Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: December 1, 2005
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, billnanl at verizon.net

BIRDS REPORTED

Bald Eagle
Red Crossbill and other yard birds
Pacific Loon

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for December 1,
2005. 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, date, and sightings after the tone.

Jack Dawson reported the return of a BALD EAGLE to the West Richland Bridge
area on November 22.

On November 24, Scott Dietert had a RED CROSSBILL at his feeder along Easton
Street in Richland. His yard was also visited by 5 Varied Thrushes, a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and several Red-breasted Nuthatches, and a
Sharp-shinned Hawk later in the week.

Dennis Rockwell noted a PACIFIC LOON off Two Rivers County Park near the
mouth of the Snake River on November 27.
To report your own sightings, please give your name, phone number, date, and
sightings after the tone. This year's Tri-Cities Christmas Bird Count will
be held on December 31. For more information please leave a message with
your name and phone number after the tone.

It's never too early to mark your calendar for a fun event. Please save
March 4, 2006 and join us for the film Watching Sparrows as well as an
encore showing of Watching Warblers. More details will follow on this
Alert, in LCBAS newsletter, The Curlew, or on our website,
http://lowercolumbiabasinaudubon.org/

Thank you.



Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland WA