perched on a fence offering a chance for a few photos

Long Lake (along Grand Coulee Hill Road)

Tundra Swan - 86
Canvasback - 1

Osborn Bay

Hooded Merganser - 10

Northrup Canyon

Downy Woodpecker - 2
Canyon Wren - 1
Spotted Towhee - 1

Hwy 155/Banks Lake

Bald Eagle - 13
Horned Grebe - 1
Pacific Loon - 1 With 7 Common Loons

Lake Lenore

Barrow's Goldeneye - 4

Soap Lake

Eared Grebe - 12

Hwy 17/Crab Creek

Great Egret - 2

The weather was cloudy with some persistent rain showers. In spite of the
weather we had an excellent day with 61 species observed.

Doug & Barb Schonewald
Moses Lake, WA
dschone8 at bentonrea.com