Hotline: Lower Columbia Basin
Date: May 8, 2006
Phone: 509-627-BIRD
Compiler and Transcriber: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise,
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BIRDS REPORTED

Sandhill Crane
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Wilson's Snipe,
Townsend's Solitaire, Cooper's Hawk
Bonaparte's Gull, Black Tern, Cinnamon Teal
Common Loon, Bonaparte's Gull, Great Egret, Spotted Sandpiper
Golden-crowned Sparrows
Bullock's Oriole
Lewis' Woodpecker, Warbling Vireo, Townsend's Warbler

TRANSCRIPT

This is the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society Bird Alert for May 8, 2006.
For questions regarding LCBAS, please leave a message.
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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.

On April 13, Mary Lilga noted 130 SANDHILL CRANE over Groves Park in
Richland.

Migration is definitely underway with movements of sparrows. Though
warblers seem late, there are a few showing up in the area.

On April 21, Margaret Greger noted WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in her Richland
yard. Though they overwinter here, there was a large movement of
White-crowns across the area through April 30. Some are still around but
numbers are definitely decreasing.

Phil Bartley found 7 SAVANNAH SPARROWS and 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS on Bateman
Island on April 22. Chris Simonen, Marilyn Hayes and Nancy LaFramboise
found CHIPPING SPARROWS there on April 26. Phil also reported a TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE at the Audubon Nature Trail on April 23 and the COOPER'S HAWK and
5 WILSON'S SNIPE at Bateman Island. The Cooper's Hawk is nesting on Bateman
Island again this year. Two other pairs are nesting in the TriCities.

On May 4, Chris Simonen reported 20 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 BLACK TERNS, and a
pair of CINNAMON TEAL at McNary NWR in Burbank.

On a trip on the Columbia River from the Snyder Boat Launch to Ringold,
Chris and Fred Simonen found 1 COMMON LOON, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL, 30 FORSTER'S
TERNS, 4 WESTERN GREBES, 17 GREAT EGRETS, 7 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 2
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 2 COMMON MERGANSERS on May 6.

On May 6, Jack and Murrel Dawson have found 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS in
their Benton City yard.

Also on May 6, Ruth Fischer had BULLOCK'S ORIOLES return to her Richland
neighborhood.

There were 2 LEWIS' WOODPECKERS at Horn Rapids County Park found by Everett
birder Maxine Reid on May 7. On that same day, Nancy LaFramboise also found
a LEWIS' WOODPECKER and a WARBLING VIREO at Two Rivers County Park in
Kennewick. Today, May 8, there was a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER and a WARBLING
VIREO at Horn Rapids County Park.

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