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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