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 ...
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Ryans
beryan@...
Aug 27, 2001 4:27 pm
Yesterday (8/26) when making our last check on the bluebird trail we saw a young coyote on Canteen Flat. It was about 50 feet from the car when we stopped to...
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Sturnella@...
Aug 27, 2001 8:29 pm
Hi Denny My newest yard bird, # 162, is a Double-crested Cormorant on Aug. 25, flying right over our place. We've seen MacGillivary's, Yellow, Nashville and...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Aug 28, 2001 2:28 am
Spent a couple of hours birding Sunday on the Yakima Reservation, not much going on with the heat and lack of water. The flooded field just west of Old ...
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BirdAHikes@...
Aug 29, 2001 3:13 am
Denny, Went to visit my son, Denny, in Victor, ID. We drove over to Jackson Hole and spied several Sandhill Cranes in the wetlands just NE of town. Drove up ...
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S Ray
scray@...
Sep 1, 2001 5:24 am
Kingbirds should be becoming scarce these days. My last Eastern was Wednesday, 8/29. Anyone else see any this week? Scott Ray...
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S Ray
scray@...
Sep 2, 2001 12:36 am
Contrary to the message you all just received, only one subscriber was removed from the list by request. Everyone else is still subscribed. The message went...
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Sep 6, 2001 10:28 pm
while driving down pumphouse road, at about mile 7.5, a large group of t vs became airborne. the kettle had 11 tvs in it.i could not find any thing that had...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 9, 2001 1:24 pm
Yakkers, Shorebird migration seems to be on the wane at Wenas Lake. Very low water levels might be contributing to making the lake unattractive to waders. Here...
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Denny Granstrand
osprey@...
Sep 10, 2001 4:38 am
Hi Yakkers, I have only a few sightings to report for this week for the newspaper. If you have any to add, please e-mail them to BirdYak by early Monday...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Sep 10, 2001 4:22 pm
Denny, In the yard this morning was a Lewis's Woodpecker, Townsend's Solitaire feasting on juniper berries (also 8 September), Townsend's, Yellow-rumped, and...
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Kerry Turley
kdturley@...
Sep 10, 2001 9:45 pm
Yakkers, Stopped Sunday morning at the refuge headquarters looking for passerines and was surprised to see that there is water in front of the observation...
