WOS Field Trip Write-Ups
by Field Trip Leaders
2012
5 May
Cowlitz County with Russ Koppendrayer
28 April
Clark County with Randy Hill
25 April
Grays Harbor County with Brian Bell
21 April
Yakima County with Michael Hobbs
14-15 April
San Juan Islands with Matt Bartels
18-20 February
Waterville Plateau and Okanogan with Shep Thorp and Ruth Sullivan
11 February
Owls by Day with Mike and MerryLynn Denny
13-16 January
Southeast Washington with Tim O'Brien
14-16 January
Winter Birds of Okanogan and Doulgas Counties with Stefan Schlick and Michael Fleming
2011
4 December
Whatcom County Shoreline with Joe Meche
30 September - 2 October
Northeast Washington with Tim O'Brien and Terry Little
17-18 September
Clark County with Randy Hill
11 September
2nd Annual Potholes Pelagic with Mike Denny
10-11 September
Grant County with Scott Downes
27 August
Grays Harbor County with Brian H. Bell
15 August
Skagit County with Gary Bletsch
1-4 July
Northeast Washington with Ken Knittle
18-21 June
Klickitat County with Wilson Cady
3-5 June
Skamania County with Michael Hobbs
12-15 May
A Slice Through Eastern Washington with Ken Knittle
7-8 May
San Juan Islands with Matt Bartels
27 April
Grays Harbor County with Brian H. Bell
26 March
Jefferson and Kitsap Counties with Brad and Dan Waggoner
11-13 March
Klickitat County with Michael Hobbs
February 26
Olympic Peninsula with Brian Bell
February 19-21
Okanogan Highlands and Waterville Plateau with Ruth Sullivan and Shep Thorp
February 12
Owls by Day with Mike and MerryLynn Denny
January 20
Owls by Night (on Bainbridge Island) with Jamie Acker
January 15-16-17
Douglas and Okanogan Counties with Stefan Schlick and Michael Fleming
January 15-16-17
Southeastern Washington with Tim O'Brien
January 2
Wahkiakum County with Andrew Emlen
2010
December 7
Samish and Skagit Flats with Brian H. Bell
September 25
Takhlakh Lake with Ken Knittle
September 11
Potholes Reservoir Semi-Pelagic with Mike Denny
May 23
Wenatchee Valley with Dan Stephens
May 8
Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties with Marv Breece
April 24-25
San Juan Islands with Matt Bartels and MaryFrances Mathis
April 24
Sage and Shore with Tim O'Brien
April 14
Kittitas County with Brian Bell
March 27
Kittitas County with Kraig Kemper
March 21
Mason County with Matt Bartels
February 13-14-15
Okanogan and Waterville Plateau with Tim O'Brien and Ruth Sullivan
February 13-14-15
Okanogan and Waterville Plateau (report by Ruth Sullivan)
February 6-7-8
Okanogan and Douglas Counties with Stefan Schlick and Michael Fleming
February 6
Owls by Day with Mike and MerryLynn Denny
2009
November 14
Birding in the Footsteps of Townsend with Mike and MerryLynn Denny
November 1
Spokane County Big Day with Tim O'Brien
October 10
Marrowstone Island and Port Townsend with Brian Bell
July 13
Naches Pass with Gene Hunn
July 12
Whitman County with Michael Woodruff and Gina Sheridan
July 1- 5
Northeastern Washington with Ken Knittle
May 30-31
Blue Mountains, Columbia and Garfield Counties with Ken Knittle
May 16
Spokane County with Jon Isacoff
May 4
Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties with Marv Breece
May 2
Cle Elum Trip with Michael Hobbs
April 18
Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap County with Brad Waggoner
April 4
Brian Bell - Trip to Port Townsend
March 21
Tim O'Brien and Matt Bartels led a trip to Mason County
February 14
Owls by Day - Mike and MerryLynn Denny
February 14-16
Waterville Plateau & Okanogan trip, led by Stefan Schlick & Ruth Sullivan.
