Welcome to LCBirds. (Updated 4/28/2009)

LCBirds is a mailing list for topics related to birding in the Lower Columbia Basin in Washington and northern Oregon. This includes the area around the TriCities (Pasco, Richland, Kennewick), in Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla, Adams, Grant, and Umatilla (OR) counties. It is list-owner operated.

Anyone with an interest in the birds of the Lower Columbia Basin may subscribe to LCBirds. Potential members are screened to prevent spam. All members have the option to receive emails posted to the group, a digest, or no emails. Only members of the group can post, respond to letters, and view or post photos.

Replies to posts will automatically be addressed to the sender. If you want the reply to go to the whole group (which is encouraged for discussion purposes), you must change the address to LCBirds@yahoogroups.com

It is the hope that this list will be friendly and informative. It is hoped that members will post recent sightings, ask questions, and share birding knowledge. Members are expected to be respectful. There is no expectation of experience - we can all learn from each other.

Please sign posts with a first name and general location. Please label photos with the identification of the bird, and date and location taken.

Sightings in the Lower Columbia Basin are summarized in The Curlew, the newsletter of the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society (LCBAS). To get copies of the newsletter one can request a free copy on their website and then join. See link below.

For information on locations see http://lowercolumbiabasinaudubon.org/BirdingLocations.htm

So, once again, welcome.

Burrowing Owl photo copyright Denny Granstrand, used with permission

Keywords: birds, birding, birdwatching, ornithology, birders