FYI - please post if you re-find it!! Bill and Nancy LaFramboise Richland WA _____ Subject: mockingbird Good morning, While walking the dog this morning at...
This weekend, birders from the west side of the state found an adult, male Tricolored Blackbird at Lyon's Ferry State Park along the Snake River in northern...
I posted five new pictures. You can see them in Larry's Pictures. They are a Gray Flycatcher, Chukar, Northern Shrike, Spotted Towhee and a Sage Thrasher. ...
LCBirders, Good news, White-crowned Sparrows are back in town. The first one we are aware of was a single juvenile on Bateman on August 28. Now they have...
We just got a phone call from MerryLynn Denny. She and Mike observed a state-first SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER at Windust Park along the Snake River in...
The Dennys' later post on Tweeters states that the bird does not fit the descriptions of Sulfur Bellied Flycatcher and they now believe it may be a Piratic...
We made it out to Windust late this morning only to find out that the final identification on the vagrant flycatcher is VARIEGATED!!! This bird is of South...
Friday on the way home from work I observed a lone swan on the Yakima Delta. What a thrill to have the unusal flycatcher at Wind Dust. Thanks for keeping us...
Photos of the Variegated Flycatcher are posted on Carole Louderback's web page. Only a few have ever been spotted in the USA! This is a very exciting find....
Reports are that no one saw Variegated Flycatcher on Monday (08-09-08). Darn. If the bird is seen by anyone on Tuesday (or later), PLEASE call me at 406 241...
Just thought I'd mention that you can find a lot of information about birds by "Googling". Try searching Google for variegated flycatcher for example, since...
Yippee - there was mud at the Yakima Delta today!! I told someone just yesterday that I was craving the chance to go view shorebirds. My first two sightings...
White-crowned Sparrows are back in force. Today I spent a fair bit of time looking for bands from last year. Early in the morning I saw quite a few immature...
Hi all, There have been plenty of birds to see and hear over the last few days in Johnson Park. We still have all four species of hummingbird in the yard:...
Hi LCBirders, I am wondering if anyone has checked Windust Park for the Variegated Flycatcher in the past few days. It is possible that it wandered away...
THE SOLUTION to High Bird Seed Prices Seventh Annual Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Bird Seed Sale - October 11, 2008 It's inevitable; prices for bird seed are...
I've been out most days this week and already posted some things from Bateman on the 9th. I was thinking that things were a little slow, but when I tally the...
The hummers left my yard weeks ago. In their place are hoardes of golden-crowned kinglets, a few winter wrens and a very vocal red- brested nuthatch....
Hi all, We have dozens of White-crowned Sparrows in our yard, too. A few Yellow- rumped Warblers venture in, but we have yet to see a Junco. We still have at...
We have posted photos of 6 Green Herons and a Great Blue Heron on Carole Louderback's photo site. They were just north of Lincoln City in a small pond....
A Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds was found in the middle of North Wenas/Umtanum Road a few weeks back. Handwritten in the front is Dunsher/Mullins...
Here at our back yard in the Rancho Reata area, I've been on the look out for juncos, and am surprised we haven't seen any yet. I'm also checking the white...
We received a call from Pat who said she had 2 Mountain Chickadees in her yard yesterday. Is this the start of another mountain bird invasion for this winter?...
Things were pretty quiet in Two Rivers Park this morning, but did see an immature Cooper's Hawk, 2 Western Grebes and a Varied Thrush. And the Osprey...
I made a quick stop at the Yakima Delta today. First off I found a juvenile SABINE'S GULL. There were a few shorebirds including 3 American Avocets, many...
There are more band observations to report. At the Richland site there have been at least 6 returning sparrows - 3 red seen together, 2 black seen together,...
I birded the Yakima River Delta today from Bateman as well as the dike road. More shorebirds today than yesterday. Still many Killdeer present (80 or so) but...