Subject: [Tweeters] Great-tailed Grackle & more
Date: May 4 20:49:20 2008
From: Michael - michael-fleming at myway.com
This weekend I decided to make the trek over to Liberty Lake for the GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, not knowing how many more years, if any, it will continue to return. Having been birding in the Houston area just two weekends ago (where there are plenty of grackles), I had a tough time deciding whether to go after this bird. Thanks to Ron Dexter for the excellent directions and tips on locating the bird. I just drove up to the Liberty Lake Golf course and sat down on the bench where Ron suggested and within 2 minutes the grackle was there (a good state bird).
On the way over and back I stopped at several locations including; the Dodson Road area, Ginkgo State Park - Vantage, the Old Vantage Highway, Soap Lake, the Davenport Cemetery, and Cle Elum among others. Additional highlights of the birding weekend included:
EARED GREBE - Soap Lake
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN - 15 of them near Wilson Creek
GREAT EGRET - along Dodson Road
CINNAMON TEAL - along Dodson Road
REDHEAD - Oasis Park, Ephrata and along Dodson Road
BLACK-NECKED STILT - Dodson Road
AMERICAN AVOCET - Soap Lake
WILSON'S SNIPE - displaying, along Dodson Road
LONG-BILLED CURLEW - Dodson Road
WILSON'S PHALAROPE - Dodson Road
GREAT HORNED OWL - along the Old Vantage Highway
WHITE-THROATED SWIFT - Lenore Lake
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - Davenport Cemetery
SAGE THRASHER - approx MP 22 Old Vantage Highway
HERMIT THRUSH - Davenport Cemetery
EVENING GROSBEAK - Cle Elum
NASHVILLE and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS - Ginkgo State Park, Vantage
SAGE SPARROW - MP 20 Old Vantage Highway
Cheers and Good Birding;
Michael Fleming
Ballard, Washington
Michael-Fleming AT myway.com
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