Hi Tweets,

This morning I went to Potholes State Park to check for migrant passerines.
The park was very busy with birds and not busy with campers both of which
elicited sighs of relief on my part.
Migrants were busily feeding in the row of brush and trees along the south
border of the camping area. The following were noted (in no particular
order).

MacGillivray's Warbler - 8
Fox Sparrow (slate-colored)- 1
Wilson's Warbler - 5
Yellow Warbler - 2
Townsend's Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 43
Warbling Vireo - 5
Cassin's Vireo - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 23
Song Sparrow - 5
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Dusky Flycatcher - 1
Hammond's Flycatcher - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Western Tanager - 3

Shorebirds observed along the shore of Potholes State Park included:

Semipalmated Plover - 1
Western Sandpiper - 11
Baird's Sandpiper - 3

After departing Potholes State Park I stopped at Lind Coulee where I met
John Wallace. Perusing shorebirds on both the east and west side of Road M
SE provided the following.

Baird's Sandpiper - 17
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 3
Western Sandpiper - 70+
Least Sandpiper - 4
Pectoral Sandpiper - 5
STILT SANDPIPER - 2
Long-billed Dowitcher - 15
Lesser Yellowlegs - 8
Greater Yellowlegs - 5

All-in-all a really nice morning in the Columbia Basin. There were no
rarities, but the morning was cool and crisp with no wind and there were
plenty of migrants to keep the hopes alive.

Cheers

Doug Schonewald
Moses Lake, WA
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