Subject: [Tweeters] May 27th WOS Migrant Field Trip (continued)
Date: May 28 11:45:29 2006
From: Doug Schonewald - dschone8 at donobi.net


Hi Tweets,

The second day of the WOS Field Trip on May 27th consisted of birding
migrant traps of Adams, Franklin, and Whitman Counties, with some time spent
in Lincoln County in the Sprague Lake area.
An underestimation of time/distance left us with little time to bird some
areas of Whitman County other than driving time through this difficult and
large county.
Birding was generally slow with the best birding in Washtucna at Bassett
Park, and again late in the day at Sprague Lake.
In spite of the relatively slow birding we managed to find 97 species
during our 275 mile odyssey.
24 species were added to the list from Friday for a weekend total of 125
species.

Notable birds included:

Clark's Grebe - 1 Sprague Lake (Lincoln County)
Wild Turkey - 3 Bassett Park
Dunlin - 1 at a small wetland along SR-23 (Lincoln County)
Eurasian Collard-Dove - 3 Bassett Park (a local resident told us there were
4 and a nest was located in their spruce tree)
Townsend's Warbler hybrid - 1 Bassett Park (an unusual bird that appeared to
be a hybrid though with what is uncertain)

Common birds offering great views:

Common Nighthawk - 1 Palouse Falls State Park (perched on a limb in plain
view and preened and offered obliging photo opportunities)
Grasshopper Sparrow - many along SR-261 perched on fences
Barn Owl - several at Hooper offering nice flight views and scope views
Burrowing Owl - Brief but nice view near LaCrosse
Black Tern - many hawking over Sprague Lake
Hammond's Flycatcher - 2 Bassett Park very cooperative individuals at close
range allowing opportunity for descriptive ID characteristics.

A full list and blow-by-blow account will be forthcoming (hopefully this can
be published either in the WOS Website or Washington Birder).

Cheers

Doug Schonewald
Moses Lake, WA

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