Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: February 9, 2005
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, wlafra at owt.com

BIRDS REPORTED

Birds of Badger Mountain, Merlin
Williamson's Sapsucker, Brown Creeper, Orange-crowned Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Swainson's Hawk
Mountain Chickadee
Bald Eagle

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This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for February 9,
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.

Kathy Criddle reported singing WESTERN MEADOWLARKS and HORNED LARKS as well
as 12 CHUKAR on Badger Mountain on January 27. She had a female MERLIN in
her yard on that day.

On January 28, Dennis Rockwell found a male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER in Two
Rivers Park in Kennewick. It has some sap wells in a pine at the end of
the parking lot opposite the restroom between the lagoon and the
caretaker's residence. 2 BROWN CREEPERS and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER have
also been present.

The WHITE-THROATED SPARROW that has been south of the Newcomer parking lot
in Groves Park in Richland was seen by Bob Woodley on February 3.

Wayne Heinz reported a dark morph Swainson's Hawk along Snively Road in
West Richland on February 5. This is a very early report for Swainson's
Hawk which normally return in April.

On February 6, Mary Hollen had a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE at her North Richland
feeder. Either they are passing back through or the one at Snyder and
Benton Streets has moved a few blocks.

Wayne Heinz reported a count of 21 BALD EAGLES in Sacajawea State Park in
Pasco on February 6. There were 3 adults and 18 immature birds.

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