This past Sunday-Monday, Evan Houston and I did a short backpack on Cleman Mountain, handily avoiding the rain but not the wind. We also made stops at Oak Creek WA, the Angel Lake burn area and a couple of places on Bethel Ridge. It was a nice, though brief, trip through some favorite areas, which provided some worthwhile sightings and over 80 species of birds.

Golden Eagle - Oak Creek WA
White-throated Swift - a few at Oak Creek WA, Angel Lake Burn
Lewis?s Woodpecker - several at Oak Creek WA
Williamson?s Sapsucker - Cleman Mountain Rd 1713, Bald Mountain Rd, Angel Lake burn
Red-naped Sapsucker - Oak Creek WA
Black-backed Woodpecker - 2 at Angel Lake burn; one was ?sharing? a snag with a Hairy Woodpecker, about 1 meter apart
Gray Flycatcher - lots! on Cleman Mountain and Bethel Ridge locations; several family groups with begging young
Dusky Flycatcher - Bethel Ridge burn
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER - 2 at Oak Creek WA
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Rock and Canyon Wren - Selah Canyon Rest Area
Western and Mountain Bluebird - 2 and many, Cleman Mountain Rd 1714
Townsend?s Solitaire - Cleman Mountain, with bluebirds
Nashville Warbler - Cleman Mountain Rd 1713, Bethel Ridge Rd, Cash Prairie
MacGillivray?s Warbler - several locations on Cleman Mountain, all those seen were either adult female or young birds
Brewer?s Sparrow - Oak Creek WA, Cleman Mountain Rd 1714, Bethel Ridge burn; several opportunities to contrast with young Chipping Sparrows
Lincoln?s Sparrow - Cash Prairie, White Pass campground
Red Crossbill (type 2) - Oak Creek WA, Cleman Mountain Rd 1714

Scott Ramos
Seattle