Hi Tweeters--

Carol Schulz, Norma Larson, and I just got back from a very pleasant day
birding from Renton to Vantage. Everything mentioned is in Kittitas County,
I believe. I marked some of the places as waypoints on my GPS, for those
interested they are listed at the end:

Some highlights of the day include:

Evening Grosbeak in South Cle Elum

Western and Mountain Bluebird (Hidden Valley Road and various other places)

Say's Phoebe (Hidden Valley Road, the Vantage information center and various
other places)

Cassin's Finch (Emerick Road/Hidden Valley)

Northern Shrike (Ballard Road near Swauk Cemetery)

Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Sparrow, and Chukar (Old Vantage Highway)

lots of Rough-legged Hawks (various places)

Golden Eagle (Hidden Valley Road)

Trumpeter Swans (pond at exit 106, I-90)

Great Horned Owl on nest (US 97, 1/2 mile south of Smithson Road)--Thanks to
Brian Bell and Michael Hobbs for directions). Too cool, this one, little
"kitty ears" poking up from the top of the nest! :)

Eared Grebe (Boat Ramp at Vantage)

Canyon Wren (Huntzinger Road near the "Chukar rock" south of Wanapum Dam)
singing


A beautiful day, lots of sunshine and hardly any wind at all. Norma got
several life birds today, too..

Here are the coords for those who use GPS:

"Chukar Rock" on Huntzinger Road: N 46? 51.463', W 119? 58.066'
Great Horned Owl nest: send me an email if you're interested
Sage Sparrow/Loggerhead Shrike/Chukar viewing spot
on Old Vantage Highway: N 46? 57.528', W 120? 6.398'

Linda Adams
Puyallup, WA