Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the birdyak group: This is a test of the polling feature at BirdYak. How many years have you been birding? ...
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osprey@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:20 am
Welcome to the new year! For those of you who haven't been there, BirdYak has a website at: www.egroups.com/group/birdyak There you will find lots of birding...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:32 pm
Let me warn you, I got this book "Birds of America" by Lorrie Moore from Amazon and it's not about birds at all. Just about the only bird in the thing is the...
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osprey@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:12 pm
The White-throated Sparrow is still at the feeder in the arboretum. Yesterday there was also a Brown-headed Cowbird which brings the total species count at the...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:52 am
I took a trip up to a friends house about 6 miles above Wenas Lake and was amazed at the birds that I saw. Lots of different species of hawks and a few...
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osprey@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:33 am
Prompted by an e-mail to Tweeters last January recounting a year of birding in Benton County in 1998, I suggested to Andy Stepniewski that we concentrate our...
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Jim Briggs
jnbriggs@...
Jan 3, 2001 5:47 pm
Birdyakers. Having just enjoyed the performance of a dipper along the Yakima River I was moved to read about this entertaining bird in Dawson and Bowles...
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SR
scray@...
Jan 6, 2001 12:59 am
Yakkers, For those interested in birds of British Columbia, there is currently an auction on eBay for the BIRDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA / Nonpasserines by ...
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Indymor@...
Jan 6, 2001 2:54 am
Yesterday on the Greenway I saw two bird which I would like to identify with your help and indulgence. One was plump, speckled brown with white stripes on the...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Jan 6, 2001 3:22 am
Melinda, It is very likely that your initial ID's on the Common Snipe and the Killdeer were correct. If you will check on pages 42 and 43 of "The Birds of ...
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Rich712@...
Jan 7, 2001 9:27 pm
Chirp, Yesterday was a sunny day, BUT today I had a male Evening Grosbeak on my feeder. He definitely has beat the spring rush! Vicinity of Eisenhower High...
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osprey@...
Jan 10, 2001 4:59 am
We have ended our year of concentrating on birding in Yakima County. While I am sure that Andy, Ellen and I will be seeing lots of birds in Yakima County this...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 10, 2001 3:46 pm
Yakkers, Ellen and I did a short hike Saturday afternoon. Here's the report:...
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AJBIRDS@...
Jan 11, 2001 6:02 pm
Hi Birders, While this sighting is not particularly exotic, I always enjoy this time of the year when the Great Horned Owls become more vociferous in my area ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 12, 2001 2:57 am
Denny, Thanks for the reminder of the Great-tailed Grackle presence at Miners years ago. Boy...if that doesn't date us. Occasionally, when I drive by Miners, I...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Jan 12, 2001 5:21 am
While attending a meeting today at the Greenway office, our staff was treated to a spectacular site out the conference room window. Around 10:00 this morning...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Jan 12, 2001 8:19 pm
I was surprised to see burrowing owls shown on WDFG GAP analysis map in Yakima County. I didn't know they were in this state. Can anyone direct me to where...
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osprey@...
Jan 12, 2001 9:37 pm
The only dependable place in Yakima County to find Burrowing Owls is at the north end of Sheep Company Road off the North Wenas Road. Just before Sheep ...
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Rich712@...
Jan 12, 2001 11:53 pm
Chirp, I was going to send this e-mail directly to Denny but then I thought why not BirdYak? Isn't the Yak's stated purpose: "If you have questions about...
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scray@...
Jan 14, 2001 11:13 am
I have had up to 8 Burrowing Owls every fall since 1996 on my property as they move around, post breeding. I live in east valley about 8 miles from I-82, 4...
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osprey@...
Jan 14, 2001 5:17 pm
Richard, It sure sounds to me like you saw a Merlin. Your description sounds good. You have also ruled out other possibilities in your discussion. ...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Jan 15, 2001 3:43 am
While on a trip out past the Wenas observed 7 Western meadowlark. They have an unusual beak and the markings are so distinguishable. Really cool looking...
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Rich712@...
Jan 15, 2001 6:58 am
Chirp, Perching on wires and hovering in flight are two trademarks of the American Kestrel. They are smaller than the 11 to 15 inches you estimated for your...
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scray@...
Jan 21, 2001 2:58 am
Well, I can see that the birders of Yakima County took this week's birding ban seriously since nothing was posted to BirdYak. The ban has been lifted, so we...
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osprey@...
Jan 21, 2001 9:59 pm
This morning at 8:30 I found a Blue Jay north of the cemetery in Ellensburg at the corner of Sanders Road and Look Road. I initially found it about two ...
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osprey@...
Jan 22, 2001 6:04 am
I saw a Golden Eagle flying high over the Yakima River yesterday (Saturday) morning near the first large, semi-circular cliff on the west side of the river at...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Jan 22, 2001 3:52 pm
We watched a screech owl (male I assume) making insistent, continous and then speeding up to ceasing calls, in our filbert grove last night. I was able to...
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Jan 22, 2001 9:17 pm
the water fowl have gone south, the open water is not at all crowded as one might expect. longhouse road was the high light of the trip- loggerhead shrike,...
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SR
scray@...
Jan 24, 2001 1:40 am
A female Prairie Falcon has been hanging around near the end of Mieras Road. I saw it today at the "End of County Road" sign. Scott...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Jan 24, 2001 4:18 pm
Has anyone else noticed all the soaring raptors this morning and yesterday morning off the west end of Rattlesnake Hills in the Gap? I suppose they like this...
