I should have mentioned that we saw a BARN OWL at the
usual Sprague location too.

Gina Sheridan


> --- Gina Sheridan <gsherida8502 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:03:58 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Gina Sheridan <gsherida8502 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Adams Co. Snowy Owl - Yes!
> > 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
> >
> > 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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