Hi Yakkers, I hauled a piece of plywood out to the arboretum this morning, screwed some legs on it and put it in place at the sparrow patch to give the birds a...
We live over in Valley Estates near 72nd and Washington and my husband called me to the back window. There is an unusually high number of birds we don't...
Chirp, I trolled Highway 24 from Moxee to the 241 Junction this afternoon. My hope was to find flocks of Horned Larks hoarding a few Snow Buntings and/or...
Rich712@...
Dec 2, 2007 1:23 am
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Hi Yakkers, This e-mail came from Joseph Higbee on Tweeters. The Handbook of Birds of the World website is amazing! You can spend (or waste!) hours and hours...
I had a record 47 California Quail at the feeders this afternoon and at least that many House Sparrows. I am not seeing many of the birds reported in the...
David H Walker
walkerdh2@...
Dec 2, 2007 5:17 am
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Yakkers, In my field work in Klickitat, Franklin and Walla Walla Counties recently I've been noticing high numbers of Rough-legged Hawk. Whether it may be an...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Dec 2, 2007 9:37 pm
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Hi Yakkers--It snowed like crazy most of today, which whipped the yard birds into a frenzy. Lots of A. goldfinches, de juncos, Ca. quail, house finches, house...
Hi Yakkers, This morning I saw two Western Scrub-Jays at 61st Ave. and Douglas Dr in west Yakima. They flew north towards Englewood. On 64th Ave. north of...
While hunting for wiley quail along Selah Creek on the Yakima Training Center on Saturday, I found a lone Bohemian Waxwing feeding on very dried out Russian...
Jeff Kozma
jeffk@...
Dec 4, 2007 6:29 pm
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Chirp, En route along the Greenway to Buchanan Lake, I bumped into Charles Crandall. He had just photographed a Red-necked Grebe at Robertson's Landing....
Rich712@...
Dec 6, 2007 4:21 am
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Chirp, I decided to check on Buchanan Lake for small diving ducks after sunset. When I arrived at 4:15, the Common Loon reported by Denny several days ago...
Rich712@...
Dec 6, 2007 4:43 am
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Hi All, Tonight Dec. 6 is the Yakima Valley Audubon Societies Annual Dinner. Please join us for the potluck starting at 6 pm at the Yakima Area Arboretum. Also...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Dec 6, 2007 4:42 pm
5253
I've put up another mystery bird at http://canondigitalslrs.com The picture was taken this morning. I invite you to post your guess in a comment. Best wishes, ...
Ron McCluskey
rmcclsky@...
Dec 6, 2007 11:46 pm
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Yesterday, I headed for northern Okanagan County to try for some 'lifers'. Thanks to Khanh Tran for allerting me to their presence. It was a thrill to see so...
Ron McCluskey
rmcclsky@...
Dec 7, 2007 6:56 pm
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Thanks to all who made guesses on the mystery bird. I always enjoy seeing how sharp the people on this list are. Those who were way off were fooled by assuming...
Ron McCluskey
rmcclsky@...
Dec 7, 2007 7:01 pm
5256
Birded around Havillah - Chesaw again today. Only found small numbers of Common Redpolls in one spot. Details with some pics of them and other birds at:...
Ron McCluskey
rmcclsky@...
Dec 9, 2007 5:49 am
5257
Yakkers, Want to ensure that the birds visiting your feeders are included in this weekend's Christmas Bird Count? Or wish you could participate in the CBC...
Rich712@...
Dec 9, 2007 9:14 pm
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Hi! I walked the Greenway from Sarg Hubbard to Popoff and back this morning. Interesting sightings today included a Red-necked Grebe at the entrance to the...
I did a short tour of my Yakima CBC route today. Highlights include: - Great Egret at Poppoff. Denny G. saw this bird on Saturday at Poppoff. - White-throated...
JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Dec 10, 2007 3:32 am
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Hi Yakkers, Our internet connection has been down since friday afternoon, so some of this news is late. There is a Rough-legged Hawk hanging out near 40th Ave....
Hi All, This Sunday December 16 is the annual Toppenish NWR Christmas Bird CountThis message is a request for help on this count which focuses on the refuge...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Dec 10, 2007 6:27 pm
5262
Hi Yakkers, The Yakima Valley Christmas Bird Count is this Saturday, Dec. 15. We will be meeting at the fireplace in the middle of Sportsman State Park at...
... And by this time of the season, waterfowl are wise to plastic replica ducks, so anthropogenically-induced-selective-mortality was low. Ken ... From: Denny...
Ken
baviskd@...
Dec 11, 2007 6:50 am
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Yakkers. Yakima Valley Audubon Society will have a 9:00 am bird walk at the Poppoff Trail this Thursday. I'm hoping John Hebert will be on hand to lend an...
Rich712@...
Dec 12, 2007 3:00 am
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Hi Yakkers, I just watched a beautiful male Varied Thrush in the pine tree outside our office window. It is only the second Varied Thrush I have seen in our...
Chirp, Tuesday afternoon my sister-in-law called my cell phone. She was excited about a Bald Eagle that was perched in a neighbor's tree two houses north of...
Rich712@...
Dec 13, 2007 3:58 am
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Subject: Bald EagleDate: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:53:12 -0700 I also had a Bald Eagle as a yard bird today. Of course our backdoor overlooks the Yakima river.Also...
David H Walker
walkerdh2@...
Dec 13, 2007 7:03 am
5268
These last two nights a pair of Great Horned Owls have been in my yard which is nothing new but they have sure changed my domestic ducks and Coot sleeping...
ty604di@...
Dec 14, 2007 5:53 pm
5269
Hi Yakkers, I stopped by the arboretum sparrow patch this afternoon, scattered some more seed and headed for Buchanan Lake. The Common Loon was not to be...
It's a few days late for the bird count but a small group of Pine Siskin have arrived to feed with the Goldfinch on our thistle sacks. Mike Roper Terrace...
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