Correction: Wherever I mentioned SR26 in my earlier post, I really meant
SR28.

>From: "Stefan Schlick" <greenfant at hotmail.com>
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: [Tweeters] Snowy Owl near Davenport
>Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:32:45 -0500
>
>As of Saturday morning, the Cape May Warbler is still coming to the feeder
>in Spokane Valley religiously several times a day.
>
>On my way home from rainy Spokane yesterday, I had a Snowy Owl fly across
>SR26 southwest of Davenport at MP 114.3. The owl later landed on a barren
>field offering spectacular looks. Also along SR26, there were several
>Rough-legged Hawks and, at MP 83.5, a calling Ferruginous Hawk. In Wilson
>Creek, I saw 3 more Ferruginous Hawks. 2 were circling over the bluffs
>barely 1mi out of town (see Opperman for the exact spot), one additional
>bird was found working the fields off the end of N 23rd.
>
>At the Para Ponds in Othello there were about 100 Tricolored Blackbirds in
>several flocks in the general vicinity of the feedlot NW of the ponds. They
>were not calling. Also, an additional 250 Yellow-headed Blackbirds were
>quite a site. The Avocet was still present at the ponds proper, so were
>Canvasbacks and Redheads. I was not able to find a Burrowing Owl east of
>Othello or at Frenchman Hills/Dobson Rd, but had several flocks of Sandhill
>Cranes flyover.
>
>I just made it to the Old Vantage Hwy by late afternoon. There was a cold,
>brisk wind coming down the mountains, so birds were far and few between.
>There were Sage Sparrows at MP 16 and 19, both Shrikes, Says Phoebe, but I
>dipped on Sage Thrasher.
>
>Stefan Schlick
>Bellevue
>
>
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