Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: June 10, 2006
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise, billnanl at verizon.net

BIRDS REPORTED

American Bittern, Brewer's Sparrow
Swainson's Thrush
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Townsend's Warbler, Western Screech-Owl, Eastern Kingbird, Common Nighthawk
Franklin's Gull
Red-breasted Merganser, Bonaparte's Gull, Blue-winged Teal, Red-necked
Phalarope
Red-shouldered Hawk

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for June 10,
2006. 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. As the date and
time functions are not currently working, please be sure to leave the date
of your sighting.

Phil Bartley located an AMERICAN BITTERN and a BREWER'S SPARROW on Bateman
Island on May 20.

On May 21, John Mundall noted a migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSH in his Connell
yard. On May 31, one was banded at the Wallula MAPS Station.

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES are uncommon residents, but Jim Dillman noted a pair
nesting in his Richland yard.

Birds are still returning and moving through. Mary Lilga reported a
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER on May 29, a WESTERN SCREECH-OWL on May 30, an EASTERN
KINGBIRD on May 31, and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK on June 1, all in the North
Richland area. An easy place to see Common Nighthawks is Horn Rapids County
Park.

Bob Woodley found an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL at the overlook just east of
Madame Dorian Park near Wallula on June 5.

At the Paterson Slough Unit of the Umatilla NWR near Plymouth on June 7, Bob
Woodley and Nancy LaFramboise found 2 male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS near
rocks in the Columbia River. A BONAPARTE'S GULL, a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and
2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were in the pond there.

On June 8, Dennis Rockwell discovered an immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at Two
Rivers County Park. This is only the second time this species has shown up
in Benton county and the third for the area. It did not remain in the park,
so keep a lookout for this bird.

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

Visit the LCBAS web site at http://lowercolumbiabasinaudubon.org/


Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland WA