Denny Grandstrand is too gracious! He, not me, is the pusher behind the effort to get us our own birding mailing list. I simply helped find a place for it to...
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Scott R.
scray@...
Nov 7, 2000 7:14 am
This is not a stunning observation, but I would be interested to know what others have found on this subject. East of the the Yakima River riparian zone and...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Nov 7, 2000 8:29 pm
Bird Yaks, A group of 7-10 Dunlin are still at Mud Lake which is reached by going west on Pumphouse Rd. from Topp. NWR to S. Harrah Rd. Go down the hill to the...
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osprey@...
Nov 7, 2000 8:31 pm
Welcome to BirdYak, the birder's email ListProcessor focusing on the birds and birding in Yakima County, Washington. We are now up to ten members. Please feel...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Nov 7, 2000 10:24 pm
Birdyaks, On a morning hike up Rattlesnake Ridge this am, Ellen had close views of a Lapland Longspur near the summit of "Lady Bird" Peak (west of Konnowac ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Nov 8, 2000 1:25 am
Yaka birders, Beginning about now and continuing for the next several weeks is the likely period for Cattle Egrets to appear. Look for them in green fields...
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Scott R.
scray@...
Nov 8, 2000 5:13 am
A covey of 9 Gray Partridges visits my yard every afternoon and evening eating millet from my ground-level feeder. Although they are quite common in certain...
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Gaylord Mink
gmink@...
Nov 9, 2000 1:25 am
I just joined this august group. As a novice I look forward to learning a great deal about the birds of Yakima county from the experts. I now spend a...
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Jay.Desgrosellier@...
Nov 9, 2000 5:04 pm
Gaylord, The only nesting Bald Eagles I'm aware of in Yakima County were nesting up at Rimrock Lake. I'm not sure of the nesting success of that pair of eagles...
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Gaylord Mink
gmink@...
Nov 9, 2000 11:24 pm
Thanks for the comments. So far there is nothing new to report/ ... -- Gaylord Mink Prosser, Wa http://www.angelfire.com/wa/minkgi...
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SR
scray@...
Nov 10, 2000 4:23 pm
Yakkers, Thursday afternoon, just after noon, there was a gray-phase gyrfalcon at the end of Mieras Rd in East Valley. It was visible from my and is the best...
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Scott Ray
scray@...
Nov 10, 2000 7:27 pm
I should have mentioned that, in addition to the Gyr (yesterday) mentioned in my previous post and Prairie Falcon (this morning), there was also a Merlin...
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osprey@...
Nov 11, 2000 2:01 am
This afternoon at 4:00 I stopped by the Arboretum to scatter some more bird seed. There was quite a lot of activity: At the feeding station (directions to get...
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osprey@...
Nov 11, 2000 4:14 am
... on >telephone wires and such. First they were flying north, then they flew west. >Is it unusual for swallows this time of year? ... they >had half-moon...
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osprey@...
Nov 11, 2000 4:23 am
Hi Yakkers, I went out at lunch today to try to find Scott's Gyrfalcon. Toward the west end of Postma Road I saw a large gray hawk cross the road about half a...
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osprey@...
Nov 12, 2000 5:49 am
Hi Yakkers, The Yakima Valley and Toppenish NWR Christmas Bird Counts are coming up all too soon. We need lots of help to do all of the routes and welcome all...
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osprey@...
Nov 12, 2000 6:01 am
Hi Yakkers, Scott asked about news of sightings of Lewis's Woodpeckers east of the Yakima River. On the Yakima CBC eight were found in 1996 at the west end of...
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osprey@...
Nov 12, 2000 5:38 pm
Hi Yakkers, Yesterday I led a group of beginning birders on a field trip to the Arboretum and the headquarters of the Toppenish NWR. Highlights: - In a field...
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BirdAHikes@...
Nov 12, 2000 11:00 pm
Don't forget, Denny, that everyone needs to pay $5 to cover Field Notes. For everyone's information, Denny and Andy paid these fees out of their own pockets...
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Scott Ray
scray@...
Nov 13, 2000 1:09 am
Well, we struck out at my place yesterday afternoon trying to show Gray Partridge to several visitors. However, today a covey of 7 flushed from along my...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Nov 13, 2000 2:01 am
I spent the morning birding the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge, and although a bit crisp out with little open water on the ponds it was an interesting morning. From...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Nov 13, 2000 4:24 am
Bird Yakkers, Today Ellen and I birded the Yakima County side of Priest Rapids Lake. We had several interesting observations: Below the dam on a gravel bar was...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Nov 14, 2000 4:22 am
Hi Everyone Today at my birdfeeders I was lucky enough to watch two nut breasted hatches and a couple of black capped chickadees chase each other around for...
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Sturnella@...
Nov 14, 2000 11:39 pm
Your mystery bird sounds like a Song Sparrow to me. I changed my email address to something "birdy." ( My old address is C4QUILTING@... and will still...
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Charles H Winter
cwinter4@...
Nov 15, 2000 7:17 pm
Good Morning, The movement in the leaves caught our eye yesterday morning. The busy scratching of two male Rufous-sided Towhees gave notice that they had ...
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osprey@...
Nov 16, 2000 1:24 am
Welcome to BirdYak, the birder's email ListProcessor focusing on the birds and birding in Yakima County, Washington. We are now up to twenty-six members....
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osprey@...
Nov 19, 2000 1:15 am
I visited the feeding station at the Arboretum this afternoon and found: 1 - White-throated Sparrow - tan phase 1 - Harris's Sparrow 3 - Fox Sparrow - two...
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osprey@...
Nov 19, 2000 11:59 pm
The magazine "American Birds" is a publication done by the American Birding Association that shows the seasonal occurance of birds in North American. It used...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Nov 20, 2000 5:40 am
Hello Yakima Birders, We had a Loggerhead Shrike feasting on an LBJ at our feeder Saturday. Bill watched him set the carcass in the crotch of a branch of a...
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AJBIRDS@...
Nov 20, 2000 8:43 am
I took a bag of bird seed and visited the Arboretum sparrow patch today (Sunday) and spent a chilly but very enjoyable couple of hours watching the crowd...
