Washington Nature Photography
Spring and Summer Travel Schedule
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Tentative Schedule
March

March 21 to 27 

  • Othello Crane Festival and Columbia NWR
April
April 14 to 17
  • Othello - sandhill cranes 
  • Duley Lake - goldeneyes
  • Cassimar Bar Natural Area - pelicans, RWBB's
  • Quincy WA - shrub-steppe, YHBB's (good)
  • George - YHBB's (good)
April 18 to 23
  • Tri Cities 
    • Wildflower hikes - Horse Heaven Hills, Red Mountain (good)
    • Birds - burrowing owls (good), great horned owl babies (good)
    • Elk on SR240 - best in winter
  • Bickleton - bluebirds, Hoot 'n Holler 
  • Ellensburg
    • Wildflowers - Hayward Hill, Quilomene WA, Umtanum Canyon
    • Bluebirds - Wenas
    • Ginkgo Petrified Forest SP, Olmstead Place SP (both good)
April 27,28
  • Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival
  • Bottle Beach 
May

May 10 to 12

  • Kittitas Environmental Education Network 

  • Shrub Steppe Weekend -- Ellensburg, Umtanum Canyon  (Central WA Wildflowers)
  • Swauk Pass - birds
  • Wenatchee - Confluence Park, Peshastin SP - wildflowers,  birds
May 12 to 22
  • Grand Coulee area - wildflowers, bluebirds
    • Almira Bluebird Trail
    • Great WA Birding Trail locations (Soap, Banks, and Lenore lakes)
    • Wildflower hikes: Steamboat Rock, Northrup Canyon, Spring Canyon, Sun Lakes Old Jeep Trail
    • Rebecca Lake - birds
    • Soap Lake - curlews

    • Ancient Lakes, Dusty Lake
  • Okanogan
    • Bridgeport Bar - birds, pelicans
    • Winthrop - Sullivan Pond, bluebirds
    • Winthrop - Pipestone Canyon - birds, wildflowers, rocks, butterflies
    • Winthrop - Beaver Lake - birds
    • Tonasket - Beaver and Beth lakes - birds, Lost Lake - loon 
    • Molson and Conconully - bluebirds
    • Sampoil River - birds
  • Wilbur to Douglas
    • Swanson Lakes, Twin Lakes - birds
    • Fishtrap and Hog lakes - wildlfowers?
    • Waterville - Indian Camp Rd - birds, lupine, bluebirds; 

    • Douglas Creek N - no birds
    • Wilson Creek - tri colored bbs
    • Sampoil River - birds
May 23-24 (on way home)
  • Colockum WA - WWRC
  • Wildflower hikes - Lake Kachess, Cle Elum Ridge, and Way Creek trail - no - snowed in or new roads 
June
June 6
  • Tennant Lake Walk - birds, wetlands, historic structures - Karen & Kathe
June 15 - 17
  • Naches hikes - Meeks Table, Edgar Rock
  • Wenas area - birds
June 18 to 21
  • Odessa - Sylvan Lake - GBHs
  • Reardon - eared grebes
  • Usk - osprey
  • Sprague - Crooked Knee & Rock lakes, Hole in the Ground - birds
  • Kahlotus - birding areas
  • Turnbull NWR - birds
  • Spokane - Auntie's Bookstore
  • Spokane - Riverside Park, Little Spokane Natural Area - birds
  • Blue Mountains - Misery Springs, Grouse Flat, Wickiup Wickiup - wildflowers, birds (blocked by snow)
  • Blue Mountains - Jasper Mtn Rd (bluebirds), Skyline (wildflowers), Rainbow Lake
  • Grand Ronde - bighorn sheep
  • Clarkston - bluebird trail
  • Richland - Columbia River boat trip
June 27-28
  • ? Washtucna - Lake Kahlotus, Palouse Falls, Sand Hills County Park (lazuli buntings)
  • ? Pasco - Two Rivers Co Park - wood ducks
  • Yakima, Naches, Tieton River - birds and wildflowers (consult with ranger)
  • Red Rock Pass near Ape Cave - wildflowers, birds


July / August

  • Mountain wildflowers and baby animals
  • North Cascades Birding Trail
  • Washington Coast
  • Southern bird migrations


Busy remodeling house for 2 wedding receptions and guests in September
(daughter and nephew)

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I can't imagine an unscruptulous person 
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My house is NOT empty when I'm traveling. 
I share my home with my daughter 
and her new husband. 

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