Subject: Lower Columbia Basin Alert 11/20/97
Date: Nov 25 15:50:26 1997
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - wlafra at owt.com


Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: November 20, 1997
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com

Birds reported:

Brown Creeper
Snow Bunting
Tundra Swan, Greater White-fronted Geese, Barrow's Goldeneye
White-throated Sparrow, Harris' Sparrow
Gyrfalcon
Cattle Egret, Franklin's Gull
Pine Siskin
Loggerhead Shrike
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-shouldered Hawk, White-throated Sparrow, Red-necked Grebe

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for November 20,
1997. For any questions regarding LCBAS call Mike Lilga at 946-8966.

To skip the message, push the star button on your phone and give your name,
phone number, and sightings after the tone.

On November 13 & 14, Dennis Rockwell reported a BROWN CREEPER in Two Rivers
Park in Finley.

Also on November 13, Randy Hill found 6 SNOW BUNTINGS along Saddle Mountain
Ridge in Grant county. To access this area, go north on the road to the
Wahluke Slope Wildlife area and continue to the ridgetop.

In Richland on November 13, there were a lone TUNDRA SWAN and 7 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the Yakima Delta and 9 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE upstream
from Nelson Island (Bob Woodley).

On November 14, Bill and Nancy LaFramboise observed a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
and 2 HARRIS' SPARROWS in Madame Dorian Park at Wallula Junction and the
following day, Reagan Weeks found an immature HARRIS' SPARROW in her yard in
the Rancho Reata area of south Richland/Kennewick.

A GYRFALCON was discovered by Taffy Mercer along Beck Road, south of
Kennewick on November 15 and Dennis Rockwell found a lone AMERICAN PIPIT
along Cemetery Road in the Horse Heaven Hills.

Three CATTLE EGRET and a late FRANKLIN'S GULL were observed by Mike and
MerryLynn Denny along Ballou Road off the old Milton-Freewater Highway just
south of the Oregon border on November 16.

Also on November 16 , Mary Lilga noted a PINE SISKIN in her North Richland
birdbath and Dennis and Glenda Rockwell reported a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE along
Burns Road west of Touchet.

Two Rivers Park yielded 2 BROWN CREEPERS to Nancy LaFramboise and me (Bob
Woodley) on November 17 and the following day, Dennis Rockwell found a
EURASIAN WIGEON drake in the park lagoon.

Lastly, my wife Pat and I saw the RED-SHOULDERED HAWK plus the
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Madame Dorian Park on November 18, but we did not
find the Harris' Sparrow. A RED-NECKED GREBE was also present.

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