Hi Everyone, A Yakima Valley Audubon Society fieldtrip today (1 October), with six participants, visited sites along the lower east slopes of the Cascades. The...
Hi Yakkers, Encouraged by Andy's sighting of a White-throated Sparrow several days ago, I bought two bags of wild bird seed at K-Mart this morning and hauled...
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John J. Hebert
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Oct 2, 2005 4:13 am
Denny, strange you should mention Sparrow Patches. On my walk today from Poppoff to Hwy-24 along the Greenway I stopped at the site of Sparrow Patch South and...
Hi Yakkers, I took more bird seed out to the arboretum this morning. Along the pathway through the cottonwood grove from Sherman Park to the river, someone...
Hi fellow yakkers, I finally had the chance to post pictures of the muscoy duck. There is a female with a few young. The pictures are found on the Photos...
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Jeff Kozma
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Oct 3, 2005 3:31 pm
I had a Pine Siskin at my feeders this weekend. First one I have noticed this fall. Jeff Kozma Yakima (Terrace Heights) [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi all, New shots from a trip to Mill Creek in Walla Walla county have been posted on my pbase site.They are: Great Egret, Blue Heron, and Kingfisher. George...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 4, 2005 7:25 pm
Very nice George, Your "Blue Heron 10-05 6J" is a wonderful study, complete with a picturesque rock garden setting, a very pleasing photo, indeed. Andy...
The winter migration fall out dropped a nice surprise in my West Valley yard this morning. I looked out the window, when movement caught my attention, to...
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Scott Downes
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Oct 8, 2005 8:18 pm
This morning at Wenas lake, not much in the way of shorebirds (habdful of killdeer and a greater yellowlegs) but did have a few other nice birds. The great...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 9, 2005 12:33 am
Hi Everyone, This morning about 9:30 a.m. I got a call from my brother Mike.He was reporting a Burrowing Owl which he had just flushed near the crest of ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 10, 2005 2:45 am
Hello Everyone, Ellen, Vera, and myself set out at a very civilized 9 am. from Naches to hike in the Chinook Pass area. Arriving at the pass, we noted the...
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John J. Hebert
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Oct 10, 2005 4:14 am
Stopped at Rimrock Lake in the bright fall sun to check out the gulls. Mostly California, a few Ring-billed, and one Bonaparte's. Clear Lake did not disappoint...
Hi Yakkers, I stopped by the flooded fields on the north side of Highway 24 and west of Birchfield Road this morning. Scott Ray was there, also. It is...
Hi all, Just to let you know I have added new photos from yesterday. All local birds, including Chickadees, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a Flicker, and several from...
Hi Yakkers, I just listened to the messages on the Yakima Valley Audubon phone line. Phelps Freeborn was at Fort Simcoe Thursday and saw some Western Scrub ...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 11, 2005 3:30 pm
I had a Spotted Towhee this past weekend foraging in the "weed patch", an area I let bird seed and weeds sprout and grow in a corner of my lawn. My other...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Oct 11, 2005 3:58 pm
Had an adult Merlin make a quick fly through the yard yesterday evening. Amazingly this makes raptor #9 for our yard list and #65 overall. Our songbird numbers...
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ty604di@...
Oct 11, 2005 5:14 pm
Hi all , Each year the Blue Spruce tree`s that are on my land host many birds at night are booming with more Quail than I have ever had . Many are half grown ....
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Jeff Kozma
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Oct 12, 2005 11:26 pm
I was up working between Little Rattlesnake Creek and Rattlesnake Creek today off the Nile Road. Quite a few birds around. Elevation Range 3000-4400 feet....
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 14, 2005 7:21 pm
Anyone have time to follow-up on this report? Andy ... From: Williams, Jody M. To: steppie@... Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:08 AM Subject: Sent from...
Hi Yakkers, I followed up on Andy's e-mail yesterday and visited Jody Williams and her husband on Lillie Lane in Toppenish yesterday afternoon. I got photos...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 16, 2005 4:12 pm
At 9 a.m. this morning I observed a female or young Black-throated Blue Warbler in our yard in Parker Heights, near Wapato. It was flycatching along with...
Hi Yakkers, Andy Stepniewski called me this morning with news of the Black-throated Blue Warbler in his yard. I rushed down and, in the course of over an ...
Hi Yakkers, Yesterday I led a small group to two spots in the Ahtanum area west of Yakima, searching for Spruce Grouse and Boreal Owl. We started by walking up...
Hi all, I just finished posting some new photos from yesterday's hike to find the Spruce Grouse. We did, and they were incredibly cooperative. John Hebert...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 17, 2005 3:54 pm
A noteworthy sighting, I think, of two Barn Swallows foraging over the Wahluke Wildlife Area in Franklin County on Saturday. Seemed kind of late for...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 17, 2005 4:16 pm
Hello Everyone, Again at 9 a.m. this morning I observed a female or young Black-throated Blue Warbler in our yard in Parker Heights, near Wapato. It was...
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alice creighton
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Oct 17, 2005 8:29 pm
Unusual? Yesterday I saw a stellar jay flying across Lincoln Ave to an evergreen on Naches Ave. I thought these birds were in the foothills and up!! I...
