Mac, I'd guess "Slate-colored" Juncos occur here in a ratio of about 1:250 with "Oregon" Dark-eyed Juncos. I think close scrutiny of some of our Slate-colored...
Andy
steppie@...
Jan 1, 2004 2:29 pm
1944
I posted a few pictures of the great-horned owls we found (three yesterday), a goldfinch, and a very chilly kestrel on my pbase photo site. If you'd like to...
Quack. ken here. Pelicans: I have seen flocks of them on islands in the Hanford reach in january in past years. Osprey: Saw one flying along the Yakima...
Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
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Jan 2, 2004 5:27 am
1946
Ken, Nice report ...from all over. About the warblers: most along the outer coast are Myrtle Yellow-rumps, from east of the Rockies. The come to the coast ...
Andy
steppie@...
Jan 2, 2004 9:58 pm
1947
Greetings All, New Years morning was greeted by steady snow falling, bringing lots of birds to our feeder, including 60 California Quails, four Spotted...
Andy
steppie@...
Jan 2, 2004 10:21 pm
1948
I'm having a good time enjoying all the birds at my feeder in this snow storm. Lots of house finchs, white crowns, goldfinchs, juncos and about 60 quail....
Betty Peterson
magato99@...
Jan 3, 2004 5:06 am
1949
Here in town (7th Ave. and Nob Hill in Yakima), we're getting a lot of goldfinches, house finches, juncos, white-crowned sparrows, and house sparrows. I...
I don't see any planned observing sessions for January. Are we in hibernation? <grin> Any plans? Merri and I would love to go out with more experienced folks...
Count me in also on any field trips in Jan or Feb. Alice Nevue...
alice creighton
aacr8on@...
Jan 3, 2004 6:59 pm
1952
Note: forwarded message attached. Hi Yakkers, Thought we would forward the note from Sunny Walter, who some of you will remember from her talk at Audubon last...
Merri and I went to the Yakima Canyon and up Umptanum Creek a bit today and found a few brave birds out in the snowstorm. We saw the following: 10 magpies 2...
The attachment didn't come through Doris, but we'd love to see it if you can try again. Mac Knight Home Page - http://www.macknight.addr.com Gallery -...
We went around the Popoff Trail today (and ran into Denny, who also didn't have sense enough to come in out of the cold). It was a balmy 13 degrees when we...
Yakkers, Our Fox Sparrow hadnt been seen for several days since our return after the holidays and I had began to wonder if it had moved on. This morning it was...
Hi Scott, We did get one Fox Sparrow on the Yakima CBC. The feeder at the arboretum came through again! Denny ... * Denny Granstrand * * Yakima, WA * *...
Denny, Great! A count day bird is always better than a CW bird. Scott Scott Downes Department of Biology 7537 Central Washington University 400 E8th Ave ...
Hi Yakkers, A few weeks ago someone sent an e-mail to Tweeters with a checklist of the birds of Washington attached that he had done on an Excel spreadsheet....
We braved the cold Sunday and birded the lake between Popoff Trail an the treatment plant. The lake wasn't frozen so there were quite a few birds on it. A male...
Hi, I was at the Greenway Sunday too! I went to the sparrow patch and along the river for a little ways towards the east (?) to the no trespassing sign. I ...
Sturnella@...
Jan 5, 2004 5:38 pm
1962
We also took HWY 24 to Sunnyside looking for raptors. With the cold spell I was hoping for a Gyrfalcon or the Sunnyside Peregrine. The only falcons seen were...
Yakkers, Coming home for lunch, I heard a Bewick's Wren, the first I've recorded here (since I began keeping records in 1978), scolding from the brambles in...
Andy
steppie@...
Jan 5, 2004 9:32 pm
1964
We've had at least two down by Suntides for about a month. The first time I heard the song, it was so loud that I looked past the little wren in the tree and...
I've been looking along the Hanford roads too, Debie. I see many horned larks, but no snow buntings. Mac Knight Home Page - http://www.macknight.addr.com ...
Yakkers, This afternoon yielded a new yard bird for me. I've placed one of several photos I managed to snap of it on the BirdYak photo page. Yeah, I know, the...
Yes, good job. Others are not having such an easy time. Here are some more shots. None of them is very good. Hope to do better tomorrow. Scott ... From:...
Hi Mac, Did you lose those electric socks? We had a great trip to London and on a couple of forays out to the countryside saw a few European birds we had never...
Yakkers, Weatherunderground website shows a -65F at this hour in Veryojansk in northeastern Russia, as cold as I've seen there this winter. This is the coldest...
Andy
steppie@...
Jan 6, 2004 6:30 pm
1973
The 102nd CBC in Nome, Alaska only recorded one species: 255 Common Ravens. However, the 103rd count was up to 9 species! Ryan Merrill Kirkland, WA...