2008
July 26
Whidbey Island with Brian Bell
July 2 - 6
Northeastern Washington, led by Ken Knittle
April 29
Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties with Marv Breece
April 26
Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties with Tim O'Brien
March 7
Skagit and Samish Flats with Brian Bell
Waterville Plateau and Okanogan, led by Ruth Sullivan and Stefan Schlick
February 16
Owls By Day - Mike & MerryLynn Denny
2007
August 22
Marv Breece led a trip to The Nature Conservancy’s Port Susan Bay Preserve in Snohomish County
August 21
Gary Bletsch led a trip in Skagit County hiking from the Rainy Pass trailhead to Cutthroat Pass
July 21
Whidbey Island Fall Migration with Brian Bell
July 1-4
Blue Mountains of Washington with Ken Knittle
May 5
Scott Downes led a trip to Douglas and Grant counties
April 14
Michael Hobbs led a trip in Kittitas County
March 24
Ken Knittle led a field trip to Whitcomb Island, Crow Butte State Park, and Roosevelt in Benton County, and eastern Klickitat County
February 10
Owls by Day led by Mike and Merry Lynn Denny
January 13-15
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan led a trip to the Waterville Plateau
2006
November 4
Ken Knittle led a trip along the Columbia River in southern Skamania County
October 21
Brad Waggoner led a trip in Kitsap County covering areas from Bainbridge Island to Point No Point
October 7
Matthew Moskwik led a trip to high elevation areas of Pend Oreille County
September 16
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan led a trip to Bottle Beach and Tokeland
August 10
Whidbey Island, Island County — Brian Bell
July 1-4
Blue Mountains — Ken Knittle
May 26-27
Doug Schonewald will lead a two-day trip in eastern Washington
May 6-7
Ken Knittle led a trip for rare shorebirds and migrant passerines beginning in southeastern Washington
April 22
Michael Hobbs led a trip in Kittitas County
February 18
Owls by Day, led by Mike and MerryLynn Denny
February 11-12
Ruth and Patrick Sullivan led a two-day trip to the Waterville Plateau
January 28
Ken Knittle led a field trip to the Woodland Bottoms, Ridgefield NWR, and surrounding area
2005
October 29
Brad Waggoner led a trip in Kitsap County covering areas from Bainbridge Island to Point No Point
September 17
Grays Harborand Pacific Counties – Patrick and Ruth Sullivan
May 7-9
Ken Knittle led a three-day E. WA trip
April 2-3
Doug Schonewald led a weekend trip to the Upper Grand Coulee and Dodson Road/Potholes area of Grant County
March 26
Scott Downes led a trip exploring the shrub-steppe starting in eastern Kittitas County, through Vantage and on to the Othello area in Grant County
February 12
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan led a trip to the Waterville Plateau in Douglas County
January 8
Ken Knittle led a field trip to Wahkiakum County
2004
December 4-5
Kraig and Kathy Kemper led a trip to the Waterville Plateau
November 20
Gary Bletsch led a field trip in Skagit County
November 13
Wilson Cady led a trip to the Ridgefield NWR and Vancouver Lake Lowlands
November 6
Marv Breece led a field trip to Ocean Shores
October 16
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan led a trip in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties
September 11
Doug Schonewald led a trip in Grant County
June 12
Mark Houston led a trip to the Sanpoil River valley in Ferry County
May 1-2
Ken Knittle led a two-day trip for rare shorebirds and migrant passerines in E. WA
April 10
Michael Hobbs led a trip in Kittitas County
March 20
Doug Schonewald led a trip to Grant and Douglas Counties
February 21
Owls by Day, led by Mike Denny
February 14
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan led a trip to the Waterville Plateau in Douglas County
January 10
Brian Bell led a field trip to the Samish and Skagit flats
2003
November 8
Gary Bletsch led a trip to Skagit County withstops at Rosario Head and Rosario Beach
November 1
Charlie Wright led a trip to Clallam and Jefferson Counties
September 13
Scott Downes led a field trip starting in Kittitas County birding the Vantage area, passing through Grant and Douglas Counties to bird Wenatchee Confluence State Park in Chelan County, and return to Kittitas County by way of Blewett Pass
September 6
Ken Knittle led a migrant bird trip to Washtucna,Lyons Ferry, and other Snake River vagrant traps
August 2
Brian Bell led a trip to Whidbey Island
May 3
Wilson Cady led a trip to the Columbia Gorge
April 26
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan led a trip in Grays Harbor County from Bottle Beach to Ocean Shores
January 11
Marv Breece led a field trip to the Skagit and Samish Flats in Skagit County
