Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: September 29, 1998
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at oneworld.owt.com

Birds reported:

Hermit Thrush
Barn Owl
Spotted Towhee, Savannah Sparrow
Red-necked Grebe, Lincoln's Sparrow
Great Egret, Redhead
White-throated Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Sabine's Gull, Common Tern, shorebirds, Red Phalarope, Greater
White-fronted Geese, Black Tern, Semipalmated Sandpiper
Common Poorwill, Burrowing Owl, Short-eared Owl
Townsend's Solitaire, White-throated Sparrow
Sandhill Crane

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for September
29, 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.

A HERMIT THRUSH was seen by Laurie Ness in Chiawana Park (Pasco) on
September 21 and on the following day, Laurie found a BARN OWL near the
blind in Two Rivers Park (in Finley).

Also on 9/22, Patty Pollari reported a SPOTTED TOWHEE and a SAVANNAH
SPARROW in her West Richland yard and I (Bob Woodley) found a RED-NECKED
GREBE and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in Groves Park (Richland)

A GREAT EGRET and 2 REDHEADS were seen on the Yakima Delta on September 23
by Nancy LaFramboise.

On September 24, Patty Pollari noted a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in her yard and
Scott Dietert saw a HERMIT THRUSH in his North Richland yard.

Another RED-NECKED GREBE appeared off Groves Park on September 24 and
remained until the following day when I also found a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
in the park. (BW)

Carole Louderback reported a possible TURKEY VULTURE over Highway 395 in
Kennewick on September 25.

On September 26, Mike and MerryLynn Denny found a SABINE'S GULL and about
40 terns (2/3 Forster's, 1/3 COMMON) below Ice Harbor Dam. On the north
pond below Iowa Beef, they found a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, an AMERICAN
AVOCET, and 3 RED PHALAROPES. While on the Walla Walla Delta they saw 37
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, another RED-PHALAROPE, and 3 BLACK TERNS. On
the College Place sewage ponds the Dennys found a late SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER and yet another RED PHALAROPE.

On the evening of September 27, Bill and Nancy LaFramboise observed 2
COMMON POORWILLS, 2 BURROWING OWLS, and a SHORT-EARED OWL along Rotha Road,
north of Prosser.

Lastly, on September 28, Patty Pollari found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE and a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in her yard while today 5 SANDHILL CRANES flew over
my (BW) 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