Probably one of the best places to find Burrowing Owls in Eastern Washintion
(and perhps North America) is in the Tri-Cities area during the first week
of May. There is traditionally a nesting burrow about 1/4 mile from
Cavanaugh's in Kennewick, which happens to be the site of this year's
Washington Ornithological Society's (WOS) annual conference that very same
week (May 1-4).

To see Burrowing Owls and other shrub steppe birds, hear great speakers, and
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(obvious tongue-in-cheek, shameless plug for the WOS conference) Actually
you probably also have good locations closer to Yakima, near Toppenish NWR


At 11:49 AM 2/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm new to the Northwest. Can someone tell me where I can find
>burrowing owls in Eastern Washington? I'm dying to see one! Are there
>any in the Yakima area? According to Bent's Life Histories, they have
>an early spring arrival date of March 7 in "North Yakima." Of course,
>that was back in 1938...
>--
>Eileen Donnelly Falcone - efalcone at televar.com
>5304 Channel Drive, Yakima, Washington 98901
>phone: 509-453-5068 fax: 509-453-2176


Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at oneworld.owt.com