From: walkerdh2@...: birdyak@...: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:10:47 -0700 I had a small Hawk(?) in a yard walnut tree. I had a back view only....
David H Walker
walkerdh2@...
Feb 2, 2008 9:56 pm
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David, Your description matches our accipiters...likely a Sharp-shinned or Cooper's Hawk as a Northern Goshawk would be much larger. The first two occur...
Rich712@...
Feb 3, 2008 12:24 am
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Yakkers, In my prior post, I gave a link to the GBBC website. At the bottom of their home page, a mini slide show scrolls through photos submitted during ...
Rich712@...
Feb 3, 2008 12:39 am
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Yakkers, We cruised the Yakima County part of the snowy Horse Heaven Hills this morning, enjoying light snow but thankfully not much wind. It's winter up there...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Feb 3, 2008 12:48 am
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Andy's post yesterday reminded me I had forgot to post on the Snow Bunting and Lapland Longspur I had coming home yesterday from field work around Bickleton....
Scott Downes
downess@...
Feb 3, 2008 2:36 am
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Hi All, We headed up the White Pass Highway to the pass. Gosh there sure is a lot of snow in the Cascades. It's 10 feet deep on the level at the pass, pretty ...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Feb 4, 2008 3:11 am
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Hi everybody! I took a walk along the Greenway this morning from Sarg Hubbard north past Rotary Lake. At the north end of Rotary Lake, which was mostly ...
We had a mixed flock of about 25 Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings yesterday afternoon in our Mountain Ash Trees. They left before I could get out with the camera....
While working at Oak creek today, Gary slagle and I observed a Robin setting on a fence next to a tree with berries on it. There was a Townsend's Solitaire in...
They're back. Huge flocks of starlings that show up each evening at the east end of Suntides. Just like last spring. Not a lot of robins yet. They fly in over...
Chirp, At lunch I was informed that my oldest granddaughter would not be able to meet the younger granddaughter's school bus. That meant "Poppy" (me) would...
Rich712@...
Feb 8, 2008 1:42 am
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About 10AM, I headed West on Washington Ave.,from S 56th. There was a puddle from the fresh snowmelt next to and landward of the sidewalk, covered with fog. ...
Chirp, Hope everyone had a chance to read Andy's article on American Robins in Thursday's Yakima Herald...featured as this month's Wildlife Moment. Earlier...
Rich712@...
Feb 9, 2008 5:56 am
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I've been watching large flocks of Robins go over our House here (just off 18th and Summitview) flying from the south every evening about 5:00, this would fit...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Feb 9, 2008 4:55 pm
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Monday, February 11, at 7 PM, Mike Livingston (District Wildlife Biologist for WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife in Pasco) will be speaking on "Managing...
On a calm cold windy day, five brave auduboners set out to a superb opportunity to study a variety of waterfowl. Believe me. We have quite a collection of...
This morning seemed like a nice chance to get out for a walk on the greenway. My goal was to relocate the White-throated Sparrow that Cindy had reported from...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Feb 10, 2008 8:45 pm
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I was staying in Portland this week helping my wife take care of grandchildren and decided to drive up to Brownsmead Friday 2/8 to look for the Arctic Loon. I...
Bdeder@...
Feb 11, 2008 2:04 am
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Yakkers, We took advantage of nice weather and drove out the Ahtanum Valley, then up the South Fork, then up the North Fork. On Rutherford Road south of Wiley ...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Feb 11, 2008 5:27 am
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Hi Yakkers, I had a change of heart. Here is the birdlist from the trip in names that people understand. NOTE: The names are not in the same order as the...
Hi Yakkers, I just read the on-line version of Andy Stepniewski's article on American Robins that appeared in last Thursday's Yakima Herald-Republic. For...
Hi Yakkers, This morning as I was driving toward my house, I noticed the Rough-legged Hawk, which has been spending the winter at the Yakima airport, was...
I've been hearing one of my rock wrens along Buckskin Slough yesterday and today, but haven't had a good look at him. Just a little dot in a distant tree and...
Charles, Thanks for sharing your photos. I particularly enjoyed the flight shots! Who knew Canada geese drool so much when landing? The gulls in flight were...
Rich712@...
Feb 13, 2008 6:55 am
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Chirp, The YVAS walk along the Poppoff Trail this morning got off to a slow start both bird and participation wise...2 leaders, 0 followers. Nonetheless, the...
Rich712@...
Feb 14, 2008 9:37 pm
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Hi everyone, This week I have been searching for a BOHEMIAN WAXWING especially since Andy Stepniewski spotted one in Mike Ropers back yard on Sunday. I spent...
Bdeder@...
Feb 15, 2008 12:43 am
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Yakkers, The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) count starts tomorrow and runs through Monday. You can count the birds anywhere you are at, backyard and get out...
Scott Downes
downess@...
Feb 15, 2008 1:14 am
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Yakkers, The time is now. The Great Backyard Bird Count runs this Friday thru Monday, four days in all. Please participate. If you have fifteen minutes to...
Rich712@...
Feb 15, 2008 1:45 am
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Yakkers, A life bird in your yard is pretty cool, particularly a Bohemian Waxwing. Many of us have trekked hundreds of miles in search of this sleek beauty of...
