Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: August 24, 2001
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED:

Rufous Hummingbird
Great Egret, both yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, American Avocet,
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-eared Owl, Ferruginous Hawk
Common Grackle
Ruddy Duck
MacGillivray's Warbler, Warbling Vireo
Short-billed Dowitcher, Baird's & Pectoral Sandpipers, Red-necked
Phalaropes, Bonaparte's Gulls
birds of Groves Park including migrants (Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler,
Western Tanager)

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for August 24,
2001. For questions regarding LCBAS, please leave a message. To skip the
announcement, push the star button on your phone and give your name, phone
number, and sightings after the tone.

On July 30, Laurie Ness reported a female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in her Pasco
yard.

Bob Woodley observed the following birds at the Yakima Delta on July 31: 1
GREAT EGRET, both YELLOWLEGS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, some AMERICAN AVOCETS
and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

Near Badger Canyon on August 1, Charlotte Reep saw a SHORT-EARED OWL as
well as a FERRUGINOUS HAWK.

A male COMMON GRACKLE was at Two Rivers Park near Finley on August 8,
observed at Dennis Rockwell's feeder. It was molting or otherwise missing
several tail feathers. It flew off after eating and was not relocated.

On August 10, Ruth Fischer found 6 RUDDY DUCKS at the Yakima Delta.

Two migrants visited Laurie Ness' Pasco yard on August 14; a MACGILLIVRAY'S
WARBLER and a WARBLING VIREO.

The Paterson Slough Unit of the Umatilla NWR in Benton county had 13
species of shorebirds on August 21 including 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 2
juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, and 40 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. There were also 8 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS. Observers were Ruth Fischer, Bob Woodley, and Nancy LaFramboise.

An afternoon walk in Groves Park in Richland on August 23rd had a good
assortment of birds for Bob & Pat Woodley. They saw 1 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, 1 KILLDEER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, 1
male DOWNY WOODPECKER, 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 1 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 1
BEWICK'S WREN, 1 male, YELLOW WARBLER, 1 male WILSON'S WARBLER, and 1 male
WESTERN TANAGER.

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