on June 11th my birding mentor, Charlie Sheard, took me on a fun trip to a
few of the spots listed in the Audubon map of the Coulee Corridor Scenic
Byway. Our stops included Birder's Corner, O'Sullivan Dam, North Potholes
Reserve, Potholes Reservoir Peninsula and Crab Creek Overlook. The water was
VERY high, so we're planning another tour of the area in August in hopes of
seeing more shore activity. It's hard to pick a highlight, but thanks to
Vicki Blitz's post on Tweeters we saw two Burrowing Owls, a lifer for me, on
highway 283 where mile-post marker 13 should be. Here is our list for the
day:



Pied-billed Grebe

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Gadwall

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Redhead

Turkey Vulture

Northern Harrier

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

California Quail

Ring-necked Pheasant

American Coot

Black-necked Stilt

Killdeer

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Mourning Dove

Burrowing Owl

Black Swift

Western Wood-Pewee

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Bewick's Wren

American Robin

Northern Shrike

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

European Starling

American Goldfinch

Song Sparrow

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird



Cheers,



Dick Martin

Wenatchee Valley