Hi Folks:

I’m organizing a field trip to the East Side to look for Sage Grouse and other sage nominate species. The trip will be from April 14 – 15. We will meet at the Snoqualmie Pass Traveller’s Rest @ 8:00 am on Saturday, 14 April. Spending the night in Grand Coulee.

The general outline is to try some new areas including Beezley Hills and Moses Coulee on Saturday. If time allows, we’ll head off to Wilson Creek, then overnight in Grand Coulee. Sunday will be early, since we must arrive at the Leahy lek site by sunrise. I scouted the lek on March 24th and saw 21 Sage Grouse, including 18 males. The only good thing about getting up that early is leaving plenty of time on Sunday to bird our way back. Possible destinations include the upper Moses Coulee, the Bridgeport area and Badger Mountain.

Please email me at rwiese@wamail.net if you’re interested.

Thank you,

Ryan Wiese