MORSE CREEK TO BASIN LAKE 27-29 JULY 2007 Our quest for White-tailed Ptarmigan in Yakima County continues! This was Yakima Audubon's third major assault for...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 1, 2007 2:05 pm
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Chirp, While checking the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail on July 20, I had a truly marvelous memorable moment. As a rule of thumb, bluebirds tend not to lay eggs...
Rich712@...
Aug 1, 2007 11:21 pm
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Hi Yakkers I haven't posted in a while, so I took an extra long walk around my pond this morning and watched quite a few birds. There were all the usual...
Hi Yakkers, I was in Moxee yesterday doing an inspection on Beaudry Road. As I was walking toward the house, I heard a flock of about 30 Canada Geese coming...
Thanks Rich for sharing this. Your description of the bluebird hatching is indeed poignant. Andy Stepniewski Wapato WA steppie@... ... From:...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 2, 2007 1:24 pm
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Years ago I raised Bob White Quail . We would get the eggs in the mail and incubate them . Such little fuzz balls would make their way out of the eggs . A...
ty604di@...
Aug 2, 2007 10:05 pm
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Chirp, I've just finished penciling in the results from my July 30 monitoring run along the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail, a string of 132 nest boxes at the end...
Rich712@...
Aug 3, 2007 2:11 am
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Hi Yakkers I went along Rattlesnake Ridge from my place to the big towers along the top of Rattlesnake Ridge Thursday morning and saw a few flocks of mixed...
Chirp, Picked up some postage stamps the other day and was quite pleased with the design of a booklet of 20 41-cent stamps. It features a bat, a bee, a...
Rich712@...
Aug 3, 2007 6:28 pm
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Chirp, Thought a few might enjoy viewing the "Pollination" booklet before rushing down to the nearest post office or sub-station. Below is a link (crossing my...
Rich712@...
Aug 3, 2007 6:53 pm
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Thanks Debie for these great observations. News of a fledgling Black-throated Sparrow is EXCITING! I noted a brood of three in August 1997 I believe, the only...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 3, 2007 11:55 pm
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Yakkers, I'm hoping to get some feedback from YVAS fieldtrip participants. On Saturday September 8 I will be leading a fieldtrip into the basin searching some...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 6, 2007 12:39 am
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Hi Scott, Put me down for the trip. Six a.m. is pretty darn early but, with the list of birds you are promising, I can't pass it up. I do think the...
Hi Scott, Add another person for the trip. Elizabeth Yakima, WA ... think ... On ... searching ... These spots ... couple of ... migrants have ... Grosbeak, ...
Hummingbirds seem to be picking up here in our yard. This evening, we had at least 5 hummers of 3 species, a female Black-chinned and Calliope, and an immature...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 7, 2007 3:50 am
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This was posted on tweeters and inland-nw birders from a very good oregon birder who visited the Ahtanum area this weekend. Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:04:45...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 7, 2007 4:05 am
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Chirp, Tis the season. A bit of mudslinging. Misrepresentation of the bills of others. Digging deep into the dirt. Running from point to point with ...
Rich712@...
Aug 8, 2007 4:23 am
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I stopped at Wenas Lake this afternoon. There was someone at the boat dock so I didn't see many shorebirds. But, there was a flock of at least 7 phalaropes, I...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 10, 2007 12:09 am
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Hi all , On my morning walk at the park across from my shop I heard and finally spotted a Black - capped Chickadee jumping around the trees . Also Red Winged...
ty604di@...
Aug 10, 2007 1:48 am
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Jeff, Richard and I arrived at about the same time this evening to checkout the "night shift" of migrants at Wenas Lake. Along with the Red-necked Phalarope...
JOHN HEBERT
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Aug 10, 2007 4:12 am
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Hi Yakkers, At about 6:40 this evening there was a male Lesser Goldfinch on the power line over the fence in our backyard. When I first saw it, I noticed a...
Yakkers, An Anna's Hummingbird is singing its scratchy song from a naked maple twig in the yard right now, our first for the year. Rufous Hummers abound around...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 11, 2007 4:21 pm
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Yakkers, An Anna's Hummingbird is singing its scratchy song from a naked maple twig in the yard right now, our first for the year. Rufous Hummers abound around...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 11, 2007 4:24 pm
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Spent yesterday and this morning on the middle and north fork of the Ahtanum. Some of the notables-- Had 5 total "blue" grouse, all appeared to be Sooty....
Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 13, 2007 3:14 am
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Hi All, Some new ones from a quick trip to Pend Orielle county two weekends ago. There were other birds around but time precluded our getting to them. George...
Hi Yakkers, For those of you who don't subscribe to the Yakima Herald-Republic, here is the link to the story in the Yakima Herald Republic about our trips to...
Where are all the Western Sandpipers? In the Lower Valley of course. I counted over 100 at the Grandview STP on Friday. Not a lot of birds at Wenas Lake today...
JOHN HEBERT
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Aug 13, 2007 6:11 am
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Denny, Scott, and Debie please let us know if there are changes to the following: August 15. (Wed.) Wenas Lake for Shorebirds. Mid-August is the peak of "fall"...
JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Aug 13, 2007 6:13 am
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I had a Chipping Sparrow in the yard on Sunday morning. Another sign that fall migration is slowly but surely starting. Also have had 2 Rufous Hummingbirds...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 13, 2007 11:45 pm
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Across from the shop at the park each day I take my pup Charlie often and have noticed huge mushrooms growing under the trees . Yesterday I noticed a lot of...
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