Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: November 7, 1996
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com

Birds reported:

Pacific Loon
Eared Grebe
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Mew Gull
Rusty Blackbird
White-throated Sparrow
Black-bellied Plover
Peregrine
Oldsquaw
Red Crossbill
Eurasian Wigeon
Bald Eagle
Brown Creeper
Scrub Jay
Townsend's Solitaire

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for November 7,
1996. For any questions regarding LCBAS call Mike Lilga at 946-8966.

To bypass the announcement, push the star button on your phone and leave a
message after the tone.

Dennis Rockwell reported 3 PACIFIC LOONS on the Columbia River off Two
Rivers Park in Finley on October 29. While on the following day, on the
pond lagoon there was an EARED GREBE and 5 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE among the
other assorted ducks and grebes.

On October 31, Nancy LaFramboise and I (Bob Woodley) found 2 EARED GREBES
and 4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at Two Rivers Park and a single MEW GULL at
the Kennewick Sewage ponds.

4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were also observed by Mike Denny and Ken Knittle
on October 30 at Ice Harbor Dam and they discovered a RUSTY BLACKBIRD on the
compost piles near the Wallula Pulp Mill and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at
Madame Dorian Park (near the Walla Walla Delta) on the same day.

On November 1, Nancy and Bill LaFramboise and I (Bob Woodley) observed 3
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and a PEREGRINE falcon at the Yakima Delta. But the
real surprise came while we checked the mergansers near the Bateman Island
Causeway. A single OLDSQUAW flew by heading down river.

Reegan Weeks (sp?) noted a female RED CROSSBILL bathing in the pond in her
yard on November 2, and that same day, Dennis Rockwell found a male EURASIAN
WIGEON on the Two Rivers Park lagoon.

On November 3, Ruth Fischer observed an adult BALD EAGLE over the Yakima
River near the I-182 bridge and Judy and Scott Dietert reported a BROWN
CREEPER in their Richland yard.

The bird of the fall, a first ever SCRUB JAY for the Tri-Cities, was
discovered by Dale Frost in East Kennewick and reported on November 4. It
had been around for about 1 week and frequents a brush pile in a vacant lot
adjacent to Dale's home at 1104 E 4th Place in Kennewick. The
identification of the bird was confirmed by Glenda and Dennis Rockwell on
November 5 and by others the following day.

Lastly, Pat Woodley found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in Leslie Groves Park (in
Richland) on November 6. Thus all of our expected thrushes including Hermit
and Varied Thrushes are back in residence.

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