We have had 2 Black Headed Grossbeaks at our feeder this last week: a female and a first fall male. Today we were also visited by a female MacGillivray's...
I have been hearing the strangest call out my window for the past several nights. It sounded like a small dog. About midnight today, Sept. 3rd, I couldn't...
In my only one experience of Western Screech Owls, I heard four different vocalizations. This past spring I had a pair nest in my back yard and produce an...
McKay Reservoir (5 miles south of Pendleton) has been fairly slow for shorebirds this summer because of consistently high water levels and not much mud. ...
I finally figured out that the critter making noise in my backyard oak tree for the past week is a Western Screech owl-and yes, I too am in N. Richland on...
I looked up Western Screech-Owl (WESO) in the Birds of North America monographs. (This resource is online by subscription. There are 6 free monographs to...
There was mud at the Yakima River Delta (Richland) today though many shorebirds were so distant that they were difficult to identify. At the west end of the...
Today on Bateman along with two other birders we identified several Common Tern, two Slate colored Fox Sparrow, an Eared Grebe, and Hammond's Flycatcher. The...
We took a walk in W.E. Johnson Park today and saw/heard a good list of birds. Also included on this list is anything we saw/heard from our back yard: All the...
Congratulations on picking out the Anna's! We only have 5 previous occurrences in our database though there are probably more. No doubt some Anna's pass...
Hi all, Mary here. Just wanted to let you know I've finally joined. Mike and I are hearing owls almost every night for the last week or two. Mostly juvenile...
Hi folks, LCBirds has been a little quiet. I thought I'd stir up the works with some encouragement. This is the time of year to keep looking for migrants....
Tom and I took a drive out Snively Road on Sunday. We saw White-crown Sparrows, and Osprey, and a Red-tailed Hawk. We found a flock of Audubon Warblers with...
Anyone out there who wants to chase this hummingbird with me tomorrow? If so, give me a quick ring at 509 582 6462 or 509 727-8740. Dennis Rockwell Kennewick,...
Is it the rain or what? (Maybe just migration!) Today, after the showers, I walked Bateman. LOTS of Yellow-rumped Warblers and White-crowned Sparrows. The...
Dear Birders, Many of you who read LCBirds are probably wondering about the sighting and current status of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird that was observed at...
Hello all, I am in the process of trying to make a website covering birding routes and trails around the world. If you know of one, and they have a website,...
On Friday afternoon, Sept. 22, June Whitten and I did some shorebirding at Cold Springs NWR, located about 5 miles east of Hermiston, OR. Not too many...
We have a White-throated Sparrow in our yard today. If anyone wants to see it they can reply directly and we'll let them know how & when. Bill and Nancy...
We set up a bird bath in our backyard about 2 years ago. Purchased as a memorial gift so splurged a little from a nursery. It's an all-in- one pedestal, 2 foot...
Yesterday I received some great pictures of 3 Black-bellied Plovers by Jane Abel. They were on the 3rd island north of Nelson Island in the Columbia River in...
We have a small pond in the backyard that has attracted a couple of unusual birds - for us anyway - in the past couple of weeks. Last week it was a hermit...
That observation is very interesting! It really needed that drink - like us trying to swallow a big pill perhaps. Added to my bird bath list since my last post...
Our first Sandhill Crane sighting from our backyard was Oct. 1 over Kiona Hills above Benton City. We heard them on Sept 23 but could not see them. A Varied...
This afternoon a few birders got to enjoy a wonderfully cooperative Northern Waterthrush at a private home in Kennewick. What a treat to see the tail wagging...
Today I observed 60 Western Grebes on the Columbia River from Columbia Park in Kennewick. Although we have one high count of 100 at the Walla Walla Delta,...
On Monday, Oct 2 we had an Anna's Hummingbird visit our yard and check out some pink Penstemon. We had taken down the feeders last week. It stayed very...
See link below Note: forwarded message attached. ... Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. ... Sue Thomas To: 10/04/2006 01:08...
Hi, Late Friday afternoon I spotted the ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD in our yard, again feeding from the Penstemon. It came and went 5-6 times until dusk, and seemed...
Came home from looking at the waterthrush Wed. afternoon to find four Hermit Thrush and a Fox Sparrow in my backyard a half mile away. I am embarrassed to...
