Subject: Lower Columbia Basin Alert 10/6/03
Date: Oct 6 06:46:17 2003
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - wlafra at owt.com


Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: October 6, 2003
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED

Sandhill Crane
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Red-necked Grebe, Surf Scoter, Peregrine Falcon, Horned Grebe, Lincoln's
Sparrow
American Golden-Plover, birds of the Yakima delta, Solitary Sandpiper
Surf Scoter
Townsend's Solitaire

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for October 6,
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.

Large flocks of SANDHILL CRANE continue to pass over. Mary Lilga noted 400
over Prosser on September 26.

Bob Woodley located a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at Groves Park in Richland on
September 30. Dennis Rockwell observed an adult at Two Rivers County Park
in Kennewick on October 2. Phil Bartley found another on Bateman Island
around that time.

On October 1, Chris Simonen, Ann Taylor, and Nancy LaFramboise observed a
RED-NECKED GREBE, an adult male SURF SCOTER, and a PEREGRINE FALCON between
Columbia Point and Bateman Island. Horned, Pied-billed and Western Grebes
were also present. On Bateman Island they observed a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

Shorebirds at the Yakima Delta have been numerous and diverse. The
highlight has been an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER sighted by Bob Woodley on
October 1. Other shorebirds seen included Semipalmated Plover, Greater and
Lesser Yellowlegs; Spotted, Pectoral, Semipalmated, Western, Least and
Spotted Sandpipers, Wilson's Snipe, and Long-billed Dowitchers. Nancy
LaFramboise found a late SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the delta on October 2.

Chris and Fred Simonen saw an astounding 13 SURF SCOTERS along the Snake
River north of Fishhook on October 2. Does this mean another sea duck
invasion year? Please report sightings of scoters and Long-tailed Ducks.

On October 5, Bob & Pat Woodley found a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at Groves Park
in Richland as well as a good variety of other less-than-common birds.

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