Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: March 18, 1999
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

Birds reported:

Golden Eagle
Greater White-fronted Geese
Purple Finch
Sandhill Crane
Western Bluebird
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper
Lesser Goldfinch
Spotted Towhee
Long-billed Curlew

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for March 18,
1999. 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 5, Laura Seely (sp?) observed 2 GOLDEN EAGLES feeding on a road
killed coyote along Highway 26, about 1 mile east of Washtucna.

Barbara Clarke reports that as of March 9, several hundred GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE remained in the ponds and fields at McNary NWR.

On March 10, Nancy LaFramboise, Ruth Fischer and I (Bob Woodley) found 6
PURPLE FINCHES in WE Johnson Park in Richland and on March 12, we saw 40
SANDHILL CRANES just north of Richland.

Also on March 12, Dennis Rockwell found 4 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS in Hover Park
(Finley).

On March 14, Sam Derding reported 10 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Wallula
Junction. Duane Faletti saw an adult GOLDEN EAGLE and several hundred
SANDHILL CRANES at the upper end of Scootney Reservoir. Laurie Ness found
a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW in Chamna Park and a pair of courting DOWNY
WOODPECKERS and a BROWN CREEPER in Chiawana Park. And I (BW) found a
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in Leslie Groves Park (Richland).

On March 15, about 100 SANDHILL CRANES flew over my (BW) Richland yard and
the following day, the LESSER GOLDFINCH was last seen at my feeder.

Mary Nowakowski reported a SPOTTED TOWHEE in her yard on March 17.

Lastly, this morning I found 2 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS in the field south of
Battelle Blvd and bordered on the east by George Washington Way.

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