Hi Yakkers, The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is an organization dedicated to the birds and birding in Washington State. It was "chartered in 1988...
This morning I heard, then saw 3 Killdeer swooping around over the pasture. Also, I have only seen 3 White-crowns this winter - 2 juveniles when it was snowy,...
Hi Yakkers, I received a phone call from a woman I have known for a long time, saying there is a bird in a tree in their backyard that she and her husband...
Yakkers, Just stepped outside into our backyard and heard the Western Screech owl calling again as it has done for every night we've been home in the past ...
Scott Downes
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Feb 3, 2005 6:03 am
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Scott, Last year a group of us went to view a Screech Owl that has been in residence for some time in a yard around 30th and Yakima. Apparently they nest in a...
Hi all , Yesterday morning after feeding my assorted cooped birds I saw a pile of fur near my feeder to the west of my place . Rabbits feed on dropped seed ...
ty604di@...
Feb 3, 2005 6:08 pm
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Re: Screech Owls Scott, Bob and I have heard screech owls for a few years in the trees in the alley east of 24th Ave between Summitview and Eleanor. Could be ...
Robert & Leslie Wahl
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Feb 4, 2005 1:19 am
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A friend of mine used to live in the Glenmoor Apts. (I think that is what they are called) out on 48th and Summitview and he had two male screech owls fighting...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:24 pm
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I was up along the Ellensburg Pass Rd, just past the Audubon road in the Wenas last week and saw an adult Golden Eagle sitting in one of the large ponderosa...
Jeff Kozma
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Feb 4, 2005 5:01 pm
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I saw a Great Egret fishing in the stream that runs along the West side of I-82 in Union Gap. It was clearly visible from the highway. This is probably the...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Feb 4, 2005 5:04 pm
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I saw it fly from the shore of Buchanan Lake as I drove down I-82 a couple weeks ago. I'd love to get a photo of it but haven't been able to locate it since....
Chirp, Thursday morning I took note of a Merlin perched in a neighbor's tree. The Mountain Chickadee that had been missing (or just missed) for several weeks ...
Rich712@...
Feb 5, 2005 12:58 am
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Greetings all, It is always interesting to read of a rarity that is not on the current checklists. Denny Grandstand's recent Chicken sighting surely falls in...
Ron
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Feb 6, 2005 5:03 pm
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Hi Yakkers, Bob Tuck, who many of us know from his days working with the Yakama Nation, called me this afternoon with news that there is a Barred Owl roosting...
Hi Denny, Glad you got to see one down here. Ours has not yet returned and we kept a close eye out this weekend. The only thing happening is we found wing...
Hi all , Each winter I feed hundreds of Mallards that fly either from the cemetary or Sportsmans to my place . This fall a few starting buzzing the place and a...
ty604di@...
Feb 8, 2005 8:19 pm
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I was back out along the Ellensburg Pass Road yesterday working. It was a pretty quiet day bird wise, but the highlight was a CLARK'S NUTCRACKER viewed from...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Feb 10, 2005 4:47 pm
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Does anyone know what subspecies of CAGO we get here in the valley? I saw a flock of 5 flying along I-82 in Yakima yesterday that had three significantly...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Feb 10, 2005 5:22 pm
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Right at sunset last night the sky was busy with Screech Owls calling eachother here in Terrace Hghts. It was great ! From now on they will be a nightly song...
ty604di@...
Feb 10, 2005 6:00 pm
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Chirp, My recollection from what I have heard and read is that, before the last AOU split, there were 11 sub species of Canada Goose. Four of these sub...
Rich712@...
Feb 10, 2005 7:59 pm
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OK I'm jealous. I think I've only heard Screech Owls once at home and every time I see the neighborhood Merlin it's hot footing it in your direction. As for...
Hi Jeff and Yakkers, In the valley this winter I have seen three subspecies of Canada Goose: one Giant (very rare for Washington), Great Basin (also called ...
Can someone please e-mail me directions to see the Tri-colored Blackbirds at the potholes area (or where ever it was Denny saw them lately in Central WA)? I...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Feb 11, 2005 11:06 pm
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Hi Yakkers, This came from Tweeters this afternoon. I hope your computers are set up with the correct drivers to watch the videos. They are amazing. Denny ...
Hi Mike , I would gladly rent out Merlin for a few days , he is always buzzing the place . You might have a point about the Mallards , this winter the cemetary...
ty604di@...
Feb 15, 2005 8:53 pm
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Forgot to even say anything about the Owls . Mike I think where we live right above the two canals they hunt from the large tree to the south of us . I have a...
ty604di@...
Feb 16, 2005 12:08 am
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Tri-Cities Herald article: "Art Shine of the USFWS will present a program on identifying nests of local birds at 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at McNary Wildlife Refuge. He...
Joan
ariestwo@...
Feb 16, 2005 2:26 pm
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I'm headed over to your side of the mountains for a long weekend of birding around the Moses Lake area. I've been tossing around dates in the middle March to...
Hi from sunny Mexico and Todos Santos! Bob and Leslie Wahl and Maia and Bob Mittelstaedt had lunch today at the Hotel California in Todos Santos and saw...
Hi All, I heard my first singing Western Meadowlark of the spring this afternoon in the sagelands atop Rattlesnake Ridge. I also flushed a pair of Chukars,...
