I neglected to mention that we saw LONG-BILLED CURLEWs
in the fields around Fordair (southeastern portion of
Banks Lake) and WHITE-THROATED SWIFTs in Northrup
Canyon.

Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA

--- Gina Sheridan <gsherida8502 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gina Sheridan <gsherida8502 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [inland-NW-birders]Grant & Douglas County
> Birding
> To: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
> CC: birders13 at aol.com, RonPatDexter at msn.com,
> fieldnotes at wos.org,
> jessebirder at cablespeed.com, grynaf at yahoo.com
>
> On Saturday (4/01/06), Theresa Mathis, Cindy
> McCormack
> and I birded northern Grant county and a bit of
> Douglas County. The cool cloudy weather of the
> morning
> deteriorated into cold showers and blustery winds in
> the afternoon. In spite of the less than favorable
> weather, we still enjoyed some good birding.
>
> Our first significant birds of the day were present
> on
> the North Dam. We noted a RED-NECKED GREBE along the
> shore and three soaring TURKEY VULTUREs over the
> bluffs on the Douglas County side.
>
> Coulee Playland produced a GLAUCOUS-WINGED X HERRING
> GULL hybrid, HERRING GULL, and RING-BILLED GULL.
>
> In Northrup Canyon, we found CHUKAR, CANYON WREN, a
> distant unidentified falcon, SPOTTED TOWHEE, two
> BALD
> EAGLEs, a first year NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and a singing
> WINTER WREN. The latter two species were Grant
> County
> lifers for me.
>
> In scattered flocks on Banks Lake, we saw plenty of
> GREATER SCAUP, COMMON MERGANSERs, RED-BREASTED
> MERGANSERs, AMERICAN COOTS, and AMERICAN WIGEON.
>
> In Douglas County, we parked at the west of of
> Atkins
> Lake Road. While expressing disappointment that
> Atkins
> Lake was dry, I looked up too an adult male SNOWY
> OWL
> staring back at me. This snowy was a gorgeous
> specimen
> that showed very little in the way of dark markings.
>
> When we reached Moses Coulee, the wind had become a
> considerable nuisance. Although both SAGE SPARROWs
> and
> VESPER SPARROWs were singing, they remained on the
> ground and rarely were visible. As a special treat,
> we
> enjoyed seeing a turquoise colored flock of thirty
> MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDs that were moving up the coulee.
>
> Jameson Lake was loaded with AMERICAN WIGEON,
> REDHEAD,
> CANVASBACK, MALLARDs, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER &
> GREATER SCAUP, GADWALL, COMMON MERGANSER, RUDDY
> DUCK,
> AME. COOTS, COMMON & BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, and
> GREEN-WINGED TEAL. On the shores, we saw MARSH WREN,
> BREWER'S & RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDs, and SAY'S PHOEBE.
> Overhead, there were a plethora of VIOLET-GREEN
> SWALLOWs, TREE SWALLOWs, CLIFF SWALLOWs, and a
> NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW.
>
> As we progressed down the Sun Lakes corridor, we saw
> a
> number of CHUKAR on the road near Lake Lenore. Two
> basic plumaged DUNLIN greeted us at Soap Lake.
>
> Near dusk, we found over thirty WHITE PELICANs on
> Brooks Lake and a WILD TURKEY roosting in tree along
> old Hwy 22.
>
> Gina Sheridan
> Spokane, WA
>
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