- RBA

* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* as above
* April 20, 2004
* IDWA04.04.20

- birds mentioned

Blue Jay
Tricolored Blackbird
Lesser Goldfinch

- transcript

hotline: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
Date: 20 April 2004
Phone: (208) 882-6195
Compiler: Kas Dumroese
Transcriber: Kas Dumroese

This is Kas Dumroese with the Northern Idaho / Eastern Washington /
Northeastern Oregon bird hotline for Tuesday 20 April (2004). This hotline,
sponsored by Palouse Audubon, is usually updated every Monday evening.
Transcripts of this RBA and membership info are available on-line at
http://www.palouseaudubon.org

Leave a message anytime during the recording by pressing 2 and then #.
Please give me good directions, your fellow birdwatchers will appreciate it.

On 17 April Scott Downes reports 8 to 10 male TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS and a
couple of females at their Wilson Creek, Grant Co WA, site. You can view
this location from 2 spots. To get to the first from Soap Lake, take WA 28
east toward milepost 73. Just east of milepost 73, turn north onto road 22
NE toward Marlin. Go 1.9 miles to the large pullout on the north side of the
road. Walk or drive north another 50 yards toward the end of the pull-out
and look down the steep slope into the cattail marsh. To get to the second
viewing spot, again, head east from Soap Lake on WA 28. Before the turnoff
at milepost 73, take the exit off WA 28 toward Wilson Creek and follow it to
the stop sign. Turn right onto Wilson Creek Road and follow it into Wilson
Creek. Wilson Creek Rd becomes Railroad St in town. Continue to Fourth St
and turn right. Go on Fourth St to Maple St and turn left, cross the bridge
and turn right. Continue about a mile to 23 NE and turn right. Follow the
gravel road to the end about 1.5 miles, making sure you don't cross the
railroad tracks at mile 0.7. At the end on the road there's a small
pullover. Park here and walk along the railroad tracks about 100 feet. The
birds are in the field to the south, still about 100 yards distant. WA
DeLorme 69, A-8. T22N, R30E, Sec 9.

Terry Gray reports that Jerry Cebula has up to 20 LESSER GOLDFINCHES coming
to his Lenore, Nez Perce Co ID feeder. They've been regular for the past 2
to 3 weeks. Jerry lives northeast of Lenore above the Clearwater River on
the north side of Bench Road about 2 miles up from Lenore. ID DeLorme 58,
C-2.5. There's a constructed wetland across from Jerry's home.

The BLUE JAY is persisting at the feeder of Dave Holick northeast of Moscow,
ID. This bird has been around for about 5 months. If you want to try for it,
give Dave a call at 208.882.5556.

If you have any questions about birds on the report, call me before 9 pm at
208.883.0943. If you see any of the birds mentioned in this report, be sure
to let me know.

Good birding.

Kas