- RBA
* northern Idaho / eastern Washington
* Apr 18, 1994
* IDWA9404.18

- Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK
WHITE-FACED IBIS
EURASION WIGEON
SANDHILL CRANE
BLUE JAY
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
SNOW GOOSE
ROSS' GOOSE
AMERICAN AVOCET
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
AMERICAN PIPITS
Greater Yellowlegs
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cinnamon Teal
Yellow-headed Blackbirds

- Transcript

HOTLINE: northern Idaho / eastern Washington
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Date: April 15, 1994
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Stacy Peterson
petest at wwc.edu

This is Kas Dumroese with the northern Idaho / eastern Washington
bird hotline for Friday, April 15 (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 TUFTED DUCK, WHITE-FACED
IBIS, EURASIAN WIGEON, SANDHILL CRANE, BLUE JAY, ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, SNOW
GOOSE, ROSS' GOOSE, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, AMERICAN PIPITS.

If you missed the TUFTED DUCK a couple of weeks ago, the bird gods
are smiling on you. Russ Roundy reports an adult male in the Reardon,
Washington ponds on April 12. Warren Hall and Jim Acton saw it as well.
The bird was on the west side of Washington Highway 231, just north of
Reardon. On the east side of the highway, Brian Miller saw a WHITE-FACED
IBIS on the 11th. Also in these ponds were AMERICAN AVOCETS, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, CINNAMON TEAL, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, 2 male EURASIAN
WIGEONS, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and 2 SNOW GEESE. See Washington
DeLorme page 88, C as in chickadee, 1, section 10, T25N, R39E. Russ also
reports 1000 SANDHILL CRANES between Reardon and Sprague in the Waukon,
Washington area. See Washington DeLorme, page 88, D as in dowitcher 2.
Russ recommends driving the backroads in this area and watching for the
birds in the stubble fields.

Tony Graegor reports a BLUE JAY has spent the first 10 days of April
in Kennewick, Washington. It's visiting the eastern neighborhoods and
was first seen by Brewster Strope (sp?). If you'd like more information
on the bird, call Tony at (509) 586-4977.

Brian Miller had a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD at his feeder in
Liberty Lake, Washington, this week.

On April 9, Dave Holick and I saw a single BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at
Mann's Lake just east of Lewiston, Idaho. Today, April 15, I observed 7
AMERICAN AVOCETS and 2 ROSS' GEESE in a flock of 19 SNOW GEESE. To get
there, enter Lewiston via US 95 from the north, cross the Clearwater
River and follow the sign to East Lewiston. Turn left onto Main Street
and follow it until it "T's", turning right onto Lindsey Creek Road.
Follow this for about 5 miles until it terminates at Grelle Street.
Turn left onto Grelle and follow it to the 20 mph turn. Go 0.3 miles
more and turn left. Immediately you'll see a sign for Mann's Lake. Go
straight for 1.3 miles to the parking lot. See Idaho DeLorme page 54,
A-1.

Dale Goble saw about 2 dozen AMERICAN PIPITS on April 13 just north
of Moscow. He saw them near the intersection of Polk and Foothill Roads.
See Idaho DeLorme page 58, half way between B as in buteo and C as in
chickadee, 1.

The Canyon Birders will be making their annual spring shorebird
count for the Pacific Flyway Project on Friday, April 22. They plan to
visit Mann's Lake, Alpowa Creek and others. Meet at Swallows [Park boat
launch - SP] at 8:00 a.m. On may 7 they'll be birding my 50-acre yard.
If you have any questions, please call Winnie Hepburn at (208) 843-5347.


Palouse Audubon has some trips coming up as well. On April 23
they'll be taking a walk of Moscow neighborhoods for migrants and
resident birds. Meet in the Rosauer's parking lot on North Main Street
at 8:30 a.m. On May 14, they plan to bird Kamiak Butte. Meet at the
kiosk parking lot at the Butte at 9 a.m. Call Dana Catts at (509)
334-6633 for more information.
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!
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