Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: November 11, 2003
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED

Eurasian Wigeon
Snow Goose
Snow Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Orange-crowned Warbler, Dunlin,
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Screech-Owl
Red-necked Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Redhead, Bohemian Waxwing

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for November
11, 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 October 25, Jim and Annet Dittmer located a EURASIAN WIGEON at the duck
pond in Columbia Park in Kennewick.

On October 31, Scott Dietert found a SNOW GOOSE among the large number of
Canada Geese in Groves Park in Richland.

On November 3, Bob Woodley also located the Groves Park SNOW GOOSE as well
as an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. At the Yakima
Delta he observed a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 20 DUNLIN, 18 KILLDEER, 12
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a pair of HOODED MERGANSERS.

Dennis Johnson reported flushing a WESTERN SCREECH-OWL along the Yakima
River across from Chamna Park on November 8.

Today, November 11, Bob Woodley saw a RED-NECKED GREBE, COMMON GOLDENEYES,
and REDHEADS off Nelson Island in Groves Park in Richland. Bob also
located a mixed flock of Cedar and BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in North Richland.


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