Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: August 27, 1999
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

Birds reported:

Spotted, Western, Least, & Solitary Sandpipers
Turkey Vulture
Semipalmated Plover, Stilt Sandpiper, Wilson's & Red-necked Phalarope,
Bonaparte's Gull
Bufflehead, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Chipping Sparrow
Warbling Vireo, warblers including 1 Black-and-White Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-bellied Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Stilt Sandpiper
Northern Waterthrush, Gray Catbird
Western Screech-Owl
Semipalmated Plover, Stilt Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Grebe

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for August 27,
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 August 17, Ruth Fischer and I (Bob Woodley) birded the ponds north of
Prosser. The pond on Gap Road contained SPOTTED, WESTERN, LEAST, and 4
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, The pond along Bunn Road contained only ducks but
overhead was a TURKEY VULTURE and 2 Red-tailed Hawks.

Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise checked the Paterson Slough Unit of the
Umatilla NWR on August 18 and among other things found 4 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, a STILT SANDPIPER, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 20 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES,
and a BONAPARTE'S GULL.

The following day at the Yakima Delta, Nancy LaFramboise and I (BW)
observed an early female BUFFLEHEAD, a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and a
CHIPPING SPARROW among the more common species.

I (BW) birded with Craig Corder and Judy Stevens on August 21 and we found
a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER on the Yakima Delta, while on Bateman Island we
saw WARBLING VIREOS and ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, and YELLOW WARBLERS plus
1 BLACK-AND WHITE WARBLER. The following day, again on Bateman Island,
Craig & Judy added a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH to the warbler list but did not
relocate the Black-and-White.

On August 23, Ruth Fischer and I observed a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER in
alternate plumage on the Yakima Delta and 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. I later
found 1 STILT SANDPIPER there.

Also on the 23rd, Dennis Johnson saw a female BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK at his
Richland feeder.

Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise found the same or another NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH and a GRAY CATBIRD on Bateman Island on August 24, while on the
25th, they observed some Black-capped Chickadees mobbing a WESTERN
SCREECH-OWL in the Columbia Point Area.

Also on the 25th, I (BW) found a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS,
and 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on the Yakima Delta.

Lastly, today, August 27, I (BW) was surprised to see 5 RED-NECKED GREBES
in alternate plumage at Columbia Point.

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 owt.com