I also saw a white-tailed ptarmigan (a first for me, too) in the North Cascades on the highway just east of Washington Pass on July 10. Approaching a bird in...
I have spent a good share of my like on or near the Yakima River. Mostly below the Sunnyside Dam to Mabton. This morning I saw a bird that was compleaty...
Sounds like double crested cormorants which have become increasingly common along that stretch of the river as well as on the nearby Byron Ponds. I see them...
Hi Yakkers, I was at the Zimmerman ponds at the south end of Lateral A this morning looking for shorebirds. I found two - one Spotted Sandpiper and one ...
Bird Yakkers, The tour to the Yakima Training Center yesterday (August 2) was greeted by an abrupt change in weather. Stifling heat for a week prior to the...
Andy Stepniewski
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Aug 4, 2003 4:10 am
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CHINOOK PASS BIRDING 3 AUGUST 2003 John Hebert, Richard Repp, and myself birded along the Chinook Pass Highway, spending much of the day in the area of large...
Andy Stepniewski
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Aug 4, 2003 9:05 pm
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Yakkers, This message appeared on Tweeters yesterday. Andy ... From: Christopher Duke <dukec@...> To: <tweeters@...> Sent: Monday, August...
Andy Stepniewski
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Aug 5, 2003 1:12 pm
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Andy -- thanks for the detailed report. Can you give a bit more specific directions to where the "red-ribboned" trail was with the great old growth? Thanks....
I remember several months ago I was driving west along Powerhouse Road in Yakima in the morning and spotted a small owl sitting on a power line. I thought it...
Kathleen and Bird yak birders, As you face the American River crossing on the Mesatchee Creek Trail, look to the right (upstream). Follow the ribbons as best...
Andy Stepniewski
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Aug 7, 2003 7:25 pm
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Thanks for your valiant rescue of the wren! If you should ever find yourself in this situation again, here is the "proper" way holding onto a struggling...
Oops, I didn't mean to send this to the whole list! Now you know I'm lurking! But I guess this is useful information for anyone needing to handle a small...
Hi Yakkers, I found a butterfly called a Sachem, which is a skipper, in the pasture to the south of my house last week. I showed a photo to Jim Christensen,...
Hi I watched 10-12 Vaux's Swifts flying around and dipping into our pond last evening. They stayed about 1/2 hour or so. I saw a Yellow Warbler around the sage...
Sturnella@...
Aug 8, 2003 4:46 pm
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Larry and I have been enjoying the antics of several woodpeckers that have been coming to our feeders. This is the first year we have had Northern Flickers ...
Chirp, A thought or two on Andy's recent postings. 1. Dewey--Do 2. YTC--Si, see 3. Mesatchee--Flee, flee! That concludes the Dr. G portion of my message. A...
Rich712@...
Aug 9, 2003 4:44 am
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/950330.asp?0cv=CB20 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hello Yakkers, We're definitly out of the summer doldrums here. Things have really heated up in the yard--babies everywhere. My "black gold" thistle- seed...
BEWICK'S WREN IN UPPER MORSE CREEK 10 AUGUST 2003 Ellen and I got a late start (11ish) on a hike beginning at the lower trailhead at Morse Creek just east of...
Andy Stepniewski
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Aug 11, 2003 5:02 am
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Hi Yakkers, Larry Robinson called this morning to say there has been a Common Grackle hanging out with a small flock of blackbirds at their place in the Nile. ...
Hi Yakkers, I stopped by Wenas Lake for an hour to check out the shorebird situation. There is a narrow margin of mudflats on the north side of the lake....
Hi Yakkers, I got a call early this evening from a woman reporting a Ringed Turtle-Dove in her neighbor's yard. I went to see it and got some good photos. It...
Chirp, John Hebert and I spent the morning at the Grandview Waste Water Treatment Plant. Mud was scarce...shorebirds were few. Only two ponds had mud & ...
Rich712@...
Aug 15, 2003 5:28 am
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How about a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird, these can be really odd looking, but the "light brown overall" seems to describe most individuals. Andy ... From:...
Andy Stepniewski
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Aug 15, 2003 12:28 pm
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Chirp, John suggested Brown-headed Cowbird while we were viewing the bird in question. I thought the black bill was too long and sharply pointed and that a ...
Rich712@...
Aug 15, 2003 5:57 pm
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Hi Yakkers, Last Sunday I found a shorebird at the County Line ponds along State Route 26 that Jim Flynn and I couldn't identify. I have two photos of it in...
I wonder if this is the same one that I have. My Turtle dove is still around every evening. Seems to disappear during the day. I think its been almost two...
Bobbinlisa@...
Aug 17, 2003 11:27 pm
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Hi Yakkers, Friday I noticed there were lots of ducks in a field just south of Randle Park and east of 48th Avenue and went home for my scope and binos to ...
Hi Bobbi, I am sure this is a different turtle-dove. If yours is still at your feeders every evening it has to be a different one. The one on 24th has been...
Date: August 17, 2003 Location: Yakima County, Washington Hey y'all I spent the morning mainly looking for shorebirds, I found one LESSER YELLOWLEGS with lots...
