Here is a quick summary of the highlights from Saturday, August 2. My route took me from starting near Fishtrap Lake to Steptoe Butte. I hit a nice pond on the highway south of Sprague with lots of shorebirds! It was a bit windy all day as well.

Hog Lake (Spokane Co.)

Osprey
Belted Kingfisher
Rock Wren (several in the rocks at the boat launch)

Sprague Highway (Lincoln Co.)

Swainson's Hawk (awesome view of a light adult overhead)

Sprague STP (Lincoln Co.)

Redhead (1 male)
Bank Swallow (in the thousands)

Sprague Lake (Lincoln Co.)

Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe (with young)
Double-crested Comorant
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper
Eastern Kingbird
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird

Sprague Lake (Adams Co.)

Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Comorant
American Coot
Osprey
Marsh Wren

Highway 23 south of Sprague (Lincoln Co.)

First ponds with shorebirds

Greater Yellowlegs (2)
Baird's Sandpiper (1)
Western Sandpiper (5)
Long-billed Dowitcher (2)
Wilson's Phalarope (1)

Last pond - just north of the Whitman county line (Lincoln Co.)

Killdeer (10)
Greater Yellowlegs (13)
Lesser Yellowlegs (9)
Long-billed Dowitcher (6)
Wilson's Phalarope (5)

Steptoe Butte (Whitman Co.)

Northern Harrier
American Kestrel (2 hunting near the top)
Western Wood-pewee
Rock Wren
House Wren
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole
American Goldfinch

Good birding!

Tim O'Brien
Liberty Lake, WA
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