Yakkers, I couldn't resist birding behind the storm front this morning and was rewarded with a mini-fallout of birds on the Yakama Reservation along Harrah Dr....
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Kerry Turley
kerryturley
Aug 23, 2004 6:39 am
Correction: the location of the BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER should have been South Harrah Rd. not Harrah Dr. Rd. It was half way along the stretch of road that...
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Windy Point by way o...
dennygranstrand
Aug 23, 2004 3:30 pm
Hi Yakkers, It was pouring rain at 6 am in Yakima as we were heading up towards Chinook Pass , so prospects for the day appeared grim. As we headed west, the...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 23, 2004 4:02 pm
On Sunday morning I got great looks at a female (or this years fledgling male) Calliope Hummingbird as it sat on a tomato cage on my back patio right outside ...
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Mac Knight
macknight98902
Aug 24, 2004 1:20 am
The July/August issue of the Calliope Crier has been posted on the web site, in color, no less. Great job, Denny. You may have to refresh your browser to get...
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Aug 24, 2004 4:54 pm
An Olive-sided Flycatcher has been catching bugs in my yard for the last 2 days, with a Willow Flycatcher and a Western Wood Pewee. It was a good opportunity...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 24, 2004 11:10 pm
Hi Yakkers, Well, I just had to share my great experience today. I was at Klickitat Meadows today, accessed from Middle Fork Ahtanum, and came to a large are...
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Phyllis
moonax52
Aug 25, 2004 7:52 pm
noticed many of the trees with patches of bark flecked off. I stopped and got out and then noticed that many, many of the trees ... woodpeckers were in the...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 25, 2004 10:15 pm
Hi Phyllis, Black-backed Woodpeckers and American three-toed woodpeckers are the two species that are most noted for bark flaking. They basically are feeding ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 25, 2004 10:29 pm
Mac and Denny, The Crier on the YVAS website really does look sharp. Congratulations to both of you...another leap forward thanks to technology. Andy...
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Phyllis
moonax52
Aug 26, 2004 12:04 am
... feeding ... adults. ... excavators and ... deep ... to say ... would wager ... Thanks Jeff, That helps a lot. I'm going to study my Field Guides and see if...
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Rich712@...
Aug 26, 2004 11:04 pm
Chirp, YVAS' Wednesday morning walk along the Poppoff Trail proved to be both rewarding and challenging. The combination of fall migration, cool temps and the...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 26, 2004 11:45 pm
Rich, It's my busy time at work, so I really appreciate you taking the time to chronicle the Wednesday morning trips to Popoff. That's a delectable list! I ...
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Rich712@...
Aug 27, 2004 5:06 am
Andy and Yakkers, You posed the question: "If you run the same route a week from now, I wonder if you would still get six species?" I have no doubt that six...
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Mac Knight
macknight98902
Aug 27, 2004 2:38 pm
I've also noted that we often see only the south end of a northbound tweet. George Vlahakis and I have discussed making up a field guide that is exclusively...
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Aug 28, 2004 12:39 am
Mac, Excellent idea! Lets do it. George ... From: "Mac Knight" <mac_knight@...> To: <BirdYak@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:38 AM ...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Aug 28, 2004 3:51 am
With numerous reports of STILT SANDPIPERS around the periphery of Yakima County (BC, Othello, Walla Walla, etc.), Andy and Denny encouraged Richard and I to...
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Kathleen Ross
rosswilburn
Aug 28, 2004 5:02 am
John -- do you have directions to find the Grandview Sewage Ponds? I don't think I've ever been there . . . and I know I've never seen a Stilt Sandpiper!...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 28, 2004 7:11 pm
MOSEBAR RECREATION AREA 28 AUGUST 2004 Just west of Mabton along the Yakima River is a Yakama Nation wildlife area known as Mosebar. To reach this very rich...
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Michael J Roper
nefspop
Aug 29, 2004 12:18 am
I was under the bridges at Union Gap this afternoon. There were around 100 White-Throated Swifts buzzing around. I suppose they're migrants but were flying up...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 29, 2004 5:45 am
Hi Kathleen, I haven't seen a reply from John so here are the directions: Take the first Grandview exit off I-82. To south into Grandview. Within a quarter...
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Elizabeth
taxidera_taxus
Aug 29, 2004 7:45 pm
Ok, so I sort of used a line from: THE WIZARD OF OZ. Anyways, the family and I went to the Poppoff Nature Trail. We have decided that on Sundays, we leave...
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Betsy Martin
bamar1@...
Aug 29, 2004 7:46 pm
I expected to see others at this area this morning after Andy's description yesterday. Michael and I saw lots of birds, not as many as Andy and Ellen. It was...
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Rich712@...
Aug 29, 2004 8:34 pm
Kathleen and Yakkers, The Grandview Waste Water (sewage) Treatment Plant can also be accessed off of Highway 22. Continue east beyond Mabton and turn left...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 30, 2004 4:50 am
Hi Ken and Yakkers, This appeared on Tweeters Sunday August 29. Andy ... From: "hrudkaj mary" <hrudkajm@...> To: <tweeters@...> Sent:...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 30, 2004 3:51 pm
GOAT ROCKS HIKE 29 AUGUST 2004 Ellen and I took a stiff day hike Sunday up the North Fork of the Tieton River into the alpine basin southeast of Elk Pass in...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 31, 2004 3:06 pm
Hi Yakkers, I made it down to the Grandview Sewage Treatment Plant yesterday morning and found one Stilt Sandpiper working the mud of a pond that also had 8...
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Elizabeth
taxidera_taxus
Aug 31, 2004 4:19 pm
Denny, Is it a spotted sandpiper?...
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Elizabeth
taxidera_taxus
Aug 31, 2004 9:46 pm
I just came back from work and as we were drive down 18th St and Mead ave. we noticed about 6 California quail crossing the street....
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Kathleen Ross
rosswilburn
Sep 1, 2004 2:38 am
Denny - thanks for your help! Hopefully I'll be able to get down there before the large group of shorebirds leave. I was at Ledbetter Point two weeks ago,...
