Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: August 16, 2002
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED

Baird's Sandpiper, Hooded Merganser, Western Tanager, Common Loon, Pectoral
Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull
Solitary Sandpiper and Semipalmated Plover, Bonaparte's Gull
Rufous Hummingbirds, Pine Siskin
Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Virginia Rail with chick,
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Turkey Vulture, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Red-naped Sapsucker

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for August 16,
2002. 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 August 1, Bob Woodley observed 8 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS
among at least 7 species of shorebirds. On August 5, a HOODED MERGANSER
and a WESTERN TANAGER were there. On August 6, he found a COMMON LOON off
Nelson Island in Groves Park in Richland. On August 7 there were 3
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER as well as a BONAPARTE'S
GULL at the Yakima Delta.

At the Iowa Beef Ponds near Wallula on August 3, Dennis Rockwell reported a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER among 12 species of
shorebirds. A BONAPARTE'S GULL was also present.

Annet & Jim Dittmer had 5 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS in their Kennewick yard on
August 5. On August 7, they had a PINE SISKIN.

Also on August 7, Denis Rockwell observed a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER along the nature trail in Two Rivers County Park in
Kennewick. There was also a VIRGINIA RAIL with a chick present as well as
an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.

Near the Barker Ranch in West Richland, Jim and Annet Dittmer observed 3
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS and a TURKEY VULTURE on August 8. On August 10
they found a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in Chiawana Park in Pasco.

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