-RBA

* northern Idaho / eastern Washington
* September 30, 1994
* IDWA9409.30

-birds mentioned

INDIGO BUNTING
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
BLUE JAY
FRANKLIN'S GULL


-transcript

HOTLINE: northern Idaho / eastern Washington
Date: September 30, 1994
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Dale Goble
gobled at raven.csrv.uidaho.edu


This is Kas Dumroese with the northern Idaho / eastern Washington
bird hotline for Friday, September 30. 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.

Warren Hall reports he and Jim Acton saw a male Indigo Bunting in
Spokane. The bird has been seen since September 23, and Warren
told me last night, September 29, they were still seeing it. The
bunting is in a large flock of sparrows and finches, including a
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, a couple of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, a FOX
SPARROW, a few LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, a single CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
and lots of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. To get to the birds, take the
Interstate 90 business route across the old Hangman Creek bridge.
Follow it onto Government Way toward Spokane Community College.
Turn right onto A Street when you're almost to the bottom of the
hill. Here it joins Riverside and turn left at the entrance to an
old trailer park that is now being used as community garden
plots. If you need some clarification on these directions, call
Warren at 509-624-8048. Also, please let the hotline know of any
further sightings.

WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were also reported from Steptoe Butte
State Park near Steptoe, Washington. Both Warren Hall and Mark
Crotteau saw birds in the picnic area at the base of the butte.
Mark had them last Sunday while Warren saw them latter this week.
The park can be reached by following the signs from US 195 at
Steptoe. See Washington DeLorme p. 73, d-6. Mark also says
there are both species of kinglet there in large numbers.

Moscow has a mini-invasion of BLUE JAYS going. One was seen
Sunday, September 25, by Tom McKean near East City Park while on
September 26 I saw three in a back yard at 1034 Virginia in the
north northeast section of Moscow. Dale Goble reports seeing them
most mornings this past week in his yard at 728 Homestead. The
birds are obviously ranging around in this section of Moscow.
Look for them between US 95 on the west, Mountain View on the
east, Virginia and Orchard to the north, and D Street to the
south. Call me at 208-883-0943 if you'd like better directions
and please let the hotline know if you see them.

On September 29 Earl Chapin and I observed 3 FRANKLIN'S GULLS at
the beach at Sandpoint. Earl says they've been there for about a
week.

Good birding!