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Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: May 22, 1999
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

Birds reported:

Golden-crowned Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole, Evening Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting
Turkey Vulture
Black-headed Grosbeak
American Bittern, Vaux's Swifts
Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Bullock's Oriole
Yellow, Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped, Wilson's & Townsend's Warblers
Cassin's Vireo, Wilson's Warbler, Vaux's Swift
Eastern Kingbird, Spotted Sandpiper

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for May 22,
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.

Ron and Carole Louderback reported 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS in their
Kennewick yard on May 9 & 10 and possibly 2 CASSIN'S FINCHES on May 11.

Roger and Patty Pollari observed a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in their West Richland
yard on May 13, an EVENING GROSBEAK on May 17, a CHIPPING SPARROW on May
20, and a LAZULI BUNTING today (May 22).

Madeleine Brown reported that her husband, Lyle Wilhelmi and Ken Foster had
seen a TURKEY VULTURE circling over the Richland airport on May 14.

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS arrived en masse on May 18 and Ruth Fischer saw the
first in her yard that day as well as a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, which had
been present for about a week.

Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise observed 2 AMERICAN BITTERN in the marsh
along Snively Road in West Richland on May 21 and 3 VAUX'S SWIFTS over West
Richland.

Dennis Rockwell found a WARBLING VIREO, 2 YELLOW WARBLERS, a WESTERN
TANAGER, a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS and a BULLOCK'S
ORIOLE all in Two Rivers Park on May 19.

On May 13 & 17 I (Bob Woodley) found WESTERN TANAGERS in Groves Park.

On May 18, Nancy LaFramboise and I (BW) observed YELLOW, ORANGE-CROWNED,
YELLOW-RUMPED, and WILSON'S WARBLERS on Bateman Island while on May 19, we
found TOWNSEND'S & WILSON'S WARBLERS in WE Johnson Park.

On May 20, I (BW) saw a CASSIN'S VIREO and WILSON'S WARBLERS in Groves Park
where on May 21, I again saw 2 VAUX'S SWIFTS which had been present since
May 3.

Lastly, today I (BW) found 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS and a single SPOTTED
SANDPIPER 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