Subject: [Tweeters] Memorial Day weekend trip
Date: May 31 21:48:02 2005
From: Stefan Schlick - greenfant at hotmail.com


Here the goodies of a trip that Mike Fleming and I took over Memorial Day:

-Gray Partridge (2 at Black Canyon on 05/28)
-Black-backed Woodpecker (1 at Mud Lake burn above 410 & 12 on 05/28 -
thanks to Jeff Kozma for the great find and directions)
-Clark's Nutcracker (1 at Mud Lake burn on 05/28)
-Green-tailed Towhee (2 off Bisquit Ridge Rd, Blue Mtns - see Opperman p.514
- on 05/29)
-Dusky Flycatcher (3 off Bisquit Ridge Rd on 05/29, 1 off FR9712 - Lion
Gulch, Liberty area on 05/30)
-Yellow-breasted Chat (1 off lower Bisquit Ridge Rd, 2 at riparian area at
South Fork Coppei Ck & Walker Rd, Blue Mtns on 05/29)
-Gray Catbird (1 at Lewis & Clark SP, 1 at riparian area at South Fork
Coppei Ck & Walker Rd, Blue Mtns, on 05/29)
-Hammond's Flycatcher (1 at Lewis Peak - Blue Mtns on 05/29, 1 off FR9712 -
Lion Gulch, Liberty area on 05/30)
-Williamson's Sapsucker (Edmiston Spring on 05/29)
-Red-naped Sapsucker (3 at Edmiston Spring on 05/29)
-Clark's Grebe (3 at Lind Coulee boat launch on 05/30)
-Forster's Tern (1 at Lind Coulee boat launch, 1 flyover at Sullivan Dam on
05/30)
-Burrowing Owl (1 off Frenchman Hills Rd 0.5mi west off Dodson Rd on 05/30)
-Blue-winged Teal (2 pairs at Audubon Dodson Rd Nature Trail on 05/30)
-White-faced Ibis (20 off Dodd-Iowa Beef Rd/Tyson Ponds on 05/30)

We attempted to cap the weekend off last night with Flammulated Owl at Lion
Gulch in the Liberty area, but did not hear or see any. Maybe they are not
back yet at this particular spot.

Stefan Schlick
Bellevue, WA