Subject: Lower Columbia Basin alert, 6/3/96
Date: Jun 5 19:28:19 1996
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - wlafra at owt.com


Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: June 3, 1996
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com

Birds reported:

Common Poorwill
Black-throated Sparrow
Burrowing Owl (3)
Swainson's Thrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Long-eared Owl
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Mockingbird

-transcript

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for June 3,
1996. For any questions regarding LCBAS call Mike Lilga at 946-8966.

Bill LaFramboise reported flushing a pair of COMMON POORWILLS during a bird
survey on May 30. To reach the area, drive west from Prosser on Highway 22
to Byron Road. Turn left (or south) and continue 2 or 3 miles until just
past a plowed wheat field. Walk west about 1 mile to a gully where the
birds were found.

On June 1, Bill and Nancy LaFramboise discovered a singing BLACK-THROATED
SPARROW on the south slope of Candy Mountain. Phil Bartley subsequently
found 2 birds at this location. For directions call Nancy or Bill at
509-627-3695.

Also on June 1, Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise reported a pair of
BURROWING OWLS along Keene Road, .3 miles west of the intersection of Keene
and Dallas Roads. The burrow is on the left, just past an irrigation ditch.

A pair of BURROWING OWLS WITH 6 YOUNG was seen by Dennis Rockwell on June 2
along Gage Blvd. just west of the new Bingo Palace on the north side of the
road. He also saw a BURROWING OWL along Jacobs Road. A burrow is located on
the south side of Jacobs about 2 miles west if the intersection of Jacobs
and Dallas Roads.

Mike Denny reported through Nancy LaFramboise on June 2, that he found a
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
at Crow Butte State Park and a LONG-EARED OWL and a BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON at Roosevelt WA.

Lastly, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen today by Nancy LaFramboise and Ruth
Fischer along the right hand side of Buckskin Loop Rd, .4 mile in from
VanGiesen Rd. Take the first access to Buckskin Loop, west of the Bypass
Highway. The bird feeds in a Mulberry tree or sings from the third power
pole in from the road.

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