Catching a break in the weather this afternoon
(1/02/06), I coaxed my husband into driving out with
me out to seek the Adams County Snowy Owl that was
discovered by the Corders. After exiting from I-90 at
the Tokio exit, we proceeded east on Danekas Road.

As scanned the fields, we saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and
a very dark RED-TAILED HAWK. In the strip of land
between the I-90 and Danekas, I spied the SNOWY OWL
perched on a pipeline marker pole about 150 yards
north of the road. Later, the snowy flew into a small
brush pile near some rusty farm implements.

Since this spot is quite visible to eastbound traffic
on I-90, I believe this is probably the same site
where the Corders originally spotted the bird. Always
a fun bird to see, this SNOWY OWL was well worth the
trip.

In the scablands along Danekas Road, there were plenty
of Mule Deer to be seen.

As we briefly checked a couple of spots around
Sprague Lake, we saw over twenty RING-NECKED
PHEASANTS, and 8 GRAY PARTRIDGE on the public fishing
access road in Adams County. At the Lincoln County
fishing access, there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE and a
scolding (but hidden) BEWICK'S WREN.

In Spokane County along the Four Lakes I-90 corridor,
there were CACKLING GOOSE - 4 with a larger flock of
CANADA GEESE. A COOPER'S HAWK was nearby.

Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA




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