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March
March 21 to 27
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Othello Crane Festival and
Columbia NWR
April
April 14 to 17
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Othello - sandhill cranes
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Duley Lake - goldeneyes
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Cassimar Bar Natural Area
- pelicans, RWBB's
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Quincy WA - shrub-steppe,
YHBB's (good)
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George - YHBB's (good)
April 18 to 23
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Tri Cities
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Wildflower hikes - Horse
Heaven Hills, Red Mountain (good)
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Birds - burrowing owls (good),
great horned owl babies (good)
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Elk on SR240 - best in winter
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Bickleton - bluebirds, Hoot
'n Holler
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Ellensburg
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Wildflowers - Hayward Hill,
Quilomene WA, Umtanum Canyon
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Bluebirds - Wenas
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Ginkgo Petrified Forest SP,
Olmstead Place SP (both good)
April 27,28
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Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival
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Bottle Beach
May
May 10 to 12
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Kittitas Environmental Education
Network
Shrub Steppe Weekend
-- Ellensburg, Umtanum Canyon (Central
WA Wildflowers)
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Swauk Pass - birds
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Wenatchee - Confluence Park,
Peshastin SP - wildflowers, birds
May 12 to 22
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Grand Coulee area - wildflowers,
bluebirds
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Almira Bluebird Trail
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Great WA Birding Trail locations
(Soap, Banks, and Lenore lakes)
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Wildflower hikes: Steamboat
Rock, Northrup Canyon, Spring Canyon, Sun Lakes Old Jeep Trail
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Rebecca Lake - birds
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Soap Lake - curlews
Ancient Lakes,
Dusty Lake
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Okanogan
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Bridgeport Bar - birds, pelicans
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Winthrop - Sullivan Pond,
bluebirds
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Winthrop - Pipestone Canyon
- birds, wildflowers, rocks, butterflies
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Winthrop - Beaver Lake -
birds
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Tonasket - Beaver and Beth
lakes - birds, Lost Lake - loon
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Molson and Conconully
- bluebirds
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Sampoil River - birds
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Wilbur to Douglas
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Swanson Lakes, Twin Lakes
- birds
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Fishtrap and Hog lakes -
wildlfowers?
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Waterville - Indian Camp
Rd - birds, lupine, bluebirds;
Douglas Creek N - no
birds
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Wilson Creek - tri
colored bbs
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Sampoil River - birds
May 23-24 (on way home)
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Colockum WA - WWRC
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Wildflower hikes
- Lake Kachess, Cle Elum Ridge, and Way Creek trail - no - snowed in or
new roads
June
June 6
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Tennant Lake Walk - birds,
wetlands, historic structures - Karen & Kathe
June 15 - 17
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Naches hikes - Meeks Table,
Edgar Rock
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Wenas area - birds
June 18 to 21
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Odessa - Sylvan Lake
- GBHs
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Reardon - eared grebes
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Usk - osprey
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Sprague -
Crooked
Knee & Rock lakes, Hole in the Ground - birds
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Kahlotus - birding areas
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Turnbull NWR - birds
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Spokane - Auntie's Bookstore
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Spokane - Riverside Park,
Little Spokane Natural Area - birds
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Blue Mountains -
Misery Springs, Grouse Flat, Wickiup Wickiup - wildflowers, birds
(blocked by snow)
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Blue Mountains -
Jasper Mtn Rd (bluebirds), Skyline (wildflowers), Rainbow Lake
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Grand Ronde - bighorn
sheep
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Clarkston - bluebird
trail
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Richland - Columbia River
boat trip
June 27-28
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? Washtucna - Lake
Kahlotus, Palouse Falls, Sand Hills County Park (lazuli buntings)
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? Pasco - Two Rivers
Co Park - wood ducks
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Yakima, Naches, Tieton
River - birds and wildflowers (consult with ranger)
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Red Rock Pass near
Ape Cave - wildflowers, birds
July
/ August
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Mountain wildflowers
and baby animals
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North Cascades Birding
Trail
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Washington Coast
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Southern bird migrations
Busy remodeling house
for 2 wedding receptions and guests in September
(daughter and nephew)
Note:
I can't imagine an unscruptulous
person
logging onto this page,
but just in case.......
My house is NOT empty
when I'm traveling.
I share my home with
my daughter
and her new husband.
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