On November 14, we observed a lone male Common Redpoll near Richland, WA.

Other birds of note in the area today were a Pacific Loon near Columbia
Park & Bateman Island and a Western Gull at the Yakima Delta.

-Bill & Nancy

At 01:02 PM 11/3/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
> You want redpolls?? We got 'em here in south-central B.C.! Please
>note the attached message reporting a total of more than 600 (!!)
>Common Redpolls near Upper Hat Creek, which is only 60 to 70 miles W
>of Kamloops.
> There has been discussion on both OBOL and Inland-NW-Birders of
>the possibility of a "winter finch" invasion this year. A redpoll
>invasion would be welcome-- it's been several years since a big one
>happened.
> Happy "finching", and keep tuned!
>
>Wayne Weber
>Kamloops, B.C.
>wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca



Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at owt.com