The Washington Ornithological Society would like to annouce the following
field trips:

Saturday, April 10th, 2004 - Michael Hobbs will lead a trip in Kittitas
County which may include Robinson Canyon, the Ellensburg area, Elk Heights,
the Old Vantage Highway, and Ginkgo State Park. We will bird the lower
Cascade forest/steppe, east in the shrub-steppe, and down to the Columbia
River. Target birds include Chukar, Gray Partridge, Loggerhead Shrike, Say's
Phoebe, Canyon and Rock Wren, Western and Mountain Bluebird, Sage Thrasher,
and Brewer's, Vesper, and Sage Sparrow. Limit of 8 birders. For details
contact Michael at (425) 869-2370 or email Hummer at isomedia.com (email
preferred).

Sunday, April 25th, 2004 (note date change: wrong date in WOSNews, sorry) -
Ryan Shaw and Charlie Wright will lead a Grays Harbor/Pacific County trip
visiting coastal shorebird and seabird localities. These may include
Bowerman Basin and the Hoquiam area, Johns River Wildlife Area, Bottle Beach
and Ocosta Third Street, the Westport Jetty, and Grayland, then ending the
day in Tokeland and Raymond. Very large numbers of shorebirds are probable.
Target birds include Snowy Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, White-tailed
Kite, Sora, and more. Limit of 7 birders. Contact Charlie at (253) 862-0520
or Charlie at birdwright.com (email preferred).

WOS Field Trips allow members to explore places or revisit familiar haunts.
Each trip is open to a limited number of participants. Each member may join
up to four trips per year (excluding annual conference trips). Non-members
may attend as a member's guest once per year. Questions about field trips
should be directed to the trip leader(s). If you would like to lead a field
trip, or would like to suggest a location for a field trip, send a note to
Kraig Kemper and Ken Knittle at FieldTrips at wos.org.