Hi Yakkers, As I was driving south (or east, whichever you prefer) on I-82 Tuesday I saw an adult Bald Eagle perched in a tree overhanging the Yakima River a...
Hi Yakkers, I got this e-mail from Stan Isley this afternoon: I thought I'd report a couple of bird sightings right here in the City of Yakima. BARN OWL I and...
Yakkers, We will be having a couple of birders from Canada in our neck of the woods next week. I know they will likely be visiting Toppenish, fort simcoe and ...
Hi all , Today there was a Yellow Headed Black Bird feeding at my neighbors place , it was beautiful , the head was an orange yellow . Also have had a Western...
Chirp, A cavity nesting survey at Fort Simcoe by five YVAS members today was interrupted early. Debie Brown observed and heard a Northern Mockingbird atop a...
To those who are interested.. this was forwarded to me by my wife. I will not be able to go to the meeting (getting up at 3:15 for work doesn't match well with...
Hi Birders, Yesterday on a Sunday afternoon drive I saw 2 groups of the white pelicans, one group of 18 and another of 4. They were in the Yakima River below...
Saturday while vacuuming the left over duck poop out of the pool in the same brush that I saw the Chat a Western Tanenger flew into and stayed awhile . They...
I was getting ready for work this morning and started hearing a new bird so went outside with binocs and watched this bird for the longest time , sounded ...
Does anyone know - have the hawks abandoned the nest? I saw one sitting on the nest occasionly a couple days ago, but haven't seen any at all today. Phyllis...
Hi all , I filled the pit that was once going to be a foundation for a garage " long story " out in my pasture with water two weeks ago and my bird selection...
Hi All, I was in San Diego for a meeting and managed to spend two days shooting birds in that area. Some we have up here, and others are unique to Southern...
This morning come home from work through Mabton, Yakima Co. at 9:15 am I had a Eurasian Collared Dove fly across Glade Rd (Highway that goes to Bickleton) one...
Today, while up monitoring cavity nests in the nile, I realized one of the males of a pair of flickers is a hybrid Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted. It has the...
Yakkers, Coming home a little while ago (1:15) I had 15 Pelicans soaring over I-82 at the Parker Heights exit (exit 40). There could be more higher, hard to...
Chirp, The results are in from last week's monitoring on the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail. A total of 77 bluebirds fledged last week. Also, 52 eggs were in the...
Hi Yakkers, George Gerdts and Jamie Acker from Bainbridge Island were in the Wenas this weekend. Here is what they saw: We camped overnight at Wenas. Wenas...
Chirp, Holy cow! Memorial Day weekend is here. That means the Washington Audubon campout will take place this Friday through Monday. All are welcome at...
Hi Tweets & Yaks Kittitas Audubon is beginning the process of assembling the data for a county bird map. We want to make sure we don't miss any of the good...
Chirp, On today's YVAS morning walk in Cowiche Canyon, participants were exposed to a barrage of verbal abuse...a lot of which originated from eleven ...
Just got back from this morning's birdwalk, it was a very birdy morning but I'll let Richard post the list. The best bird for me was a very cooperative ...
Chirp, Kelly K., Bill D. and I conducted a citizen science survey of cavity nesters at Fort Simcoe today. With just three on the survey. we pretty much stuck...
On my drive through Mabton this morning shortly after sunrise I had a Common Nighthawk flying over Glade Rd. a spring first. Scott Downes downess@... ...
Chirp, I have just roughed out the results from the weekend's monitor sheets from the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail. The Trail starts from the end of the...
Hi Yakkers, We've been hosting half a dozen or so evening grosbeaks at the feeders for over a week--this is the longest they've hung around the yard in years....
Yakkers, I found a singing Yellow-breasted Chat at this google earth location on Sunday, 5/20/2007. This is a first for me this close to Yakima. It is in...
