Charlie Wright and I birded from Vantage to the Walla Walla River
Delta on Tuesday. On Wednesday we met up with Tom Aversa and Brad
Waggoner to cover Washtucna, Palouse Falls, and Lyons Ferry (with
Michael Woodruff). Today we birded around Sprague Lake and Potholes
Reservoir. Highlights from the three days include three Sabine's
Gulls, a Parasitic Jaeger, an Arctic Tern, two Black Swifts, a
Tennessee Warbler and three Black-throated Gray Warblers. Also around
10 Nashville Warblers which seemed like a decent amount for these
dates, and Slate-colored Fox Sparrows at several locations.

7 Sept 2010

Wanapum State Park
17 small terns
3 RN Phalarope
1 GC Sparrow

Ginkgo State Park
1 GC Sparrow
1 Pine Siskin

Sentinel Bluffs
2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER

Dodd Rd
2 Semipalmated Sandpiper
53 RN Phalarope
1 Western Kingbird

Wallula
1 juv MEW GULL

Levey Park
1 BH Grosbeak

8 Sept 2010

Windust
1 flyover Greater Yellowlegs

Ralston (Brad & Tom only)
1 Red-naped Sapsucker

Washtucna
2 BLACK SWIFT
6 Vaux's Swift
1 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER

Lyons Ferry
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Golden Eagle
3 Vaux's Swift
2 Gray Flycatcher
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Gray Catbird
1 Lark Sparrow
1 Bullock's Oriole

Palouse Falls
80 (!) WT Swift

Washtucna
133 (!) Eurasian Collared-Dove

9 Sept 2010

Sprague Lake Resort
1 TENNESSEE WARBLER
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
10 Lincoln's Sparrow

Sprague Cemetery
1 Gray Flycatcher
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Gray Catbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Lark Sparrow
1 Lapland Longspur
2 Pine Siskin

Sprague Lake (Lincoln Co.)
1 Gray Catbird

Sprague Lake (Adams Co.)
2 Clark's Grebe
2 SABINE'S GULL
1 ARCTIC TERN
1 Tree Swallow

Potholes Reservoir
1 American Avocet
1 Solitary Sandpiper (cinnamomea)
5 Sanderling
49 (!) Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Stilt Sandpiper
1 juv SABINE'S GULL
3 Common Tern
1 ad PARASITIC JAEGER

Good birding!
Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA