Hello,

Out and about this morning, encountering some fun birds along the way.

At Reardan Audubon Lake: Eared Grebes with lots of babies, Least and
Western Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted
Sandpiper. Long billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Snipe. Shorebirds now are best
viewed about 100 feet to the east of the parking area along the trail,
allowing viewing into a narrow mudflat and shallow area that will probably
continue to be productive for a while.

An hour in very birdy Mill Canyon yielded 62 species. Some of the better
birds seen: Red necked Grebe, Greater Yellowlegs, WHITE HEADED WOODPECKER
(nice to see they are still around), Cassin's Vireo, Olive sided, Dusky,
and Gray Flycatchers, Canyon, Bewick's and House Wren, Mountain (many) and
Western Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire, Gray Catbird, American Pipits,
Yellow Warbler, Red Crossbill, Evening Grosbeak.

Davenport Cemetery was pretty dead (sorry) but Old Kuck's Road yielded a
Prairie Falcon, numerous Sage Thrashers, and a few Brewer's and Vesper
Sparrows, Say's Phoebes

The Eastern Sprague STP is almost dry hosting only 3 Baird's Sandpipers.
There were Bonaparte Gulls and Red necked Phalaropes on the Lincoln side of
Sprague Lake. The Adams side of Sprague was much more productive with over
500 Red necked Phalaropes and more Bonaparte Gulls joined by 2 FRANKLIN'S
GULLS, 22 FORSTER'S TERNS, and 2 COMMON TERNS.

In Whitman County, Sheep Lake had 10 basic plumaged American Avocets, and a
Greater Yellowlegs,

Blessings
Terry Little
Mead, Wa