Subject: [Tweeters]
Date: Jun 6 15:09:43 2006
From: Rachel Lawson - RachelLawson at softhome.net



Yesterday, Penny Koyama, Steve Dang, Andrey Varlamov, and I birded from
Snoqualmie Pass to the Teanaway River Valley. There were lots and lots
of birds, including good numbers of warblers, vireos, and tanagers. In
the Teanaway, we found a pair of WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS nesting in the
same spot as last year. The nest can be seen from the American Forest
Resources campground on Teanaway Road where the road divides into West
Fork and Middle Fork Roads (map on page 280 in the Opperman book). Walk
down to the river and look for the big rock dome on the opposite side.
The nest snag is on the steep slope just to the left of the dome. A
scope will help. We saw the male bird go into the hole a few times but
never saw the female. Perhaps the male is feeding her while she
incubates the eggs.

We also saw two LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS, probably a pair, on Hayward Rd, off
of Bettas Rd. It seemed like an odd place for them to be, because there
were no trees nearby. The birds were flying around in the low sage and
bitterbrush vegetation.

Other birds of note:

Singing LINCOLN'S AND SLATE-COLORED FOX SPARROWS and lots of warblers on
the slope at the first ski lifts going east at Snoqualmie summit.

25-30 BLACK SWIFTS at 29 Pines Campground on North Fork Rd, Teanaway
(also seen here in June, 2005).

Rachel Lawson
Seattle
RachelLawson at softhome.net