May 16, 2009
Spokane County with Jon Isacoff
Today 12 birders had a great day out for a WOS field
trip. The birding was superb; the weather was glorious; and
the company was wonderful. As a group, we totalled 103
species (see full list below). Notable was the brilliant
Lewis's Woodpecker discovered a few days earlier by Terry
Little, which made a great appearance for all. Of great
interest, we had a Dusky Grouse calling in a spot known for
typical drumming of Ruffed Grouse along
Madison Road. The original call was responded to when an Ipod was
played back and was heard by at least eight of the group,
making for a positive ID. This is to my knowledge one of a
handful (perhaps the only?) Dusky report in
Spokane
below 3500 feet elevation.
Trip details are as follows:
Start Time: 6:30
AM
End Time:
5:30 PM
Locations Visited:
Liberty Lake County Park; Peone Prairie Wetland; Little
Spokane Canoe Launch; Little; Spokane Indian Painted Rocks;
Riverside SP Deep Creek Overlook.
Weather Conditions:
48-73 Degrees, sunny
Notable Species: Dusky
Grouse; Lewis's Woodpecker; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Lesser
Yellowlegs
Notable Species Missed:
Blue-winged Teal; Northern Harrier; Hairy Woodpecker;
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Trip Species List
|
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
DUSKY GROUSE
Wild Turkey
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
|
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbrid
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
|
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville
Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House
Sparrow |
