- RBA

* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* as above
* April 15, 2002
* IDWA0204.15

- birds mentioned

Ross's Goose
Tri-colored Blackbird

- transcript

hotline: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
Date: April 15, 2002
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Kas Dumroese - dumroese at iglide.net

This is Kas Dumroese with the Northern Idaho / Eastern Washington /
Northeastern Oregon bird hotline for Monday Apr 15 (2002). This hotline,
sponsored by Palouse Audubon, is updated every Monday evening. Transcripts
of this RBA and membership info are available on-line at
http://www.palouseaudubon.org

If you wish to bypass this recording and simply leave a message for me,
including the date of your sighting and the DeLorme atlas page numbers and
coordinates if you have them, push the star button on your telephone now.
Otherwise wait for the beep at the end of the tape. Please give me good
directions, your fellow birdwatchers will appreciate it.

Greetings everyone. It's good to be back home and back at the hotline.
During the past 2 weeks the Internet has been buzzing with reports of the
usual spring migrants making their debuts, but rarities are on the rare
side. The only notable sightings are from near Othello:

Two TRI-COLORED BLACKBIRDS were just north of Othello, Adams Co WA on 8 Apr
according to Randy Hill. Randy found the birds near Para Lake aka Para
Ponds, which is bisected by McManaman Road north of town. Just north of Para
Ponds on 10 and 11 Apr, a single ROSS'S GOOSE was in the pasture with Canada
Geese. WA DeLorme 53, B-7.

If you have any questions about birds on the report, call me before 9 pm at
208.883.0943. If you see any of the birds mentioned in this report, be sure
to let me know.

Good birding.

Kas