Subject: [Tweeters] New Lower Columbia Basin Birding Locations web page
Date: Mar 18 21:25:41 2008
From: Bill and Nancy LaFramboise - billnanl at verizon.net


Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society (LCBAS) is announcing its new Birding
Locations web page. http://lowercolumbiabasinaudubon.org/ Click on Birding
Locations in the site map. This page is a tremendous tool for finding your
way around the basin. Many of the birding locations are in the Tri-Cities
of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco but the site covers locations from Prosser
to Palouse Falls and Othello to northeast Oregon.

The features included on this page are quite powerful. Maps to each of the
50 locations were created on Google Maps and there is a link to a tutorial
included which will help birders navigate the Google Map features. Choose a
location and find out how to get there from any other address.

There is both an alphabetical list and a geographical list of the locations.
If a location is in The Birder's Guide to Washington, the page numbers are
referenced. When a description of a location mentions migrants or
shorebirds, there is a link to a list of these birds. Each bird on the list
is then linked to the appropriate species account on the Cornell All About
Birds or the Seattle Audubon Bird Web site.

As this is a new feature of the LCBAS website, please let us know if you use
it, if it was helpful, or if you find any glitches. Most powerful is that
locations can be added and maps can be updated fairly easily.

We are personally excited as we will never have to type directions to the
Yakima Delta again! Though Nancy created the maps and most of the text,
this would never have been achieved without the superhuman effort of Katie,
the LCBAS webmaster and we thank her. Send your praises and suggestions to
her at: lcbaswebmaster at yahoo.com

Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland WA