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....
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Aug 13, 2007 5:07 am
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...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 13, 2007 5:38 am
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...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Aug 13, 2007 6:11 am
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...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Aug 13, 2007 6:13 am
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"...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 13, 2007 11:45 pm
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...
5025
ty604di@...
Aug 15, 2007 12:01 am
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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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 15, 2007 10:54 pm
Hi Yakkers, I stopped at Wenas Lake this afternoon on my way back from doing some field work. Lots of waterfowl and small numbers of peeps but good species...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 16, 2007 4:02 am
Yakkers, Arrived at Wenas Lake about 6:45 and stayed until just past 7:30 with excellent lighting for the many shorebirds present. I recorded 8 species with...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 16, 2007 4:14 am
Oops. In my list I forgot the one Spotted Sandpiper observed in Wenas Creek. So 9 species at Wenas Lake, 10 species in all. ... From: Scott Downes To:...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 16, 2007 3:31 pm
Yakkers, It's a very birdy morning here in Parker Heights and I spent a most exciting 30 minutes checking out our yard. Maybe the impending change in weather...
5030
Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Aug 18, 2007 3:33 pm
I will be leading a YVAS field trip to the Chinook Pass area Sunday, Aug. 19th. We will meet at 7:00, at the 40th Ave. Bimart. We will go around Naches Peak...
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Aug 19, 2007 2:00 am
Hello After checking the weather report, I've decided to cancel tomorrow's Chinook Pass Hike. Sorry for any inconvenience! Debie ...
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Aug 20, 2007 5:07 am
I just got a call from long time Audubon member Kay Marsh. She is missing her new 3.5 year old Brussel's Griffon dog and would like any one who sees it or ...
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Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Aug 20, 2007 4:35 pm
I had an immature male Black-headed Grosbeak show up in my yard this weekend. It was eating sunflower seeds at a eleveated ground platform feeder. I was quite...
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CMCYAKIMA@...
cmcyakima
Aug 21, 2007 1:37 pm
Hopefully the last brood of English House sparrows have hatched and the gluttonous RWB have flocked up in anticipation of moving out of the area.? With the...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Aug 21, 2007 6:01 pm
Hi Everyone, I made a short trip to my sisters house in Wasilla Alaska, a boat trip around Seward Alaska and a trip to Waldport OR in the 1st part of the...
5036
Rich712@...
Aug 23, 2007 12:09 am
Yakkers, The following was posted on Tweeters seeking information on the frequency of European mantis sightings in Washington State. In the past week, I had...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 23, 2007 4:41 am
Hi Yakkers, I went up to Wenas Lake late this afternoon. There were fairly low numbers of shorebirds. Here is the list with approximate numbers: Semipalmated...
5038
Bdeder@...
Aug 23, 2007 8:16 am
This morning at about 11:00 as I was walking on Scenic Drive, I heard bird calls and spotted 3 western scrub jays near the intersection with Scenic bluff in...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 23, 2007 1:43 pm
Bruce, Reports of Western Scrub-Jays are increasing in Yakima County. There are reports from Fort Simcoe, Yakima, and the two units of the Oak Creek Wildlife...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 23, 2007 8:02 pm
Hi Yakkers, I have placed some new photos in the (you guessed it!) new photos folder on my website. Most of them are of small shorebirds found at Wenas Lake....
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Aug 26, 2007 1:36 am
Nice shots, Mike. I really love Puffins and now know where to shoot some. Means a trip to Alaska, however. George ... From: Mike Roper To:...
5042
ty604di@...
Aug 28, 2007 6:00 pm
I am having to feed my domestic mallards a little before sunrise so I do not have another 50 or so wild ducks to feed also . About an hour later when the ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 29, 2007 1:44 am
Hi Yakkers, I got this notice from Eagle Optics today. This is a GREAT!!! price on a very nice scope. I think this is the scope Larry Robinson has, which...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 29, 2007 3:17 am
Yakkers, Klickitat County is running a little low on good counters for their fall migration count, especially since the WOS conference is on that weekend. ...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Aug 30, 2007 4:31 pm
Hi Everyone, I went up to Wenas Lake Tuesday and trudged around in the mud with my camera taking shorebird photos. I reviewed the photos with 3 field guides...
5046
Rich712@...
Aug 30, 2007 9:01 pm
Chirp, Ah yes, shorebirds. Where lighting will convince a novice like myself that the very bird I am studying slowly morphs from one species into another ...
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Ron McCluskey
rmcclsky@...
Aug 31, 2007 3:29 pm
Thanks to Mary Powell-McConnell of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on the naturalhistory mailing list for allerting me to this article on the New Scientist...
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Rich712@...
Sep 1, 2007 5:21 am
Chirp, Deprived of any due course guidance from Yakkers on the plumage differences between Least and Western Sandpipers (per Mike's photos), I decided to take...
