Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: April 10, 2000
Phone: 509-943-OWLS
Compiler: Bob Woodley
Transcribers: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

Birds reported:

Cinnamon Teal
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Violet-green Swallow
Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Caspian Tern
Osprey
Forster's Tern, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Barn Swallow
Loggerhead Shrike, Caspian Tern
Lincoln's Sparrow, Golden Eagle
Pine Siskin

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for April 10,
2000. 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 29, Ruth Fischer and Nancy LaFramboise discovered 2 drake CINNAMON
TEAL on the Yakima Delta.

The following day, Ruth reported a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in her south
Richland yard and at least 1 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW near the KMart store in
Kennewick.

On April 4, the best shorebird day to date, I (BW) found 5 BLACK-NECKED
STILT, 36 AMERICAN AVOCET, 8 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 50 DUNLIN on the
Yakima Delta as well as 3 CASPIAN TERNS. The following day I reported a
pair of OSPREY building a nest on the platform across the Columbia River
from the Hampton Inn in Richland.

On April 7, 1 FORSTER'S TERN appeared on the Yakima Delta and by the Acme
concrete facility in south Richland I (BW) saw 5 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS
and the first local BARN SWALLOW.

Laurie Ness found a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE along the Snake River Road about 3
miles west of the Pasco-Kahlotus Road and a CASPIAN TERN at Ice Harbor Dam
on April 8.

Also on April 8, I (BW) had a LINCOLN'S SPARROW at my feeder, while on
April 10 at the series of ponds east of Leslie Road in south Richland, I
watched a Red-tailed Hawk dive-bombing an adult GOLDEN EAGLE and found 2
more LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. Also, a single FORSTER'S TERN remained on the
Yakima Delta and a single PINE SISKIN appeared at my feeder.

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