Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: October 10, 1998
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

Birds reported:

Red-necked Grebe, Red-naped Sapsucker
Sabine's Gull
Great Horned Owl, Common Nighthawk
Great Egret, Black-bellied plover, American Pipit, Chipping Sparrow,
Cassin's Finch
American Pipit
Barn Owl
Wood Duck
American Golden-Plover, Bonaparte's Gull, Western Gull, Common Tern,
American Pipit
Northern Saw-whet Owl, Mountain Chickadee

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for October 10,
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 September 30, Nancy LaFramboise, Ruth Fischer, and I (Bob Woodley)
observed 2 RED-NECKED GREBES and an immature RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in Groves
Park (North Richland)

An immature SABINE'S GULL was found on the western shore of Bateman Island
on October 2 by MerryLynn and Mike Denny.

That same day, Mary Lilga saw a GREAT HORNED OWL and a late COMMON
NIGHTHAWK in Groves Park.

On October 3 and 4, Dennis and Glenda Rockwell, birding at Scootney
Reservoir, found a GREAT EGRET, numerous shorebirds including 4
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a YELLOW-SHAFTED NORTHERN FLICKER, over 35 AMERICAN
PIPITS, a CHIPPING SPARROW and a male CASSIN'S FINCH.

Dale Litzenberger found a single AMERICAN PIPIT along the road up Jump Off
Joe Butte, south of Kennewick, on October 4.

On October 5, a GREAT EGRET, a SABINE'S GULL and numerous shorebirds were
seen on the Yakima Delta by Nancy LaFramboise, Ruth Fischer, Ron
Louderback, and me (BW)

While on October 6, Ruth Fischer and Laurie Ness found a BARN OWL in WE
Johnson Park.

Over 100 WOOD DUCKS were seen on October 9 in the ditch running into the
Burbank Pumping Plant by Dale Litzenberger.

The GREAT EGRET seen on the Yakima Delta on October 5 remained at least
until October 10. On October 9 it was joined by an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
several other shorebird species, 2 BONAPARTE'S GULL, a WESTERN GULL, 2
COMMON TERNS, and 4 AMERICAN PIPITS.

Lastly on October 10, Craig Corder and Judy Stevens birding at Crow Butte
State Park discovered a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL near campsite 44, were shown
a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE (originally found) by Dennis Rockwell, found 5
AMERICAN PIPITS in various locations between Crow Butte and Paterson and
saw a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW and 2 PINE SISKINS in Paterson.

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