Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Whitman Co. Eurasian Widgeon & Ferruginous Hawk
Date: Feb 12 17:19:35 2005
From: gina sheridan - gsherida8502 at yahoo.com


The Cottets and I have been doing some shorter
excursions this week to Lincoln and Whitman Counties.
Here are some of the highlights:

02/09/05: Lincoln Co. Sunset Hwy. - between Reardan
& Davenport:
PRAIRIE FALCON, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and a nice dark
morph
HARLAN'S REDTAIL HAWK

Davenport - 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS feeding on juniper
berries on the corner of Sherman & Fourth

02/10/05: Spring Creek Canyon (north of Reardan)
CANYON WREN - 2 (Lincoln Co. lifer)
NORTHERN PYGMY OWL - heard (Jim Acton has seen it
there on two
different occasions)

02/12/05: Spring Creek Canyon
DIPPER (Lincoln Co. lifer)

Reardan Audubon Lakes:
TUNDRA SWAN - 2; PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD,
C. GOLDENEYE, REDHEAD

Although Sprague Lake remains locked up in ice, most
of the lakes in Whitman County were open. It was
quite
a bit warmer and sunny down there too.

Whitman County - Sheep Lake
EURASIAN WIDGEON (Whitman Co. lifer) , AME. WIDGEON,
C. GOLDENEYE, CANVASBACK, CANADA GEESE, RUDDY
DUCK,LESSER SCAUP, GREATER SCAUP (Whitman Co.
lifer),
WESTERN MEADOWLARK

Crooked Knee Lake :
BALD EAGLE (one adult in tree on the east side of
highway)
CACKLING GEESE - 2 obvious cacklers within a flock
of Canadas
- both of these species were Whitman Co. lifers

Hwy 23 between the Wagner Road junction and Ewan
FERRUGINOUS HAWK - 2 (Whitman Co. lifer)
NORTHERN HARRIER - 7

Spokane Co. Salnave Rd. south of Fancher Rd.
(Medical Lake)
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS - 200 (feeding on crab apples)

Medical Lake (mostly frozen):
HOODED MERGANSER - 2

Sheep Lake is consistently turned up rarities for me,
and today was no exception. There weren't that many
widgeon on the lake and yet of one them was a nice
Eurasian.

It was wonderful to see the pair of Ferruginous Hawks
today. I wonder if this pair will nest in the
vicinity?

Birding should just keep getting better as the season
progresses!

Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA




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