Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: August 22, 2003
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED

Great Egret
Black-necked Stilt, American Bittern
shorebirds including Semipalmated Plover & Red-necked Phalarope, Franklin's
and Bonaparte's Gulls
Common Merganser, Osprey
Wilson's, Yellow, and MacGillivray's Warbler
warblers, Cassin's Vireo
Townsend's Warbler
Semipalmated Plover

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for August 22,
2003. 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 10, Jim & Annet Dittmer observed the nesting GREAT EGRETS that can
be viewed on an island in the Columbia River from Sagemoor Road north of Pasco.

On July 11, the Dittmers found BLACK-NECKED STILT and an AMERICAN BITTERN
in a pond along Glade Road, near Dogwood Road north of Pasco.

Bill and Nancy LaFramboise observed shorebirds at the Paterson Slough Unit
of the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge on July 26. There were WESTERN
and LEAST SANDPIPERS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 5
AMERICAN AVOCETS, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 6 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and 10
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. There were also a FRANKLIN'S GULL and a BONAPARTE'S
GULL. The FRANKLIN'S GULL was still present on August 12.

Jim & Annet Dittmer observed some results of the breeding season when they
found a COMMON MERGANSER with 7 young and 4 OSPREY (presumably 2 young)
along the Columbia River at Fir Road, north of Pasco.

Warblers are starting to move. 2 WILSON'S WARBLER'S, 1 YELLOW WARBLER, and
1 MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER were banded at the Wallula Banding station on
August 14.

On August 17, Phil Bartley hiked the now reopened Bateman Island and found
all 7 commonly seen warblers. (Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Nashville,
Townsend's, Wilson's, MacGillivray's, Orange-crowned) He also saw a
CASSIN'S VIREO.

On August 20, Laurie Ness found a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER in her North Richland
yard.

The Yakima Delta has terrific numbers of shorebirds when the water is
low. On August 21, many of the common shorebirds were present. 1
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER was the notable bird. For the next month or two it may
be hard to decide where to bird!

To report your own sightings, please give your name, phone number and
sightings after the tone. Thank you.

Bill & Nancy LaFramboise
wlafra at owt.com
Richland, WA