Spent an hour and a half birding the greenway and popoff trail this morning from 10:15-11:45. Huge numbers of American robin (estimated 5-600 total), seemed to...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Oct 1, 2006 8:51 pm
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CHINOOK PASS HIKE 1 OCTOBER 2006 I repeated the hike I took last Sunday north from Chinook Pass to Sourdough Gap, about three miles one-way. Westside stratus...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 2, 2006 2:25 am
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Hi All, A smattering of new shots from the last two months. Things have been slow so these are certainly a wide variety of birds. George Vlahakis ...
I was up at the junction of Hudson Creek and the North Fork Wenas Creek last Friday reviewing a DNR timber sale. Saw a good variety of birds, nothing of major...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 2, 2006 4:02 pm
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Hi Yakkers, I went to Texas last week to visit my son in Austin and do some birding. The highlight was visiting the Corpus Bend Hawk Watch at Hazel Bazemore...
Hi All, We were fuleling at the Conoco on Fruitvale up by 40th Ave. this morning, October 8. I noticed a kestrel-sized raptor perched in dead branches of a ...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 9, 2006 3:12 am
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Hi All, We headed up the North Fork of the Ahtanum to hike and possibly search for a Spruce Grouse. As we ha not hiked much this week, we headed up the...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 9, 2006 3:47 am
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I keep thinking I have seen the last of the Anna's Hummingbird we've had at our feeder since late August. Well it was back again today. Perhaps today was the...
Hi All, The only new shots from this weekend are of a Cooper's Hawk that ate and then sat for an hour digesting its full crop. As is typical for Accipiters, he...
Sunday was a good sparrow day in the yard. I tallied four species, pretty good for a small Terrace Heights backyard. I saw one SAVANNAH SPARROW at the bird...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 9, 2006 6:55 pm
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I had a Blue Jay in my sunflowers most of Sunday, Oct. 8th. My newest yard bird # 172! Last week I saw a Winter Wren in my mint area behind the pond. My...
Hi Andy, From what I know of Merlins, they usually overtake their prey in flight, relying on speed, much like a Peregrine. In contrast, Cooper's and Sharpies...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 10, 2006 6:34 pm
4340
I am watching a White-throated Sparrow at my feeder, along with Juncos, White and Golden crowned Sparrows. Debie Debie Brown Konnowac Pass Moxee, WA ...
Debie, What a yard for birds! Andy ... From: <Sturnella@...> To: <birdyak@yahoogroups.com>; <Rich712@...> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:06 PM ...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Oct 11, 2006 12:34 am
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Chirp, I spent an hour and a half at Wenas Lake this afternoon in hopes of turning up something unusual but didn't find anything that has not been reported...
Rich712@...
Oct 12, 2006 2:37 am
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Croak At "work" today reviewing yet another proposed DNR timber sale, up on Whites' Ridge in the Ahtanum between north and middle fork Ahtanum. Jeep trail up...
Ken
baviskd@...
Oct 12, 2006 6:09 am
4344
We've hardly seen any hummingbirds all year, but a couple of days ago we had one perched on one of our feeders and it checked another nearby one. I'm pretty...
Just a quick update on Prosser birds and a question. Black Billed Magpies and American Crows are in ample evidence stealing my walnuts faster than I can...
David Walker
walker-dh@...
Oct 12, 2006 12:40 pm
4346
I had two female Red Wing Blackbirds in the yard this morning early. Also, american Crows were very prevalent this morning. There were 25 on the ground in the...
David Walker
walker-dh@...
Oct 12, 2006 12:43 pm
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A very busy sharp shin has been keeping alot of the birds undercover in my Selah yard. I am finding a new kill daily. Appear to be all house sparrows. Spotted...
It is getting on the late side for rufous hummingbird. It could still be a late rufous hummingbird, but could be an Anna's Hummingbird also. Worth a second...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Oct 12, 2006 4:13 pm
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In our yard here in Yakima we have a couple dozen robins feeding on our numerous dogwood berries as they have done for the last couple weeks, the berries are...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Oct 12, 2006 5:04 pm
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Hi Yakkers, As I got back from college, I heard the familiar call of the neighborhood crow. Let me tell you, this crow was not alone. He/She had company that...
Hi Yakkers, Friday afternoon Chris and I went to the Yakima Area Arboretum to scout for trees and shrubs that would look nice in our yard. Not that we were...
My husband and I live near what used to be Boise Cascade. This morning, while it was raining lightly, at least 50 large crows or ravens gathered on the roofs...
Tanner
tancat@...
Oct 16, 2006 2:21 am
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Hi All, Went up to Chinook Pass Saturday to see what I could find. Robins and Varied Thrushes were feeding on Mountain Ash berries and Pikas were busily...
I was out in the Satus Wildlife Area for opening day of duck season on Saturday with Ken Bevis. Although we didn't see or get many ducks, we did see a good...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Oct 16, 2006 6:39 pm
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Ever wonder what happens when an animal dies in the wild? Oct 6th, I happend onto a cow elk that had died about 2 hrs previously of natural causes (not hunter...
I had not seen any American Goldfinch for weeks [and I should have according to Andy's book pg.48] Yesterday I had 8 and have and uncounted group again today....
David Walker
walker-dh@...
Oct 17, 2006 12:53 pm
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A friend of mine on E.Duffield Road, north of Moxee, watched a Red-naped Sapsucker in her trees. It stayed for a little bit checking out her bird houses,too....
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