Seen at the ponds on Sunday: a cormorant swimming right along with four Canada Geese! It finally took off when we got very close, leaving its geese friends...
Hi Yakkers, I got a call from a woman who lives near Parker who said they have had a Burrowing Owl visiting their yard for the past two weeks. It usually gets...
Hi Yakkers, For some reason the Herald-Republic didn't print the Bird Alert today. I guess they just didn't have enough room. Here is it: Bird Alert for...
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g.r.hadersberger
gunterr@...
Mar 7, 2004 2:29 am
cormorant g b heron c goose mallard pintail b eagle harrier ss hawk coopers quail killdeer rock peg m dove ficker crow raven robin starling song sparrow r w...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Mar 7, 2004 3:27 am
March 1. The bluebirds have returned to Wenas road. Western Bluebirds were seen checking out the boxes across from the entrance to Hardy Canyon and both ...
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Andy
steppie@...
Mar 7, 2004 3:41 pm
Good Morning, I would like to propose keeping a cumulative checklist of birds seen on scheduled trips of the Yakima Valley Audubon Society in 2004. Would...
Hi Yakkers--I wanted to thank the Yakima Audubon Society group for dropping by yesterday so I could share some of my Kittitas Valley birds. It was fun to put...
Yakkers, I spent a windy Sunday morning birding the Yakama Reservation mostly along Pumphouse Rd. There are lots of BALD EAGLES around both adult and juvenile ...
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Rich712@...
Mar 8, 2004 9:10 pm
Chirp, I toured the Greenway's Poppoff Trail this morning from 8:00 to 10:30. Nothing cosmic birdwise but the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Although a few ...
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Rich712@...
Mar 9, 2004 8:11 pm
Chirp, YVAS had a field trip Saturday up the Yakima River canyon and through the Kittitas Valley intent on viewing raptors. The trip logged a total of 47...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Mar 10, 2004 8:57 pm
I had a very vocal singing male Say's Phoebe at the house this morning. He looked very happy, perched on top of the surrounding homes and flycathcing when a...
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Rich712@...
Mar 10, 2004 9:18 pm
Chirp, Eleven people participated in YVAS's walk along the Poppoff Trail at the south end of the Greenway this morning. Under sunny skies the starting temp of...
Hi Yakkers, Just wondering if people are seeing many (any) swallows in the Yakima and Kittitas Valley area yet. I have but one Barn Swallow from several weeks...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Mar 12, 2004 4:03 am
Scott, we saw a few Violet-green swallows on the Audubon mini-field trip to Poppoff Trail on Wednesday. I also saw a few Violet-greens near Lateral C and...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 12, 2004 4:18 am
Ken here walking late afternoon near 37th Ave and Summitview in Yakima, heard calls I recognized from somewhere else . Hmm. stopped and pishhhhshhhhed. A ...
Hi Yakkers I was watching a Great Blue Heron walking around the edge of my pond yesterday afternoon. All of a sudden it looked startled. I thought it was...
Spring is finally arriving here in West Valley.....The MOURNING DOVES are calling and the AM. KESTRELS are mating....The MEADOWLARKS arrived on Tuesday, 03/11,...
Hi Yakkers-- Hiked up Coleman Canyon early this morning (north of us), and then made a drive down the Old Vantage Hwy. in the afternoon. I was especially...
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Andy
steppie@...
Mar 14, 2004 7:28 am
Hi Yakkers, This morning (13 March), Ellen, Stan and Lori Isley, and myself went north on the Durr Road. We had good early spring birding n a nice patch of...
I have a 50'x100' corner section of yard that I'm tired of mowing. I'm looking for suggestions of a combination of bird-frendly annuals and perennials that I...
Hi Gaylord and Yakkers, Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest by Russell Link (University of Washington Press, 1999) is a great book for converting...
This morning the swallows were seen in abundance,as far as we could tell as they were fighting the winds, they were tree swallows, but Larry was almost...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Mar 14, 2004 10:51 pm
Saturday we had 10 red-tailed hawks soaring above our place... But Sunday was a whopper - far east of us I counted over 40 raptors riding the thermals and...
My husband and I were at the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge Friday morning and were walking one of the footpaths. We saw a rather large mammal jump into the water...
I posted some new bird pictures on my pbase site - some from our recent vacation to the southwestern USA and some bluebird shots taken today, Sunday, March 14,...
I spent an absolutely beautiful day birding the lower Yakima Valley, mostly along Pumphouse Rd., Lateral "C" Rd., Island Rd. and Marion Drain Rd. Highlites...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 15, 2004 6:52 am
Ken here: Sherrel - I've seen otters at Toppenish NWR before. I bet that is what it was. Beavers don't act quite that acrobatic, and based upon your ...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 15, 2004 3:28 pm
What you plant depends on the light and soil conditions of the spot. Plants that work well in sunny places and don't need a lot of water: sunflowers, cosmos,...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Mar 15, 2004 8:59 pm
Hi Gaylord, I just ordered a bunch of perennials from High Country Gardens. They specialize in drought tolerant perennials, with many of them being native to ...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Mar 16, 2004 2:29 am
Another plant source is Forest Farm in Oregon. They have a huge collection of plants - all identified by place of origin as well as by bird, butterfly, edible...
