I saw my first White crowned Sparrows of the season on Sunday Aug. 29. And a Towhee was here on Aug. 31. Both are new August birds for my yard lists. That's...
This afternoon I stopped by the GSP to look for shorebirds. The wind was so fierce that my scope was useless. With binocs, was able to make out several Greater...
* Denny Granstrand * * Yakima, WA * * dgranstrand@... * * digiscoped bird photos can be see online at: * http://osprey.bardill.net/gallery/...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 3, 2004 1:08 pm
Federal officials move toward dropping protection for seabird By JEFF BARNARD The Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Going against a recommendation from its...
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Michael J. McKinstry
mike@...
Sep 3, 2004 3:17 pm
Andy, I'm a "206 lurker" on the birdyak list server. I'm also in charge of programs for WOS and I have been trying to track down a speaker on murrelets for...
Today was a pretty good yard bird day here, east of Grandview. I saw my first Junco of the season this morning. Then I watched three Western Tanagers enjoying...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 5, 2004 12:11 am
Michael, Being a "509er," so I'm not totally in the loop as to what's going on research-wise over there.Bob Boekelheide or Tim Cullinan, both in Sequim, might...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Sep 5, 2004 4:44 am
I took a spin through the YTC today. I'll borrow part of a paragraph from Andy's book to explain what I saw: "...over the divide into uppermost Cold Creek are...
Today the family had a little picnic. There were a few bird species around there. Some species are probably going south as winter comes by. Bird species...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Sep 6, 2004 8:59 pm
I had to drive to the Columbia River to find a RED-NECKED GREBE, but you need only drive to the south end of the Greenway in Union Gap. At 1:30 PM today...
Over the weekend I saw the first Juncoes of the fall, and a Townsend's Warbler, Townsend's Solitaire and one Lewis' Woodpecker here. Vaux' Swifts were flying...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Sep 7, 2004 12:41 am
Debie gets all the good yard birds! We have had 2 or 3 Cooper's Hawks and a Sharpie. Three young kestrels flew about the house a couple of days ago. Sue ...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Sep 7, 2004 2:39 am
Sue and Debie, thanks for the recent reports on your "yard birds." I need all the help I can get to create the weekly Bird Alert column for the Herald. Thanks...
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Rich712@...
Sep 7, 2004 3:55 am
Chirp, Has anyone ever seen a grebe fly? A reference book states that they are one of the most perfectly adapted to water of all birds. They feed, sleep and ...
My recent yard birds have been fairly ordinary until this morning when a juvenile PRAIRIE FALCON flew over, then lit on a large cottonwood tree where the...
As promised, I'm not the best at identifying different species but I'll sure post when I see an unusual bird on the lake and let you guys take it from there....
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Rich712@...
Sep 8, 2004 3:17 am
Chirp, Stopped by Wenas Lake this afternoon. The water level is really down. A long walk across the mud-flat revealed that shorebird numbers have plummeted...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 8, 2004 4:12 am
GOAT ROCKS BACKBACK 5-6 September 2004 Ellen and I set out to the Warm Lake in the Goat Rocks Wilderness Area, revisiting the area of our July trek into this...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 8, 2004 4:50 am
Hi All, Ellen and I are tentatively going to be at Fred and Pat Erickson's garden in Sawyer tomorrow night at 7:15 pm to watch Vaux's Swifts come into their...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 8, 2004 3:43 pm
Hi Yakkers, Ellen and I will be at Fred and Pat Erickson's garden in Sawyer tonight at 7:15 pm to watch Vaux's Swifts come into their chimneys to roost. We...
This morning I'm hearing a call down in the cottonwoods along Buckskin Slough near the Naches that starts with three soft "clucks" and then a loud chattery...
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Rich712@...
Sep 10, 2004 5:36 am
Chirp, A belated report on YVAS's Wednesday walk along the Poppoff Trail. The grand news is that we immediately relocated the breeding plumage Red-necked Grebe...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Sep 10, 2004 6:17 am
It is often the case that Richards reports are more entertaining than the actual field trips. Thanks Richard. One minor addition. At the Grandview Waste Water...
I just added a new yard bird ( # 167 ), 3 Red Crossbills! They were in one of our Spruce trees, making alot of noise- about the time I identified them they...
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Sue Ericksen
ericksen@...
Sep 11, 2004 2:17 am
Hello Yakkers, Downies are rare in our yard...one or two singles a year. Wednesday we were amazed to have three males cavorting in our willow. What fun it was...
Hi Yakkers' We have had a few interesting birds lately. A Clark's Nutcracker landed in the pear tree just in front of the porch a few mornings ago. A Belted ...
Hello All, I was sitting on the deck Sunday afternoon when I became aware of a Magpie scolding something up in one of our large birch trees. A little...
Hello Yakkers This morning I watched 3 Red-breasted Mergansers swimming and diving in my pond for about 15 minutes, before they flew away. First one would...
Hello Debie and Yakkers, Nice description of feeding Red-breasted Mergansers. What interested me was your last comment "These are my first 'salt-water' birds...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Sep 15, 2004 5:17 am
Stopped by Vantage on my way through today, at the Ginkgo overlook in VERY windy conditions I saw a group of about 25 Common Terns flying out in mid river. In...
