Here are some birding highlights for the last couple
of days:

Wednesday (5/10/06)
Stevens County:
Long Lake Dam:
EVENING GROSBEAK, Red Crossbill, GRAY FLYCATCHER

Lincoln County:
Long Lake Dam - EVENING GROSBEAK, Red-naped Sapsucker,
Nashville Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow
Warbler, DUSKY FLYCATCHER, Townsend's Solitaire, House
Wren, MT. Chickadee, Cassin's Vireo, Western Tanager

After we had satisfying views of Lincoln County
Evening Grosbeaks, we crossed the river and found more
Evening Grosbeaks in Stevens County. It was nice to
pick up a quick Stevens County lifer for the day.

Other than a hen WILD TURKEY in the Davenport
Cemetery, Davenport and Reardan did not offer anything
but the usual suspects.

Harrington Cemetery held GRAY PARTRIDGE (2 pairs),
BARN OWL, Western Tanager, Townsend's Warbler

Sprague Lake:
100+ BLACK TERNs, Western Grebe, RED-NECKED GREBE
(county lifer for me), bountiful numbers of
Ring-billed & California Gulls.

Due to Jan Reynold's keenly attuned ear (she
recognized the Red-necked Grebe's call in the midst
of the cacophony of gulls, Western Grebe calls, etc.),
we were finally able to see one of the most
challenging-to-find grebes in Lincoln County.

Adams County - Sprague Lake:
BLACK TERN - 5
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1
CLARK'S GREBE - 1 (on the near side of Harper Island)


Thursday (5/11/06)

After birding with the Woodruffs this morning
(5/11/06), I visited the Davenport Cemetery and saw my
Lincoln County lifer WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. This
tan-striped variety bird was originally found by Jim
Acton. Other birds in the cemetery included LINCOLN'S
SPARROW - 3, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, Hermit Thrush -2,
White-crowned Sparrow - 20+

On my return, I check out a cut over gulch that still
has plenty of snags (some from a burn) that used to
hold nesting Lewis's Woodpeckers. As I scanned the
rimrock, I detected two VAUX'S SWIFTs that were flying
just above the treeline. Later, I had a LEWIS'S
WOODPECKER fly over. These latter two species were in
Spokane County.

This particular location is located in the Deep Creek
drainage of Indian Prairie (Gordon Road). Considering
the extensive Ponderosa Pine forest in the surrounding
hills, it strikes me that White-headed Woodpecker
could be a possibility here as well.

As I turned onto the Woodruffs driveway this morning,
I saw a YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER fly up the hill.
However, we could not relocate it.

Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA

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