Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: May 5, 1996
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com

Birds reported:

possible Cattle Egret
Osprey
American Pipit
Least Sandpiper
Gray Partridge
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Western Tanager
Semipalmated Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Avocet
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Forster's Tern
Caspian Tern
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-necked Phalarope
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Clark's Grebe
House Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
"Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
Rufous Hummingbird
Golden-crowned Sparrow

-transcript

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for May 5, 1996.
For any questions regarding LCBAS call Mike Lilga at 946-8966.

Randy Hill of the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge reported a possible
CATTLE EGRET on the refuge on April 27. For an update, call Randy at
509-488-2668.

On April 29, Ellen Switsoff (sp?) noted a pair of OSPREY on a nest on the
Franklin county side opposite Groves Park. A check revealed that the nest
opposite Howard Amon Park was also occupied.

Bill LaFramboise observed an AMERICAN PIPIT and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS near the
WPPSS plant on May 1. Steve Weiss saw a female GRAY PARTRIDGE along the
road just north of the 300 area on the same day.

On May 2, Nancy and Bill LaFramboise had 3 male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS at
their feeder. Also on that day I (Bob Woodley) found 2 WESTERN KINGBIRDS, a
WARBLING VIREO, a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a male WESTERN TANAGER in Groves Park.

Mike Denny reported 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 10
AMERICAN AVOCETS, 14 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 MARBLED
GODWIT, 7 FORSTER'S TERNS and 118 CASPIAN TERNS on the Walla Walla Delta on
May 3. He also found a BONAPARTE'S GULL and a female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
on the pond by the McNary National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, a BURROWING
OWL at milepost 16 along Highway 240, and a pair of nesting LONG-EARED OWLS
at the rest stop near the Vernita Bridge.

Also on May 3, Nancy LaFramboise and I found 3 CLARK'S GREBES, 2 HOUSE
WRENS, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED and 1 "MYRTLE" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 2 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS on or near Bateman Island.

Today, May 5, I had a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD plus one other hummingbird
and 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS in my yard.

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