RBA

* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* as above
* Dec 20, 2005
* IDWA05.12.20

- birds mentioned

Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Thayer's Gull
Snowy Owl
Orange-crowned Warbler
BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
American Tree Sparrow


- transcript

hotline: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
Date: 20 Dec 2005
Internet only.
Compiler: Cindy... cbirds at Comcast dot net for Kas.... dumroese at moscow
dot com
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A well-described BULLOCK'S ORIOLE male was recorded during the Moses Lake
CBC, Grant Co., WA on 17Dec.

Also counted during the Moses Lake CBC (17Dec) were a gray-morph GYRFALCON,
seen at close range, and a single THAYER'S GULL identified by Doug
Shonewald.

Mike and MerryLynn Denny continued to report a sub-adult female SNOWY OWL
this week in the vicinity of Frog Hollow Rd. and Forest Rd., Walla Walla
County, WA.

Two SNOWY OWLS were located in Grant County on 16Dec by Gina Sheridan, Cindy
McCormack, and Gary Kuiper. Both birds were located along '50' NE, between
'V' NE and 'R' NE, west of highway 174 and the Lincoln/Grant County line.

Another SNOWY OWL in southwest WA was reported along US 12 near Starbuck,
Columbia Co., WA, probably between Starbuck and the Rt.127 intersection.

Doug and Barb Shonewald located what appears to be a mature female SNOWY OWL
on 20Dec south of Moses Lake, west of Road K SE, sitting on an irrigation
rill.

On Sunday, 18Dec, Paul T. Sullivan, Chuck and Dorothy Gates located a SNOWY
OWL the Wallowa County CBC, a first for this CBC. This bird was found on
Zumwalt Road, above OK Gulch. (DeLorme p. 87, C8). There is a rock quarry
on the east side of the road at the top of a hill.

A single male LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen from the Cedars floating restaurant
looking across the lake towards Arrowhead Point, Kootenai Co, ID by Lisa
Hardy on 14Dec. The LONG-TAILED DUCK was relocated in the same area by Kris
Buchler's team during the Coeur d'Alene CBC on 15Dec.

Lisa Hardy also reports a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS foraging in the
lake near the start of the pilings marking the Spokane River, Lake Coeur
d'Alene, Kootenai Co., ID on 14Dec.

Bruce Frazier reported an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in his mountain ash tree in
his Pullman, Whitman Co., WA yard on 16Dec. Another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
was seen visiting a suet feeder in a yard two miles south of College Place,
WA by Larry and Jacque Goodhew on 16Dec.

Unusually large numbers of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were reported during the
last week. 28 individuals, a first for the Coeur d'Alene CBC, and the
highest number seen in Kootenai County during the winter, were counted
during the CBC on 18Dec. Randy Hill also reported an estimated 35
individuals on 15Dec at the Corfu area of Columbia NWR, in shrubs and tall
grass at the NW corner of the alfalfa circle adjacent to (and east of) Corfu
Road, about a mile south of Highway 26 and 13 miles west of Othello.

Good birding.
Cindy


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