Subject: Lower Columbia Basin Alert, 4/28/96
Date: Apr 28 21:51:32 1996
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - wlafra at owt.com
Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date:, April 28, 1996
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com
Birds reported:
Bald Eagle
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
White-throated Sparrow
Nashville Warbler
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Least Sandpiper
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Sage Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Wilson's Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike
Western Kingbird
Prairie Falcon
Brewer's Sparrow
Sage Thrasher
Great Horned Owl
Chipping Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Gray Partridge
-transcript
This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for April 28,
1996. For any questions regarding LCBAS call Mike Lilga at 946-8966.
On April 22, Duane Faletti observed an immature Bald Eagle at the fish
hatchery at Ringold, north of Pasco.
It seems that Two Rivers Park has been the spot for seeing migrants. Dennis
Rockwell reports a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the feeder at his residence in
the park and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the shore of the Columbia River on April
25. The next day he discovered a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW along the dike and
a NASHVILLE WARBLER in trees at the end of the point.
Ruth Fischer notes that is time to hang the hummingbird feeders. She has
had her first visitor (4/26). It came and went so fast that she was unable
to determine the species.
The LCBAS field trip to the Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve
produced some great birding on April 27. The premier bird was a
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH seen at the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain. Other
highlights among the 65 species observed were: LEAST SANDPIPER, 1
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (first record for ALE), singing SAGE, VESPER, AND
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKES, WESTERN KINGBIRDS, and nesting PRAIRIE FALCON.
While conducting bird surveys for a Native Vegetation Study, Bill and Nancy
LaFramboise discovered two accessible sites on the west side of Rattlesnake
Mountain where migrant and sage species can be readily observed. On April
28, along Rotha Road (DeLorme page 38), they observed BREWER'S,
GRASSHOPPER, SAGE, and VESPER SPARROWS, and a SAGE THRASHER. Then along
Sharp Road, they found 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS, a CHIPPING SPARROW, a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, and GRAY PARTRIDGES.
To report your own sightings, please give your name, phone number and
sightings after the tone. Thank you.
Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at oneworld.owt.com