Yakkers, My wife and I hiked to the top of Bear Creek Mountain today. As we were eating lunch at the top, I noticed two Black Swifts flying above the summit. ...
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osprey@...
Jul 7, 2001 11:13 pm
Hi Tweets, I just talked to a guy in Tieton, about twenty miles northwest of Yakima, who thinks he saw a "Texas" variety Lesser Goldfinch at the edge of his ...
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Bobbinlisa@...
Jul 10, 2001 6:48 am
What a great story about the owl....I hope it comes back this winter!...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 29, 2001 10:41 pm
Yakkers, Sunday (July 29), Ellen, Peggy Braille, and myself hiked the Short and Dirty Trail which ascends ever-so-steeply south of Rimrock Lake up to Divide ...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Jul 30, 2001 12:27 am
Hi Yakkers, This morning I drove up to Wenas Lake searching for shorebirds. Here is what I found: 40+ Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs in breeding plummage 1...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Jul 30, 2001 4:24 pm
Saturday at the 6900 ft level on the north side of Adams, I was trying to get a close look at puzzling little bird in the cool and showery weather without...
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AJBIRDS@...
Jul 30, 2001 4:44 pm
Hi Birders, I've always seen common nighthawks swooping and diving in the early summer evenings at my place in West Valley, but, I've never seen one roosting...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Jul 30, 2001 5:05 pm
What's the chance I'd see a immature yellow wagtail on Adams? A water pipit would have a streaked breast. The song description in the old Golden Guide is a...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Jul 30, 2001 7:36 pm
Paul, Your bird was most likely an American Pipit. They nest in the sub-alpine meadows. Denny ... * * * * * * * * * * * * Denny Granstrand * * Yakima, WA...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Jul 31, 2001 7:36 pm
I agree. The Golden Guide picture didn't have any dark throat or breast patch, but the online sources and the Western pictures show it as I saw it. I was...
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S Ray
scray@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:31 am
I am hearing poorwills on my property this evening. I live exactly 8 miles east of I-82 in low quality shrub-steppe. This is the first non-spring time...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:47 am
Scott and Yakkers, Common Poorwill movements in late summer are relatively little-documented. As bouts of their calling diminishes, so does our detection of...
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Rich712@...
Aug 2, 2001 11:58 pm
Chirp, *** I thought I was going to dash off a quick note, but ended up with a novel. Delete button should be used by anyone who has an actual life*** ...
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Indymor@...
Aug 3, 2001 12:45 am
Dear birdyak--this was classic; everything one could want in a novel of 1,000 pages: suspense, humor galore, reversal, catharsis, reconciliation --I loved it...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 4, 2001 11:43 pm
Hi Yakkers, Here is a brief guide to the peeps, the smaller of our shorebirds: Least Sandpiper - very small, yellowish legs (though frequently discolored by...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 4, 2001 11:46 pm
Hi Yakkers, I, on the spur of the moment this morning, went searching for shorebirds. The most dependable spots in Yakima County have in the past been Wenas...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:18 pm
Hi Yakkers, I need a few bird sightings for my report to the newspaper, which I will send off at about 9:00 this evening. The last two evenings I went to the...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:55 pm
Nearly every morning, a rock wren comes a checks the corners of my office window screen for bugs. Not such an unusual sighting but I get some very close...
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Aug 8, 2001 12:11 am
was at mc b today and went with the banding guys. they have had a poor year, today was better then normal. the birds of note were greater y legs and spotted s...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 8, 2001 12:53 am
Hi Yakkers, Ken Taylor, who has a small aviary with exotic ducks and geese north of Selah, just called me to say that a Siberian Red-breasted Goose flew away ...
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BirdAHikes@...
Aug 9, 2001 12:59 am
Hey, Denny, do you have a picture of a Siberian Red-breasted Goose? Maia...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 9, 2001 4:42 am
Hi Maia, No, I don't have a picture of a Siberian Red-breasted Goose. Ken told me they look like God had painted the colors on them. If you see a goose like ...
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BirdAHikes@...
Aug 10, 2001 12:36 am
Okay, Denny. I'm out by Ken's place every evening so I thought I'd keep a look out.\ Maia...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 12, 2001 2:13 am
Hi Yakkers, Last evening I went to Wenas Lake for some shorebirding. It was much improved from last weekend. Many more birds and eleven species of...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Aug 16, 2001 5:38 am
Bird Yaks: Last evening (8/14) I came down the canyon road from Ellensburg. After passing the Sundown M ranch, up on the flat near the Pomona tavern, the road...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738@...
Aug 16, 2001 3:36 pm
That's good to know. I have a squished small raptor in my parking lot down by Sun Tides. I knew it wasn't a kestrel and I thought it was merlin, but others...
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myra
concorde@...
Aug 20, 2001 10:08 pm
Hello friends, I need help! I saw an all white, long necked bird feeding on the edge of the Yakima River near Byron. I was too far away to see the color of...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 21, 2001 12:47 am
Hi Myra, Great Egrets are seen occasionally in Central Washington. There is a Great Blue Heron/Great Egret rookery southwest of Moses Lake which is the only ...
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Gaylord Mink
gmink@...
Aug 21, 2001 1:49 pm
Just a comment. I occasionally see Great Egrets at Byron Ponds during the spring and summer. I haven't been there recently but it is likely a Great Egret ......
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Aug 27, 2001 3:58 am
Hi Yakkers, I need a few bird sightings for my report in the newspaper this week. I went up to Wenas Lake this afternoon. The best find was a birder from ...
