Glad everyone enjoyed the owl event. It was the most spectacular viewing I've had all summer, esp with the other owl arriving. As to the identity of the...
Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
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Oct 2, 2003 4:53 am
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Chirp, I was fortunate to be tagging along with Andy and John on Sunday afternoon when they discovered one each (military lingo) Black-bellied Plover and...
Rich712@...
Oct 2, 2003 7:50 am
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Chirp, The American Golden-Plover lingers along Plover Point at Wenas Lake. Between 5:45 and 6:25 today, Pokey strolled slowly along a 40 foot stretch of the ...
Rich712@...
Oct 3, 2003 4:34 am
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Hi Yakkers, Ellen and her Mom, visiting from Pennsylvania, counted about 20 Western Bluebirds at Fort Simcoe on Thursday (October 2). They could find only a ...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 4, 2003 11:57 pm
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Hi Yakkers, We spent 30 minutes watching birds this afternoon in our yard. Three times we saw an immature male Anna's Hummingbird, evidently the same bird...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 5, 2003 12:10 am
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I birded the circle route from Toppenish NWR and along Pumphouse Rd. to Old Goldendale Rd., Marion Drain Rd., to Lateral "C" Rd. to Pumphouse Rd. and back. Had...
Chirp, Made a pass of Wenas Lake late this afternoon in hopes of relocating the American Golden-Plover and/or the Surf Scoter. No luck on either...eight ...
Rich712@...
Oct 7, 2003 3:35 am
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PRIEST RAPIDS LAKE 5 OCTOBER 2003 Denny and I birded the west shore of Priest Rapids Lake from 11:30 to 5 PM, stopping at about half-mile intervals to survey...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 7, 2003 3:36 am
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Hi Yakkers, I have noticed in the e-mails on BirdYak from people who have been at Fort Simcoe lately that there are very few Lewis's Woodpeckers there. Wilson...
Recently when I was up at Bickleton I saw 3 . I've seen them many times up in that area and also near the Picnic grounds over at Cleveland. Do they migrate in...
Hi Yakkers, The Christmas Bird Counts are just around the corner. The Yakima Valley count will be December 13 and the Toppenish NWR is December 14. Mark you...
Yakkers, Ellen and her mother studied the immature male Anna's Hummingbird at our feeder this morning, October 11. It visited the feeder frequently. Until now,...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 11, 2003 7:24 pm
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I was out working with my Lab behind our house in Terrace Heights on Sunday morning. The area is all cheatgrass and rabbitbrush. I saw 5 Violet-green ...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 13, 2003 3:56 pm
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Chirp, Technically, the correct answer is yes. But have you ever seen one in Washington? A vast majority of bird watchers must answer no. So few people have...
Rich712@...
Oct 14, 2003 7:10 pm
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Jeff, This is a late report, 5 October is the latest reported in Birds of Yakima County. Westside birders noted this movement, too, the following was copied...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 15, 2003 7:06 am
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Hi Denny and Andy, I am planning on doing both counts this year. Debie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Sturnella@...
Oct 15, 2003 4:11 pm
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Ken here with a few bird highlights from recent efforts to waylay innocent large ungulates in the local mountains (for those rooting for the elk, they all got...
Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Oct 16, 2003 4:43 am
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Dbi, Thanks, we'll be in touch. Andy ... From: <Sturnella@...> To: <BirdYak@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Re:...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 16, 2003 1:33 pm
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This report was mailed for John Hebert by http://birdnotes.net Date: October 16, 2003 Low temperature: 45 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 65 degrees...
John J. Hebert
jhebert@...
Oct 18, 2003 2:12 am
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This report was mailed for John Hebert by http://birdnotes.net Date: October 16, 2003 Location: Yakima Training Center, Yakima County, Washington Low...
John J. Hebert
jhebert@...
Oct 18, 2003 2:17 am
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Yakkers, I made a windy trip to the Toppenish NWR today (October 19, 2003). Best birds of the day were a couple of dozen AMERICAN PIPITS seen on Meyers Rd. in...
Hi Yakkers, We've had a couple of 5 hawk days in our yard. Kestrel, Sharp-shin, Cooper's, Red-tail and Harrier. Other yard birds include: White-crown sparrows,...
Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Oct 20, 2003 12:31 pm
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Hello Yakkers, Bill gloats that I missed another cool bird encounter, while I was in town today. He was sitting out on the deck when he caught a shadow out of...
Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Oct 20, 2003 11:59 pm
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Chirp, I had some free time Saturday afternoon so I decided to check on the four Great Egrets that have been hanging out at Wenas Lake. The water level...
Rich712@...
Oct 21, 2003 3:25 am
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Hi Yakkers--We've been hunting out-of-state the last couple of weeks, and I thought I'd better check in (saw my first Lapland longspurs in Wyoming the end of...
Hi I set up a new feeding area at my place. ( actually, all I did was scatter seed on the ground ) It is next to a very weedy, brushy area. I saw a ...
Sturnella@...
Oct 22, 2003 5:41 pm
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Today, 25 October at 1 PM I saw a lone Merlin here in Yakima. The bird was seen at Popoff Park, which is at the south end of the Greenway trail. Bright sun and...
John J. Hebert
jhebert@...
Oct 26, 2003 7:03 am
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Hi Yakkers, I took 40 lbs. of bird seed out to the Yakima arboretum this morning and spread it in the usual spot. There seemed to be a lot of birds in the...
Yakkers, Sunday meaderings around Yakima County. Highlights were: 3 WILSON'S SNIPE on the pond on Hwy 223 and Hwy 22. 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE and 2 "Cackling" CANADA...
