> RBA
>
> * northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
> * as above
> * Dec 20, 2005
> * IDWA05.12.20
>
> - birds mentioned
>
> Long-tailed Duck
> Red-breasted Merganser
> Thayer's Gull
> Snowy Owl
> Orange-crowned Warbler
> BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
> American Tree Sparrow
>
>
> - transcript
>
> hotline: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
> Date: 20 Dec 2005
> Internet only.
> Compiler: Cindy... cbirds at Comcast dot net for Kas.... dumroese at
> moscow
> dot com
> _____________________________________________
>
> A well-described BULLOCK'S ORIOLE male was recorded during the Moses Lake
> CBC, Grant Co., WA on 17Dec.
>
> Also counted during the Moses Lake CBC (17Dec) were a gray-morph
> GYRFALCON,
> seen at close range, and a single THAYER'S GULL identified by Doug
> Shonewald.
>
> Mike and MerryLynn Denny continued to report a sub-adult female SNOWY OWL
> this week in the vicinity of Frog Hollow Rd. and Forest Rd., Walla Walla
> County, WA.
>
> Two SNOWY OWLS were located in Grant County on 16Dec by Gina Sheridan,
> Cindy
> McCormack, and Gary Kuiper. Both birds were located along '50' NE,
> between
> 'V' NE and 'R' NE, west of highway 174 and the Lincoln/Grant County line.
>
> Another SNOWY OWL in southwest WA was reported along US 12 near Starbuck,
> Columbia Co., WA, probably between Starbuck and the Rt.127 intersection.
>
> Doug and Barb Shonewald located what appears to be a mature female SNOWY
> OWL
> on 20Dec south of Moses Lake, west of Road K SE, sitting on an irrigation
> rill.
>
> On Sunday, 18Dec, Paul T. Sullivan, Chuck and Dorothy Gates located a
> SNOWY
> OWL the Wallowa County CBC, a first for this CBC. This bird was found on
> Zumwalt Road, above OK Gulch. (DeLorme p. 87, C8). There is a rock quarry
> on the east side of the road at the top of a hill.
>
> A single male LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen from the Cedars floating
> restaurant
> looking across the lake towards Arrowhead Point, Kootenai Co, ID by Lisa
> Hardy on 14Dec. The LONG-TAILED DUCK was relocated in the same area by
> Kris
> Buchler's team during the Coeur d'Alene CBC on 15Dec.
>
> Lisa Hardy also reports a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS foraging in the
> lake near the start of the pilings marking the Spokane River, Lake Coeur
> d'Alene, Kootenai Co., ID on 14Dec.
>
> Bruce Frazier reported an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in his mountain ash tree
> in
> his Pullman, Whitman Co., WA yard on 16Dec. Another ORANGE-CROWNED
> WARBLER
> was seen visiting a suet feeder in a yard two miles south of College
> Place,
> WA by Larry and Jacque Goodhew on 16Dec.
>
> Unusually large numbers of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were reported during the
> last week. 28 individuals, a first for the Coeur d'Alene CBC, and the
> highest number seen in Kootenai County during the winter, were counted
> during the CBC on 18Dec. Randy Hill also reported an estimated 35
> individuals on 15Dec at the Corfu area of Columbia NWR, in shrubs and tall
> grass at the NW corner of the alfalfa circle adjacent to (and east of)
> Corfu
> Road, about a mile south of Highway 26 and 13 miles west of Othello.
>
> Good birding.
> Cindy
>
> * northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
> * as above
> * Dec 20, 2005
> * IDWA05.12.20
>
> - birds mentioned
>
> Long-tailed Duck
> Red-breasted Merganser
> Thayer's Gull
> Snowy Owl
> Orange-crowned Warbler
> BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
> American Tree Sparrow
>
>
> - transcript
>
> hotline: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
> Date: 20 Dec 2005
> Internet only.
> Compiler: Cindy... cbirds at Comcast dot net for Kas.... dumroese at
> moscow
> dot com
> _____________________________________________
>
> A well-described BULLOCK'S ORIOLE male was recorded during the Moses Lake
> CBC, Grant Co., WA on 17Dec.
>
> Also counted during the Moses Lake CBC (17Dec) were a gray-morph
> GYRFALCON,
> seen at close range, and a single THAYER'S GULL identified by Doug
> Shonewald.
>
> Mike and MerryLynn Denny continued to report a sub-adult female SNOWY OWL
> this week in the vicinity of Frog Hollow Rd. and Forest Rd., Walla Walla
> County, WA.
>
> Two SNOWY OWLS were located in Grant County on 16Dec by Gina Sheridan,
> Cindy
> McCormack, and Gary Kuiper. Both birds were located along '50' NE,
> between
> 'V' NE and 'R' NE, west of highway 174 and the Lincoln/Grant County line.
>
> Another SNOWY OWL in southwest WA was reported along US 12 near Starbuck,
> Columbia Co., WA, probably between Starbuck and the Rt.127 intersection.
>
> Doug and Barb Shonewald located what appears to be a mature female SNOWY
> OWL
> on 20Dec south of Moses Lake, west of Road K SE, sitting on an irrigation
> rill.
>
> On Sunday, 18Dec, Paul T. Sullivan, Chuck and Dorothy Gates located a
> SNOWY
> OWL the Wallowa County CBC, a first for this CBC. This bird was found on
> Zumwalt Road, above OK Gulch. (DeLorme p. 87, C8). There is a rock quarry
> on the east side of the road at the top of a hill.
>
> A single male LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen from the Cedars floating
> restaurant
> looking across the lake towards Arrowhead Point, Kootenai Co, ID by Lisa
> Hardy on 14Dec. The LONG-TAILED DUCK was relocated in the same area by
> Kris
> Buchler's team during the Coeur d'Alene CBC on 15Dec.
>
> Lisa Hardy also reports a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS foraging in the
> lake near the start of the pilings marking the Spokane River, Lake Coeur
> d'Alene, Kootenai Co., ID on 14Dec.
>
> Bruce Frazier reported an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in his mountain ash tree
> in
> his Pullman, Whitman Co., WA yard on 16Dec. Another ORANGE-CROWNED
> WARBLER
> was seen visiting a suet feeder in a yard two miles south of College
> Place,
> WA by Larry and Jacque Goodhew on 16Dec.
>
> Unusually large numbers of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were reported during the
> last week. 28 individuals, a first for the Coeur d'Alene CBC, and the
> highest number seen in Kootenai County during the winter, were counted
> during the CBC on 18Dec. Randy Hill also reported an estimated 35
> individuals on 15Dec at the Corfu area of Columbia NWR, in shrubs and tall
> grass at the NW corner of the alfalfa circle adjacent to (and east of)
> Corfu
> Road, about a mile south of Highway 26 and 13 miles west of Othello.
>
> Good birding.
> Cindy