Hi Yakkers, I talked to Richard Friday afternoon concerning some Crier business and he told me there was a Western Screech-Owl roosting in the barracks on the...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 2, 2007 1:13 am
Yakkers, We walked the Tieton River Nature Trail west from the suspension bridge 3 miles to just beyond the Yakima-Tieton Canal flume. The weather was ...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jul 2, 2007 3:36 am
Yakkers, Got home from Portland today to read of Andy's recent rufous hummer in parker heights. Reminded me it was time to get out the feeder for the fall, so...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Jul 2, 2007 3:32 pm
I had the first visit of hummers this weekend as well. Blooming Penstemon barbatus and Crocosmia 'Lucifer' seemed to be the hit in my garden. Visiting these...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jul 2, 2007 11:38 pm
Hi George, When a Prairie Falcon lands 40 yards from you from you preens and falls asleep you know you've been there so many times that you've just become part...
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Jul 3, 2007 7:06 am
Mike, I was out there so often that I think they thought I was a lumpy rock that moved occasionally. I have found many times that once the birds no longer...
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Rich712@...
Jul 3, 2007 6:01 pm
Chirp, A group of six homo sapiens scanned the Fort searching for cavity nesting birds. Most notable among the participants were Ken Bevis, WDFW biologist, ...
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JLPINNELL@...
Jul 4, 2007 10:30 pm
There is a Western Kingbird nest easily visable from the Cowiche Canyon trail with 3 (4?) chicks. The nest is on the north side of the first power pole inside...
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Jul 4, 2007 11:58 pm
Hi All, Added some more new ones to the New Photos gallery. There are Lewis's Woodpeckers from Fort Simcoe, some more Bobolinks from Lateral C, a few Savannah...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 5, 2007 5:11 am
Yakkers, Ellen Q. Stepniewski and Peggy Braille observed four Bushtits on the downstream side of US-97 along Satus Creek early 4 July. Good numbers of Bushtits...
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Rich712@...
Jul 5, 2007 6:19 pm
Yakkers, There is a nice article by Scott Sandsberry on the Fort Simcoe Lewis's Woodpeckers in the Outdoors section of today's Yakima Herald. I've pasted a...
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Rich712@...
Jul 5, 2007 6:37 pm
Chirp, I haven't master linkology. The bottom link, the one in parentheses, takes one to the story. The top one leads to a dead end. Sorry, Later, Rich R....
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Craig Kesselheim
ckbd1002
Jul 5, 2007 7:32 pm
Greetings Yakima birders - from the Downeast coast of Maine. I'll be traveling to a family reunion in Yakima tomorrow through mid next-week. I am a dedicated...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 6, 2007 12:14 am
Hi Craig, For nearby birding venues, I think a good start might be: the Yakima Area Wildlife Guide, available (free) at: 1- The Yakima Area Arboretum, 2-...
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Jul 6, 2007 12:19 am
Rich, The photo in the paper was pretty small. In larger format, the bug looks like a grasshopper to me. Good article, by the way. George ... From:...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Jul 6, 2007 2:28 am
Hi Craig, I am hoping to go search for a Williamson's Sapsucker Sunday morning. You can join me if you would like. I am more the 6:00 a.m. to noon type guy,...
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Michael Martin
Thirdeye@...
Jul 6, 2007 1:08 pm
The on-line version of the article has a video slide show, too. Michael Martin thirdeye@... ... From: To: birdyak@yahoogroups.com Sent: 7/5/2007...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 6, 2007 2:57 pm
Yakkers, At 6 am this morning, on a hillside by our home in Parker Heights, I watched 300 Cliff Swallows alternate between perching on a wire and swarming ...
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David H Walker
walkerdh2@...
Jul 6, 2007 6:29 pm
I received an interesting set of pictures from a contact in Arizona. Dave Walker Prosser (bird welfare feeding station) *Subject:* Fw: Hummingbirds, from egg...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 7, 2007 2:55 pm
Yakkers, Between 6 and 11 am 6 July on a hillside by our home in Parker Heights, I watched 300 Cliff Swallows alternate between perching on a wire and swarming...
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Cricket
idiot4cricket
Jul 7, 2007 9:49 pm
For over a week, I have been seeing a very pale female with a longish down turned beak that I thought might be a Black Chin. An unmistakable adult male...
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Cricket
idiot4cricket
Jul 7, 2007 9:54 pm
I will be traveling to Puerto Vallarta in October and would like to hear from people who have gone with any of the guided birding trips out of that area. Good...
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Jul 9, 2007 3:57 pm
We found a dead adult male kestrel near the box where they have nested for the last couple years. It had a band. I emailed the numbers to the bird banding...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Jul 9, 2007 8:14 pm
Hi Yakkers, Someone from Goldendale called the YVAS phone line last week saying there was a Northern Mockingbird in Goldendale from about May 1 to June 5....
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jul 9, 2007 11:37 pm
About 12 years ago there was a wildlife biologist from I think the Okanogan area who did a presentation on banding Kestrels at one of our Audubon meetings....
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jul 10, 2007 1:09 am
Hi Everyone, I've added a few photos to my inbox. Some Rock Wrens, swallows, an Eastern Kingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher and Gray Catbird from Ft. Simcoe, a ...
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ty604di@...
Jul 10, 2007 5:35 pm
Great job on the new pictures to the Knights !!! They are beautiful . My pup Charlie and I walk the path a few times a week to watch the Beavers and Turtles...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jul 10, 2007 8:18 pm
Michael, Nice studies of swallows. I also like that American Goldfinch buried in its favorite food plant-thistles! Andy Stepniewski Wapato WA ...
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Jul 11, 2007 6:02 am
Hi All, This was a Flycatcher weekend. First is the Western Kingbird nest at the east entrance to Cowiche canyon. Then an Eastern Kingbird in the Yakima...
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Rich712@...
Jul 11, 2007 7:39 pm
Chirp, Andy mentioned in a prior post that he enjoyed Mike Roper's photo of "that American Goldfinch buried in its favorite food plant-thistles!" So did I....
