Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: May 21, 2001
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED:

Semipalmated Plover, Spotted & Least Sandpipers, Wilson's Phalarope, both
yellowlegs
Black-headed Grosbeak, Downy Woodpecker, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow
Black-bellied Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Phalarope,
Semipalmated Plover
White-faced Ibis
Common Grackle, Cattle Egret, Red-necked Phalarope, White-faced Ibis, Black
Tern
Black Tern
Pine Siskin
Black Turnstone
Eastern Kingbird, Yellow & Townsend's Warblers, Cassin's Vireo
Turkey Vulture
Olive-sided Flycatcher

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for May 21,
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.

At the Yakima Delta on May 10, among the numerous American Avocets and
Black-necked Stilts, Bob Woodley found 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 SPOTTED and
3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, both yellowlegs, 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and 3 teal
species. At Bateman Island he found BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, a DOWNY
WOODPECKER, 2 female WESTERN TANAGERS, 1 CHIPPING SPARROW, and 1 Empidonax
flycatcher, possibly a Hammond's.

On May 11, Nancy LaFramboise located a breeding plumaged BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, several LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, and 4
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at the Yakima Delta. That afternoon, Bob Woodley
located 25 WHITE-FACED IBIS there.

Mike Denny reported a COMMON GRACKLE near College Place at 5047 Detour Road
off McDonald Road on May 14. He also saw a WHITE-FACED IBIS 1/2 mile
beyond that location. There were RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and a CATTLE EGRET
at Iowa Beef, and a BLACK TERN at the Walla Walla Delta.

Ruth Fischer reported at least 6 BLACK TERNS at the Yakima Delta on May 14.

Dale Litzenberger had 2 PINE SISKINS at his Burbank feeder on May 14.

On May 15, Nancy LaFramboise and Ruth Fischer discovered a BLACK TURNSTONE
at the Yakima Delta seen on the mudflats from Bateman Island.

On Bateman Island on May 18, Bob Woodley saw 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 1 YELLOW
and 2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS and 1 CASSIN'S VIREO.

Dana Ward saw a TURKEY VULTURE at Palouse Falls on May 19.

On May 20 at Sacajawea State Park, Laurie Ness observed a pair of EASTERN
KINGBIRDS and a singing OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.

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