Hi Yakkers, Unfortunately, my photos aren't of a White-tailed Ptarmigan. I did get photos of a Clark's Nutcracker digging seeds out of cones on a Whitebark ...
Hi everyone My field trip to Chinook Pass has been changed from Saturday Aug. 5, to Saturday August 12. We will meet at BiMart at 7:00 AM. You will need to...
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Rich712@...
Aug 4, 2006 3:59 pm
Chirp, Just a quick note on the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail. Eight nests are still active containing a total of 33 nestlings. For the year to date, a total of...
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Rich712@...
Aug 5, 2006 1:35 am
Chirp, A group of YVAS volunteers participated in a citizen science survey of Fort Simcoe cavity nesters from mid-March through mid-July. I spent a little time...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 5, 2006 5:37 pm
Went to Wenas lake early this morning to see if any exposed mud existed yet for shorebirds. There are just beginning to be traces of mud exposed, just enough...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 5, 2006 6:36 pm
Hi All, I went out to the Moxee Experimental Station (near Milepost 16, SR-24 east of Yakima) this morning to see if any migrants were about. Jerry, manager of...
Hi All, After my cloud-enshrouded trip up Burroughs Mountain last weekend, Susan and I decided to try it again in the sunlight. The Grey-crowned Rosy Finches...
Hi Yakkers, Several people have experienced problems with their BirdYak e-mail, especially after returning from vacation. They find they are no longer getting...
Hi yakkers, I spent the whole morning walking around the Greenway, basically from Sarg Hubbard Park to the Arboretum. I was excited to spot a single ...
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David Walker
walker-dh@...
Aug 9, 2006 3:50 pm
I have decided to start keeping a bird list. What is the best source and best list for an amateur? Thanks, Dave in Prosser David Walker walker-dh@......
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David Walker
walker-dh@...
Aug 10, 2006 6:43 pm
1.Our Barn Owl family in the yard maple tree has fledged and the mother/father has been sleeping by the nest for the past few days. We have seen only one of...
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Rich712@...
Aug 12, 2006 3:40 am
Chirp, I checked out the remaining active nest boxes on the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail on Wednesday. A total of 21 birds fledged since the prior visit bring ...
Hi Yakkers, We spent last week-end at Indian Creek Campground on Rimrock Lake. The lake is down a few feet elevation and the shoreline is a little muddy but...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 12, 2006 4:08 pm
Last evening (11 August), we had a male Anna's Hummingbird singing its scratchy "song" from overhead wires only a few yards away from our sugar water feeders...
Hi Yakkers, There is now a birder's e-mail group for the Lower Columbia (Tri-Cities and beyond) area called LCBirds. Their website is: ...
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Michael Martin
Thirdeye@...
Aug 14, 2006 3:34 pm
Sunday morning about 9 am, Betsy and I saw a cormorant try to avoid a merlin in pursuit over the north part of the lake north of the Popoff parking lot. Very...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 14, 2006 4:12 pm
Hi Michael and bird yak, Here's an apropos passage from "Hawks in Flight" (Dunne, Pete, D. Sibley, and C. Sutton. Houghton Mifflin. 1988): "Merlins are highly...
We spent a couple of hours at Wenas Lake late afternoon today. Found a few shorebirds: Spotted Sandpiper - 8 Least Sandpiper - 15 Lesser Yellowlegs - 8 ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 18, 2006 3:05 pm
Hi All, Yesterday (17 August), there were a few migrants in our yard in Parker Heights. In 20 minutes of watching, I noted: Rufous Hummingbird - 5+ Belted...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 18, 2006 6:05 pm
Had the chance to check Wenas lake for a couple of hours this morning I found a good variety of shorebird with a couple of highlights, though not big numbers...
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John J. Hebert
jhebert8235@...
Aug 19, 2006 2:38 am
The big news from Grandview is numbers. On the edges of the largest ponds I counter over 500 individual shorebirds! The vast majority of the birds were Western...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 19, 2006 11:51 pm
Hi All, Kerry Turley, Debie Brown, Ellen and I checked the west end of Wenas Lake this afternoon and found eight species of shorebirds: Killdeer - 15, many...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 21, 2006 3:40 pm
I had a Black-headed Grosbeak (a new yard bird) in the yard on Sunday, then it flew to my neighbors Oregon Grape bushes and was feasting on the berries....
Hi Yakkers--Yesterday I got a call from a neighbor down the road that the strange dove that had been in their yard last week (which was never there when I came...
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Rich712@...
Aug 23, 2006 5:31 pm
Chirp, Migrants on the move seems to be the birding topic of late. As my yard is dead, I thought I would probe Sportsman State Park for some action this ...
Hi Yakkers, This is from Richard Repp, who is evidently having e-mail problems. Denny ... * Denny Granstrand * * Yakima, WA * * dgranstrand@... * *...
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Rich712@...
Aug 23, 2006 9:01 pm
Chirp, Anyone interested in touring the Poppoff Trail this Thursday (August 24) is invited to join John H. and me at 8:00 am at the Greenway Parking Lot at the...
We can add red necked phalarope to the shore bids of Wenas lake seen this month. Bill Drenguis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Michael Martin
Thirdeye@...
Aug 26, 2006 1:47 am
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh my what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine heading my way Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay Mister...
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Mike Roper
raptornut@...
Aug 26, 2006 7:52 am
Hi All, About 3:45pm today I saw a dark falcon harassing a flock of pigeons as I was standing in the parking lot of Terrace Heights Elementary without ...
