May 22 was was a cold and it was windy, but 12 of us ventured out with Mike and MerryLynn Denny for a great day of birding. Our first stop was South Fork Coppei Creek where a warbling vireo, yellow warblers, black-headed grosbeaks and a western tanager gave us the best views. Several western bluebirds, a Hammond's flycatcher, a Cooper's hawk and a northern harrier were very cooperative on the road up to the "T" Once at the junction we found a very nice MacGillivray's warbler and a noisy house wren. We ate lunch overlooking a spectacular view of the South Fork of the Touchet River. Further up the road we ran into a feeding flock of birds that included mountain and black-capped chickadees, ruby-crowned kinglets, orange-crowned warblers, yellow-rumped warblers, red-breasted nuthatches and a crippling view of a Townsend's warbler near the base of a tree that was surrounded by beautiful blue camus. A hermit thrush hopped around on the side of the road at another stop and a red-naped sapsucker worked a tree in front of us. We saw or heard a total of 63 species. We could see the snow from the top, but we had no rain or snow all day. Some of the early wildflowers were blooming, but many are waiting for us to see on Priscilla's Wildflower Field Trip June 19.
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