[obol] Summer Lake 8-1-07

[Julie Van Moorhem]

Marilyn Christian and I birded Summer Lake yesterday and saw most of  
the same shorebirds Steve Dougill's group saw a couple of days  
earlier.  The SNOWY PLOVER (5 or 6) were running around in  
characteristic fashion, and the WILSON'S PHALAROPES were spinning so  
fast sometimes it made me dizzy to watch!  We saw LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHER, IBIS, KILLDEER, LEAST SANDPIPER, CANVASBACK, FORSTER'S  
TERN, GREAT EGRET,  GREAT BLUE HERON, heard a SORA among others.  We  
didn't take time to ID all the ducks.  On the way to the Fremont  
Overlook we found the BLUE-GREY GNATCATCHER, MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE,  
WESTERN SCRUB JAY.  We stopped at the first cattle guard because we  
wre running out of time.

  Not Found:  BLACK-THROATED SPARROW, MARBLED GODWIT.  I guess that  
means I have to go back again!  It's a fabulous place--my first  
birding there, but not the last.

Many thanks to Steve Dougill for the info he provided for our trip.

Good birding y'all,
Julie Van Moorhem
Klamath Falls