Subject: Lower Columbia Basin Alert 3/25/2003
Date: Mar 25 08:50:41 2003
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - wlafra at owt.com


Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: March 25, 2003
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED

Sora
Long-billed Curlew
Golden Eagle, Great Horned Owl, Sandhill Crane
Red Crossbill, Cassin's Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Spotted Towhee
American Bittern

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for March 25,
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 March 13, Jim and Annet Dittmer observed a SORA from the blind at McNary
National Wildlife Refuge in Burbank.

The first LONG-BILLED CURLEW of the season was reported by Barbara and Tom
Clarke near their Benton City home on March 15.

Jim & Annet Dittmer birded the Ringold area on March 16 and observed 2
GOLDEN EAGLES and a GREAT HORNED OWL among other birds. They reported
thousands of SANDHILL CRANES near Basin City

A bit distant, but still exciting, Wayne Heinz and Lucie Fritz observed 2
flocks of RED CROSSBILLS and a CASSIN'S FINCH at the Tucannon Fish Hatchery
on March 16.

Margaret Greger reported a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at her Richland feeder on
March 17.

Murrel & Jack Dawson had a SPOTTED TOWHEE at their Benton City feeder on
March 23.

Also on the 23rd, Ruth Fischer saw and heard 2 AMERICAN BITTERN at the
cattail marsh along Snively Road in West Richland.

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