Washington Ornithological Society: Field Trip Target Species

Target Species for Field Trips

Wood Duck -  McNary Dam

Great Egret -  Potholes Reservoir, Dodson Road

Black-crowned Night Heron - McNary Dam; Potholes Reservoir

White-faced Ibis - Possibly Touchet Valley, Iowa Beef ponds

Chukar  - Possibly on cliffs east of Port Kelly

Gray Partridge - To be looked for in Nine-mile Canyon, en route to Lewis Peak

Ruffed Grouse -  Lewis Peak

Dusky Grouse - Difficult to find, but might be anywhere in montane forests

Mountain Quail - Possibly up North Fork Coppei Creek

Wild Turkey - Mill Creek, Tucannon River valley

Clark’s Grebe -  Moses Lake

American White Pelican - Walla Walla River mouth

Swainson’s Hawk - Touchet Valley

Ferruginous Hawk - Hatch Grade, Nine-mile Canyon, La Crosse

Golden Eagle - To be looked for on Hatch Grade, high in the Blue Mountains

Peregrine Falcon - Palouse Falls

Prairie Falcon - Palouse Falls; cliffs just west of Port Kelly

Shorebirds - Mill Creek in Walla Walla, Walla Walla River delta, Yakima River delta, Bateman Island, Iowa Beef ponds, Dodson Rd.

Long-billed Curlew - Possibly Hatch Grade, La Crosse

Wilson’s Phalarope - Iowa Beef ponds

Forster’s Tern - Walla Walla River mouth, Yakima River delta, Bateman Island

Black Tern - Dodson Road

Eurasian Collared-Dove - Touchet, Washtucna

Barn Owl - Walla Walla valley dirt banks, Iowa Beef ponds

Flammulated Owl - Possibly in the Blue Mountain foothills

Western Screech-Owl - College Place, South Fork Coppei Creek, Lewis & Clark SP

Burrowing Owl - Pasco, La Crosse

Great Gray Owl - Possible on Biscuit Ridge, Jasper Mtn.

Short-eared Owl - Possibly Hatch Grade

Long-eared Owl - Bennington Lake, Wind Dust Park, Tucannon River mouth

Common Poorwill - Tucannon River valley

White-throated Swift - Palouse Falls, cliffs at Port Kelly

Black-chinned Hummingbird - Dry Creek feeders

Calliope Hummingbird - Dry Creek feeders

Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Possible at Dry Creek feeders

Lewis’s Woodpecker - Majors Creek, Tucannon River valley

Acorn Woodpecker - Majors Creek

Williamson’s Sapsucker - Godman Springs, Teepee Trailhead

Red-naped Sapsucker - Lewis Peak

Amer. Three-toed Woodpecker - Godman Springs, Teepee Trailhead

Least Flycatcher - Possible at Bennington Lake

Dusky Flycatcher - Anywhere in the Blue Mountains

Gray Flycatcher - where you find them

Cordilleran Flycatcher - So. fork Coppei Creek, Dry Creek, Mill Creek, Tucannon River valley

Ash-throated Flycatcher - Lyle

Eastern Kingbird - So. fork Coppei Creek, Tucannon River valley

Loggerhead Shrike - Nine-mile Canyon, possibly Hatch Grade

Warbling Vireo - Lewis & Clark SP

Gray Jay - Godman Springs

Western Scrub-Jay - Lyle, Majors Creek

Clark’s Nutcracker - High elevations in the Blue Mountains

Bank Swallow - Touchet Valley

Brown Creeper - Godman Springs

Pygmy Nuthatch - Rainbow Lakes

Rock Wren - Nine-mile Canyon, cliffs at Port Kelly, Tucannon River mouth

Canyon Wren - Cliffs at Port Kelly, Tucannon River mouth

American Dipper - Mill Creek; Rainbow Lakes

Bluebirds - Jasper Mtn.

Veery - So. Fk. Coppei Creek, Mill Creek

Gray Catbird - So. Fk. Coppei Creek

Sage Thrasher - East of Connell

Yellow Warbler -  Bennington Lake, Lewis & Clark SP

MacGillivray’s Warbler - Rainbow Lakes

American Redstart - Possible at So. Fk. Coppei Creek

Yellow-breasted Chat - Tucannon River valley

Green-tailed Towhee - Biscuit Ridge, Lewis Peak

Lark Sparrow - Nine-mile Canyon, Six-Prong Rd.

Sage Sparrow - Toppenish NWR

Grasshopper Sparrow - Nine-mile Canyon

Lazuli Bunting - Coppei Creek, Lewis & Clark SP

Bobolink - Toppenish NWR

Tricolored Blackbird - Hermiston

Great-tailed Grackle - Possibly Iowa Beef ponds

Bullock’s Oriole - Bennington Lake, Mill Creek

Red Crossbill - Teepee Trailhead

Lesser Goldfinch - Lyle, Majors Creek

Vagrants: Walla Walla River delta, Hood River Park, Wind Dust Park, Washtucna, Palouse Falls, Lyon’s Ferry, Hooper, La Crosse, Central Ferry

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