Fellow Birdyakers... What's the chance that I saw a Townsend's solitaire in Yakima Canyon on March 1? It was just across the tracks at the Umptanum Recreation...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Mar 6, 2001 1:33 am
Had first TREE SWALLOWS (5 or 6) of the year at Toppenish Wildlife Refuge, they were working the observation pond, where there was also a pair of RING-NECKED...
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osprey@...
Mar 6, 2001 5:06 am
Several other birders have reported seeing Townsend's Solitaires in the Yakima Canyon in the past few days. You are most probably correct in your ...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Mar 6, 2001 6:38 pm
What's the common small sandpiper you have here east of the mountains that see moving around the Wapato-Toppenish Irrigation districts? Besides killdeer....
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Mar 6, 2001 10:56 pm
grandview t p march 6 01 duck numbers were down, mallard and green winged teal were most common, pair of canvas backs and ringnecks were present. ...
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Sturnella@...
Mar 7, 2001 3:33 pm
Hi, I saw a Say's Phoebe in the Yakima River Canyon, Sunday, Mar. 4. Debie Brown...
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Jim Briggs
jnbriggs@...
Mar 7, 2001 5:44 pm
Saw two golden eagles soaring near the mouth of Umptanum Creek in Yakima Canyon. I wonder if they nest there. There is a prairie falcon nest nearby but they...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 7, 2001 5:52 pm
March 7, 2001 Came out of Fred Meyer at 7 pm yesterday and heard killdeers calling overhead. Have had varied thrushes whistling in the yard, and a song ...
Gunter Hadersberger and I spent Saturday morning March 11, 2001 birding the Satus Wildlife Area and the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge. Here are the results. Birds...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Mar 12, 2001 10:23 pm
What do you suppose this windsurfer saw? W. Grebes? And what about those poor bird feet? Wouldn't you think they get cold feet? No feathers or nothing down...
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SR
scray@...
Mar 15, 2001 6:04 am
I have three Burrowing Owls on my place this evening. Scott Ray scray@......
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Mike or Alice Roper
ropermj@...
Mar 15, 2001 8:42 pm
I went on a tour with Morley Nelson at the birds of prey area in Boise a couple years ago. One of the things I found interesting was an artificial nest for...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Mar 16, 2001 1:51 am
Mike & Scott (and anyone else interseted in Burrowing Owls), The following website has design and other good information on building and maintaining artificial...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 16, 2001 5:51 am
Along I-90 on ponds just west of Ellensburg there were about a dozen swans on 3/14 - probably tundra, but I didn't stop to study them. Also, where the Yakima...
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Sturnella@...
Mar 18, 2001 10:11 pm
I just saw a Ferruginous Hawk on Konnowac Pass, Sunday, Mar. 18. It was just about to the top of the pass flying over a big pasture, across from the hop field....
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SR
scray@...
Mar 23, 2001 4:08 am
Although I haven't been birding away from the place much, I have noted a few birds recently. My breeding pair of Say's Phoebes returned on March 10. First LB...
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osprey@...
Mar 24, 2001 4:34 pm
I looked out my office window a few minutes ago and saw a Brown Creeper working its way up my ash tree searching for insects in the bark. It was finding some,...
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Betty Peterson
magato99@...
Mar 24, 2001 4:52 pm
How exciting about the Brown Creeper. I had one here in my backyard this winter and got a close up look at it when it lit on my clothesline. Don and I saw...
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osprey@...
Mar 26, 2001 3:43 pm
I only have a few bird sightings to write about for this week's bird alert for the Herald-Republic. Please send yours before 8:00 tonight so I can include...
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Gaylord Mink
gmink@...
Mar 27, 2001 12:53 am
Denny: Spent some time at Satus WRA this morning before the winds blew me out. Several of the ponds are nearly dry. On those few with water there were 500-600...
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Rich712@...
Mar 27, 2001 1:25 am
Chirp, Saturday, a group of nine people met at Kmart to travel to Othello for the Fourth Annual Sandhill Crane festival on Yakima Audubon's field trip. An ...
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John Hebert
jhebert@...
Mar 27, 2001 4:30 am
Looks like I missed the deadline, but I saw a long-billed curlew in a field between mile post 23 and 24 on Hwy 24 on Sunday. That is one of Andy's favorite...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 27, 2001 5:40 am
Myron Lake on Sunday, I saw three tree swallows, wood duck, mallards. Goldfinches changing colors. Just returned from a trip to AZ, including Madera Canyon, SE...
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SR
scray@...
Mar 31, 2001 5:15 am
There is an occupied Great Horned Owl nest in a leaf-bare cottonwood tree in Moxee. To find it, head east on SH 24 out of Yakima to the first Moxee turn-off....
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Apr 1, 2001 2:06 am
sat,mar,31. on the way to the iba meeting. w king bird - top golf course. vauks swift - east of 97 on marlian drain. v g swallow on lat b. the rest were...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:33 am
Date: April 1, 2001 Location: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h Percentage of sky covered by...
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AJBIRDS@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:00 am
While having Sunday brunch at Appletree Golf Course today, I looked out the window in time to see my first TURKEY VULTURE sighting of this spring. It was ...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Apr 2, 2001 3:35 pm
Ken and I observed swallows feeding over our house in Yakima last evening (April 1). Did they just get back? We've also been hearing white-crowned sparrows...
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:16 pm
sat the 31 on the way up to yakima for the iba meeting i saw- 1 w kingbird on rocky ford rd, near the toppinish golf course. 2 vaux's swift east of 97 on the...
