Saturday the ABC group of 19 birders and 5 vehicles met at 7:30 at the Snoqualmie Pass rest stop and headed east. First stop was Confluence park in Wenatchee where the warmed rest room was used and we briefly scoped the river, yielding a few ducks and grebes, but really less than usual. From there Read More…
Category: Okanogan County
North-Central Washington Winter Trip Jan 2017
Ken led our annual MLK weekend trip again and I wrote up a trip report for the ABC birding site. Here are a few photos I didn’t put there.
Finishing Strong: Day 3 Winter E WA Trip
MLK Day in the North Central WA was a great way for Ken to lead the last day of his last field trip as leader the Tahoma Audubon Advanced Birding Class. We started by driving around Omak looking for waxwings and raptors in the city without much success. It seems like the whole area has Read More…
Day 2: Okanagan Highlands.
Today we took pretty much our usual routes for Day 2 of the 3-day MLK weekend North Central WA winter specialty trip, and had a spectacular day. We started by rallying for a potty stop in Tonasket after leaving the Omak Inn at 7 AM. We headed straight for Fancher Road and got the expected Read More…
Day 1 Okanogan Trip
Today Susan Pendleton and Susan Boynton met at our my house and we headed for Snoqualmie pass where we met up with Ken’s birding class and headed east. Part way up the west side of the Cascades on I-90 we encountered snow and drove in snow to the pass and for about an hour further Read More…