Dear WA birders,

I will be traveling in the Great Northwest following a meeting in
Portland. (I will be traveling 9/25-10/1.) I have reservations for a
pelagic trip out of Wesport on Sunday Sept. the 27 and would like to
take in the sights and bird for the rest of the time. I have quite an
extensive list of western birds that I would like to see but I have a
feeling that many will have already departed for parts south or will
have not yet arrived by the time I get to WA. I have a copy of A Birders
Guide to WA. As much as I welcome recommendations for specific places to
bird, perhaps even more I would like suggestions for a route to travel
to best take advantage of my list and view the beauty of the Northwest.
I have gone over the WA checklist and have "narrowed" it down to those
birds which would be lifers for me. I have highlighted birds of
particular interest with ** and *. Thanks for any help. Probably best to
respond off-list.

Chazz Hesselein
Mobile, AL

Emperor Goose
Cackling Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon*
King Eider*
Barrow?s Goldeneye**
Chukar*
Gray Partridge*
Ruffed Grouse*
Greater Sage-Grouse*
Spruce Grouse*
White-tailed Ptarmigan*
Blue Grouse*
Sharp-tailed Grouse*
Mountain Quail
Arctic Loon
Yellow-billed Loon*
Red-necked Grebe**
Northern Goshawk*
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle*
Gyrfalcon
Prairie Falcon*
Yellow Rail
Virginia Rail
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Mountain Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Rock Sandpiper**
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Mew Gull**
Thayer?s Gull
Iceland Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull*
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-legged Kittiwake
Arctic Tern
Thick-billed Murre
Long-billed Murrelet
Kittlitz?s Murrelet
Xantus?s Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin?s Auklet
Parakeet Auklet
Whiskered Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Horned Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Flammulated Owl*
Western Screech-Owl*
Northern Hawk Owl*
Northern Pygmy-Owl*
Spotted Owl**
Great Gray Owl**
Long-eared Owl*
Short-eared Owl*
Boreal Owl*
Northern Saw-whet Owl*
Common Poorwill
Black Swift
Costa?s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Lewis?s Woodpecker**
Williamson?s Sapsucker*
Red-naped Sapsucker*
American Three-toed Woodpecker*
Black-backed Woodpecker**
Olive-sided Flycatcher*
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond?s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Northern Shrike*
Pinyon Jay
Black-billed Magpie*
Northwestern Crow**
Sky Lark
Boreal Chickadee*
Rock Wren
Townsend?s Solitaire**
Sage Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
Black-throated Gray Warbler*
Hermit Warbler*
Green-tailed Towhee**
Black-throated Sparrow*
Sage Sparrow*
Grasshopper Sparrow**
Lincoln?s Sparrow**
Golden-crowned Sparrow**
Lapland Longspur*
Lazuli Bunting**
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch**
Pine Grosbeak**
Red Crossbill**
White-winged Crossbill**
Evening Grosbeak**