HOTLINE: northern Idaho, eastern Washington
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Date: April 8, 1994
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Stacy Peterson
petest at wwc.edu

- RBA
* northern Idaho, eastern Washington
* Apr 8, 1994
* IDWA9404.08

- Birds mentioned

LONG-BILLED CURLEW
BURROWING OWL
SAGE SPARROW
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
GLAUCOUS GULL
OLDSQUAW

- Transcript

This is Kas Dumroese with the northern Idaho / eastern
Washington
bird hotline for Friday, April 8 (1994). If you wish to
bypass
this recording and simply leave a message for me, including
the
date of your sighting and the DeLorme atlas page number if
you
have it, push the star button on your telephone now.

This hotline, sponsored by Palouse Audubon, is updated
every
Friday sometime before the dinner hour. Bird trips and
meetings
are announced at the end of the recording.

Birds of note reported this week include LONG-BILLED
CURLEWS, BURROWING OWL, SAGE SPARROW, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE,
GLAUCOUS GULL, OLDSQUAW.

John and Marty Hirth saw some good birds near the Crane
Creek
Reservoir just south of Council, Idaho on April 3. They report
37
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, a BURROWING OWL, a singing SAGE SPARROW
on
territory, and 3 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES. See Idaho DeLorme p. 42,
c
as in chickadee, 2. For specific directions, call John Hirth
at
208-883-3962.

On April 3, Andy Stepniewski reports a second year GLAUCOUS
GULL
on the log boom just west of the North Dam on Banks Lake, about
1
mile east of Electric City, Washington. He also reports a
female
OLDSQUAW midway on Lake Lenore southwest of Coolee
City,
Washington. See Washington DeLorme p. 85, a-8, and p. 84, d as
in
dowitcher 4.

The Canyon Birders have two trips planned for April. On
Friday,
April 15, they plan to bird Peola Road, especially looking
for
bluebirds. Half-day or whole-day trip. Bring a lunch if you
plan
to make a day of it. Meet at Swallows Park at 8 am. On
Friday,
April 22, they'll be making their annual spring shorebird
count
for the Pacific Flyway Project. They plan to visit Mann
Lake,
Alpowa Creek and others. Meet at Swallows at 8 am. If you
have
any questions, please call Winnie Hepburn at 208-843-5347.

Palouse Audubon has two presentations coming up. On April
20,
I'll be discussing some local birding areas - how to get to
them
and what you might see. On May 18, Jim Pissot, Director of
the
Washington State Audubon Office will talk about the decline
of
neotropic migrants and the international program to stop
the
decline. Both presentations are at the Moscow Community Center
on
the corner of Third and Washington Streets and both start at
7:30
p.m.

Good birding!

- End transcript