Bird Guys, I stopped by the sparrow patch around 8:30 to throw sone of Denny's seed away. Lots of geese on the grass at the North end of the arboretum. When...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Dec 15, 2000 3:33 am
Hi Everyone! With the snow pouring down today, I was lucky enough to come home early and watch the feeders for a while. I live on Landon Ave between Mead and...
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Jim Briggs
jnbriggs@...
Dec 15, 2000 8:22 pm
Fellow birdyakers... Here is a new use for the ubiquitous cell phone. I got the following message from a friend in northern New York. I had a pretty cool find...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Dec 16, 2000 1:53 am
Yakkers, At lunchtime today, I was privileged to observe a spectacular concentration of Horned Larks (~ 1,500), with at least two races present - the very...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Dec 16, 2000 4:42 am
A half mile from home on Lombard Loop Thursday afternoon I saw a bird perched on a riser next to the road. He was larger than a kestrel and he was dark all...
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osprey@...
Dec 16, 2000 4:46 am
The advent of the cell phone has created an incredible opportunity to share our bird sightings with others. Many of you know that Andy Stepniewski and I have...
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osprey@...
Dec 19, 2000 2:26 am
Mary Strate and Karen Sandmeyer found a Great Egret Saturday in Gleed while doing their route for the Yakima Valley CBC. They saw it, knew it was an egret but...
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Laura and Ken Harper
kenh@...
Dec 19, 2000 6:31 am
Hi Andy: I've spent a lot more time thinking about jizz and reviewing the paintings in NG3d and Sibley. I still stick to the gyr coloration and wing shape of ...
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Dec 20, 2000 11:11 am
had the harris sparrow for two days, not seen today. had an audubon warbler today, first this winter. every one is in, as the weather present winter.the gold...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Dec 20, 2000 6:34 pm
An Harris' Sparrow has turned up at our feeder. He was sighted Thursday the 14th , Tuesday the 19th for most of the day and has returned today the 20th. Sue ...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Dec 20, 2000 8:15 pm
We have had varied thrushes in our yard this month. I thought they had moved on, but this morning one flew into the filberts, and I heard trilling. We also...
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Doris Robinson
laris430@...
Dec 21, 2000 12:20 am
On Monday, the l7th, I happened to see a large bird fly by, and land in the locust grove souteast of the house. I got the scope on it, and made a positive ...
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osprey@...
Dec 21, 2000 8:39 pm
I received this e-mail today and thought you all might enjoy reading it. Denny ... * * * * * * * * * * * * Denny Granstrand * * Yakima, WA * *...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Dec 22, 2000 7:06 am
Hi Everyone! Two sharp shinned hawks tried to buddy up I guess to see if they could capture some feeding birds! Birds scattered so fast that they never had a...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Dec 22, 2000 3:06 pm
Yakkers, Yesterday (21 December), at lunch, I observed 10 Barrow's Goldeneyes along the Yakima River ~ .20 mile below its confluence with the Naches River. I ...
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osprey@...
Dec 23, 2000 12:42 am
This was sent to me today. Sounds like a cockatiel to me but I am not too good on the exotics. Denny ... * * * * * * * * * * * * Denny Granstrand * *...
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osprey@...
Dec 23, 2000 12:53 am
Today I stopped by the arboretum twice. Andy was also there in the afternoon. Both times there were many birds at the feeders. The White-throated Sparrow...
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osprey@...
Dec 25, 2000 8:28 pm
This past Saturday I went with Andy, Ellen and Jay Desgrosellier in search of the Swamp Sparrow that Debie and Ron Brown found on the Toppenish CBC. We looked...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Dec 25, 2000 10:45 pm
I drove to Spokane yesterday, and there were five buteos with cream heads and breasts in 2-3 miles near the west end of Sprague Lake. One had a snowy white...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Dec 26, 2000 10:27 pm
Yakkers, Yesterday, Christmas Day, Ellen and I went south to southernmost Yakima County into the Horse Heaven Hills and spent part of the day wandering this ...
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Charles H Winter
cwinter4@...
Dec 27, 2000 3:08 am
The past 2 days the area of Harrison Hill in Sunnyside has been alive with flocks of Robins. A drive down Grandview Avenue- or any of its side streets -...
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Indymor@...
Dec 28, 2000 10:24 pm
I have seen this bird--fairly close to Blue Heron but on the bank. His legs are short but wader-type; the body is large but the beak is formidable. I am a...
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Rich712@...
Dec 29, 2000 5:11 pm
Welcome, Are you ruling out Great Blue Heron just because the bird was not standing in the water? Great Blue Herons will draw their head down to their...
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SR
scray@...
Dec 30, 2000 1:17 am
A Sharpy has been hanging around my feeder for the last month or so. It's a large passage bird, likely a female and it sits on a fence rail behind a bush about...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Dec 31, 2000 2:52 am
What a great backyard bird day we had Saturday! We had a Harris' Sparrow at our feeder after an absence of a few days. Late afternoon we had a Red -tailed...
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BOB FAY
bobfay1@...
Dec 31, 2000 4:02 am
Hello Yakima Co. Birders: For those of you that may be interested, you can get "The Sibley Guide to Birds" from amazon.com for a retail price of $21.00. The...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Dec 31, 2000 5:53 am
I know this is a little out of the Yakima Co. area, but I thought It was something some of you might want to try to get a look at. I spent the day helping with...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Dec 31, 2000 6:25 am
Yakkers, Today (30 December), an immature plumaged Yellow-billed Loon was discovered by Denny Granstrand while we (Denny, Andy & Ellen Stepniewski, and Jay ...
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Mike or Alice Roper
ropermj@...
Dec 31, 2000 7:35 pm
For those of you looking for books on any subject I've always found the best price by using this web page. It searches all the larger Internet book stores for...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 1, 2001 2:08 am
Yakkers, Ellen and I spent a very enjoyable hour at Maia's celebrating Charleys life through conversation and good food with many of his friends. Thanks Maia...
