After leading a very pleasant day through the lower grand coulee yesterday I decided I still needed some birding time and ventured to Colockum Pass last night area to try for Boreal Owl and anything else that might be around. Specifically, I located a response from one Boreal Owl near Naneum Meadows. Subsquent stops at Colockum Pass resulted in a response from a Northern Saw-whet Owl and then a few incidental great-horned owls flying accross the road while heading back to Ellensburg. A perfect night to be owling, cooling down after a warm September day with a clear sky and little to no wind.

On the Seattle Audubon trip, a few notables:

A pacific-slope flycatcher at Ginko Overlook

Black-bellied plover remaining at Soap Lake, south beach

Two flocks of Sandhill cranes passing overhead at Lake Lenore, each flock about 65-70 birds.

Sanderling at Coulee City Sewage Ponds.

The white-throated sparrow seen by myself on Friday at Sun Lakes St. Park couldn't be relocated, the park in general was very slow on Saturday.

Scott Downes
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Yakima WA