About 30 minutes ago 3 Turkey Vultures passed over our yard near 18th and Summitview, not the expected place for them to show up, #71 for our yard list....
Scott Downes
downess@...
Jul 1, 2006 4:52 pm
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Hi All, Just put up a few more Red-breasted Sapsuckers from this afternoon. The chicks are insistently calling and the poor parents are working like mad to...
Chirp, Eloisa, my wife, left Saturday morning to accompany her sister on an overnight trip to Wenatchee. I gave them a map that would take them as far as the...
Rich712@...
Jul 3, 2006 11:23 pm
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Hello, I'm traveling, heading to the Wapato area of Washington this evening and hope to go birding while there. I'll be there through the 9th. If anyone would...
Yakkers, Though off topic I was hoping somebody on the list could help out. We are finishing a butterfly garden and would like to put in some native lupines, ...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Jul 4, 2006 5:17 pm
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Hi All, Yesterday I decided to go after some of the desert Sparrows that I didn't have. I was pleased to find them: Black-throated, Lark, and Sage. All were...
Chirp, Bill D. and I arrived at Fort Simcoe at 7:30 this morning to conduct another citizen science survey of cavity nesters. As soon as we stepped from the...
Rich712@...
Jul 6, 2006 10:26 pm
4208
Dang it!!!! I missed her again!! That does it. I am going out there tomorrow morning before I go into work and try to see this darned bird. Ugh. I think...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Jul 7, 2006 12:03 am
4209
I was up in the Middle Fork Ahtanum Creek area today above Tree Phones Campground near the Eagle Nest picnic area and on the way up there I heard many Lazuli...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Jul 7, 2006 12:15 am
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In June I encountered many Brewer's Sparrow in mountain sage areas in eastern Nevada. The primary sage habitat here was 6200-6500, while the mountain...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Jul 7, 2006 4:00 am
4211
Went out to Fort Simcoe this morning to try for the ACWO and scored. I parked at the south end of the parking lot and walked around for about 5 minutes...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Jul 7, 2006 5:53 pm
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Well, I'm not having much luck birding. Drove the Umptanum Road from about 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday evening. Saw all 150 bluebird nests along the way, but nary a...
Chirp, As our monitors ready to head out to record this week's activity on the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail, I am happy to report that 81 bluebirds fledged from ...
Rich712@...
Jul 8, 2006 2:53 am
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I will be heading to the Moses Lake area on Monday and am wondering whether anyone knows of bluebird trails en route there, heading east from Ellensburg?...
Just wondering whether anyone has seen bobolinks anywhere east of Ellensburg (in the area toward Moses Lake or Lewiston, Idaho; in the past little while? Or...
Yakkers, I spent the morning working on my Kittitas Co. list, starting at Vantage where I saw the BLACK-THROATED SPARROW in the previously reported area near ...
Hi Everyone, Ellen and I, along with Jan and Judy Gano birded Fort Simcoe this morning and did NOT see the Acorn Woodpecker. Jan remarked the birds were the ...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 9, 2006 1:09 am
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Hi Yakkers, I met my sister and brother-in-law, Sue and Warren Terrell, on Magnolia in Seattle yesterday morning to search for the Hooded Oriole that has been ...
Hi All, A few new ones added to the New Photos gallery of a Lewis's Woodpecker nest I found at Fort Simcoe. These birds were much more spooky than any other...
Chirp, I spent a few hours today checking bluebird nest boxes in Hardy Canyon. At times it seems as if a nest box intended for a bluebird is placed within...
Rich712@...
Jul 12, 2006 4:56 am
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Hi All, SHOE LAKE TRAIL 9 JULY 2006 From the trailhead at the North Fork of the Tieton River, we made our way up to Shoe Lake, initially on the graded trail to...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 12, 2006 2:18 pm
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Chirp, Another citizen science survey of Fort Simcoe's oak cavities culminated with another member of Yakima's avid birders getting his county list punched...
Rich712@...
Jul 12, 2006 10:51 pm
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Yesterday, July 11th, I saw a Western Scrub Jay fly across Ahtanum road about 1/8 to 1/4 mile west of the intersection of Ahtanum Rd. and Lynch Rd. Also, this...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Jul 12, 2006 11:33 pm
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Hi Everyone, We'll, luck was with us on our third try for the Acorn Woody. Within five minutes of shutting the car door, Ellen and I saw the bird in the big...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 13, 2006 9:09 pm
4225
Following Richard Repp's post from 7-3-06, Judy and I ventured up the FR1702 road off US410 last evening in pursuit of Common Poorwills and Flammulated Owls....
Chirp, Baring the unexpected, Jan G., Bill D., and I plan on birding Fort Simcoe this Monday. This will not be one of the "official" surveys of the Fort's...
Rich712@...
Jul 15, 2006 11:36 pm
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On my second trip to Fort Simcoe this morning ( Saturday, 07/15/06 ) at the picnic area near the south end of the parking lot, success at last...... We first...
Hi Yakkers, I got to Fort Simcoe this afternoon at about 4:30 and found the Acorn Woodpecker at 5:15. It was in the west-most tree of the picnic area grove ...
Chirp, Four of us ventured out to Fort Simcoe today and alas, no Acorn Woodpecker. We hit the picnic area hotspot at 8:20, 10:15 and noon without scoring any...
Rich712@...
Jul 18, 2006 12:16 am
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Hi Yakkers, I just put two new photos of the Acorn Woodpecker at Fort Simcoe in the new photos folder on my website. Denny * Denny Granstrand * * Yakima, WA * ...
