Subject: RBA: N ID / E WA / NE OR -- 7/21/96
Date: Jun 22 08:00:54 1996
From: Dale Goble - gobled at uidaho.edu



-RBA

* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* June 21, 1996
* IDWA9606.21

-birds mentioned

Least Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Black-throated Sparrow
Northern Parula
Rose-breasted Grosbeak


-transcript

HOTLINE: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern
Oregon
Date: June 21, 1996
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Dale Goble
gobled at uidaho.edu


This is Kas Dumroese with the northern Idaho / eastern Washington /
northeastern Oregon bird hotline.

On Sunday, June 9, Dan and Ila Svingen found a pair of singing LEAST
FLYCATCHERS near Rose Lake, Idaho. This is the same spot they were
found last spring. To get to the birds, take Idaho 3 toward Rose Lake,
either via Interstate 90 and exit 34 or from St. Maries. At mile post
113.8 is Rose Creek Road. This is the best place to park. The birds are
in the aspen-cottonwood stand between Rose Creek Road and Shady
Lane Road which is at mile post 113.5. The ground is public. Besides
the flycatchers, watch for AMERICAN REDSTART and several VEERY.
See Idaho DeLorme p. 60, b as in buteo, 2.5.

A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD is persisting near Richland, Washington.
The bird is along Buckskin Loop 0.4 mile in from Van Giesen Road. Van
Giesen crosses the Bypass Highway and continues toward West
Richland. Buckskin is the first street on the right just west of the
bypass. Look for the bird across from the abandoned cars. It likes the
third utility pole. Washington DeLorme p. 39, B6.

Andy Stepniewski and Richard Rowlett found 2 or 3 singing BLACK-
THROATED SPARROWS near Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River
in northeastern Yakima County, Washington. To get to the birds, start at
the Vernita Rest Area on WA 24 and go west on Midvale Substation
Road about 10 miles to the crest of the dam. Follow the dirt track that
heads up the sage-covered hill, ending in about 1 mile. The birds are
near the end on the steeper slopes a few hundred yards to the south.
Also there were SAGE SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, CHUKAR, WHITE
PELICAN and CASPIAN TERN. Washington DeLorme p. 52, CD-1-3.

These last two reports are a tad old and the birds haven't been
relocated, but just to give you some incentive to go looking for
something good...

On June 11 Corey Duberstein had an adult male NORTHERN PARULA at
the Hanford Site northwest of Richland, Washington, and on June 12
Jim Nestler saw a singing male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK along
Coppei Creek south of Dixie which is just east of Walla Walla,
Washington.

Good birding!