Date & Time: 8:00am, Saturday, June 17, 2023
Event Leader: Joseph Cooney
Contact Info: and best way to contact: TXT to (509) 951-3179 is best, or email to jcooney805@gmail.com
Level of Birder: Every level of birder is welcome.
Length of Trip: 1/2 Day Trip from 8 am to Noon
Trip Description: This is a mostly easy walking half-day trip. Liberty Lake hosts some of the best habitat diversity in Spokane County, with breeding grebes on the lake, extensive wetlands and prairie, old second-growth Ponderosa Pine, and some of the best wet belt mixed conifer forest in the area. Contact Joe Cooney (509-951-3179 or by email at jcooney805@gmail.com) June 12th if you plan to attend.
Meet-up Time & Location: We will meet at the first parking lot at Liberty Lake Regional Park at 8:00am, entry fee for the park is $2.
What to bring: A pair of Binoculars, Snacks, Water
Target Species: Red-necked Grebe; Wilson's Snipe; Virginia and Sora Rails; woodpeckers; Hammond’s, Dusky, and Willow Flycatcher; Cassin’s, Warbling, and Red-eyed Vireos; Marsh Wren; Swainson’s Thrush; Veery; Yellow, MacGillivray’s, Orange-crowned, Townsend’s, and Nashville Warblers; American Redstart; Common Yellowthroat among others.