Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: April 2, 1998
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com

Birds reported:

Barn Owl, Townsend's Solitaire, Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Great Egret, Prairie Falcon, Caspian Tern, Townsend's Solitaire
Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan, Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked Stilt, Common Snipe, N.
Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Lincoln's Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow
Long-billed Curlew
Chukar, Violet-green Swallow, Canyon Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet
Common Loon, Horned Grebe, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for April 2,
1998. 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 March 21, Phil Bartley found a BARN OWL, 2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES and a
FOX SPARROW near McNary Dam and 9 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS in the cemetery
along 10th Avenue in Kennewick.

Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise birding in the Ringold area on March 24
discovered a GREAT EGRET (perched in a Great Blue Heron heronry), a PRAIRIE
FALCON, a CASPIAN TERN, and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE.

Also on March 24, I (Bob Woodley) found an EARED GREBE plus 5 HORNED GREBES
off Columbia Point in Richland.

On March 25, Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise visited the ponds on either
side of Bunn Road, northeast of Prosser and found a TUNDRA SWAN, a pair of
CINNAMON TEAL, and a pair of BLACK-NECKED STILTS. The swan had been
present since March 13 and the Cinnamon Teal since March 22. I rechecked
the ponds on March 28 and again found the swan and teal, 3 BLACK-NECKED
STILTS, 2 COMMON SNIPE, and a lone NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW.

On March 30, Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise, and I found a TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE along Yakima River Drive just upstream from Twin Bridges where a
Northern Mockingbird had been reported. (The mockingbird was not relocated.)

The following day, in WE Johnson Park in Richland, I observed a BARN OWL, a
pair of DOWNY WOODPECKERS, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW
among the more common birds.

April Fool's Day provided Cecilia O'Shaughnessy with a pair of LONG-BILLED
CURLEWS which were flying south along Bombing Range Road in West Richland.

While near the Midway Power station near Vernita on April 1, Ruth Fischer,
Nancy LaFramboise and I saw CHUKARS, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, and a CANYON
WREN and found a single GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET at the Vernita Rest stop.
(The road past the power station remains gated, posted, and locked at this
time)

Lastly, today (4/2) along the Richland shore, I found 2 COMMON LOONS and 4
HORNED GREBES; 6 TREE SWALLOWS in Groves Park; and 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 4
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 27 DUNLIN on the Yakima Delta.

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