I found a dead western tanager this morning under the dense spruce trees leading into the Nelson Springs fisheries research station. Identification of a...
I was helping out on steelhead surveys on Nile Creek today, and I saw a couple warblers at around the 2000 ft. level (or maybe the same warbler a couple times)...
Paul and Yakkers, The description seems to fit Nashville Warbler, except for size. Size, however, can be very hard to judge unless a known bird is next to ...
Rich712@...
May 2, 2008 2:25 am
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Hi! I had some time late this morning, so I decided to check out Sportsman State Park's current birds. I had a single singing Cassin's Vireo at the entrance to...
I was very luck about 5:30 this PM to hear a flock of 30 Sandhill Cranes fly over my house near the Yakima airport. My obsessive grass mowing neighbors were...
JOHN HEBERT
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May 2, 2008 3:13 am
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I was able to make a quick drive up to the Oak Creek area late this afternoon, just making short stops on the roadside. I did find my first Western Kingbird...
While working up the Clover Springs road in the Nile above Larry Robinson's house, we saw and heard a Western Tanager yesterday. In addition, we observed a...
At about 8:45PM on April 28th, I heard several Poorwills calling non stop for about 5 Minutes or so. I have not heard them since, so I'm thinking I heard a...
Hi everybody! I was able to spend a few hours late this morning at Fort Simcoe. Nothing terribly unusual, but there were large numbers of Nashville Warblers,...
Chirp, YVAS is conducting citizen science surveys at Fort Simcoe in hopes of aiding Lewis's Woodpeckers to remain a breeding force at the location. Three of...
Rich712@...
May 3, 2008 3:02 am
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Chirp, Yesterday, Eloisa, my wife, bragged that she bagged a Western Tanager in a backyard tree. And one of those long-billed birds with a red top just down...
Rich712@...
May 3, 2008 3:39 am
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Richard, Mike R., and I did a survey of the Satus Wildlife Area a Yakama Nation property. The property is located just south of Granger. All and all a very...
JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
May 3, 2008 3:48 am
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Kittitas County has it own bird listserv now. BIRDKITT has been launched. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/ to register. The more the merrier! ...
YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER AND PRIEST RAPIDS LAKE 3 MAY 2008 Out in the shrub-steppe on the Yakima Training Center we found spring still "on hold" by unseasonably...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
May 4, 2008 5:08 am
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Chirp, I was out thrashing on the Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail today. I didn't see much outside of nest boxes but I heard about great birds from everyone I...
Rich712@...
May 4, 2008 5:19 am
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Chirp, On April 19th the EDG Birding Team sponsored by Nikon Sport Optics and Birding America set a new Big Day record for the ABA area with 260 species. The...
Rich712@...
May 4, 2008 4:07 pm
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The stream just beyond the gate is over it's bank and flooding the road. Any reasonable truck can ford the road, but some cars may not have sufficient...
JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
May 5, 2008 4:38 am
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WENAS AREA-4 MAY We spent the day in the Wenas area beginning with a walk into Hardy Canyon. A drumming Ruffed Grouse was our first good find here followed by...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
May 5, 2008 5:18 am
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Hi folks, Well, now I've seen one of these birds in Kittitas County, and about 2 blocks from my house. In Ellensburg at Third and Walnut on this sunny...
Phil Mattocks
pmattocks@...
May 5, 2008 5:38 am
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Chirp, At 10:00 am today, I was shocked by a Black-throated Gray Warbler along the Poppoff Trail...actually the paved Greenway Trail near mile marker 6. Drop...
Rich712@...
May 5, 2008 6:17 pm
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Hi everybody! I spent a few hours out at Toppenish NWR late Sunday morning. The trail from the overlook's parking area was flooded, so we walked the road to...
I intended to spend the morning up on Wenas campground area, but I found the road flooded just past the gate--it was flooded beyond the next curve, so I...
We have a pair of Evening Grosbeaks in our back yard in West Valley. First we've seen this year. Bruce and Sherrel Hailstone "Those who can do, those who...
Chirp, I managed to hit the Poppoff this morning around 7:45 am. All these reports of migrants motivated me to roll out of bed a bit earlier than my normal...
Rich712@...
May 6, 2008 12:05 am
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We found a male Black-backed Woodpecker today along the middle fork ahtanum about ESE from the pond where the Pileateds have nested in previous years. I was...
Chirp, Just wanted to make a plea/plug for sharing your sightings not only on BirdYak but with birders and scientists who may now or someday have an interest...
Rich712@...
May 6, 2008 12:52 am
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Hi Yakkers, The 2008 Yakima County Year List is up to 207 species. Reports from yesterday's birding excursions added 6 species. Big misses so far are: ...
GRANDVIEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT 5 MAY 2008 It's been a few years since we birded the Grandview Sewage Plant. The facility has seen "upgrading" with some large...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
May 6, 2008 4:27 am
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Hi Joyce, You describe very well a "Western" Palm Warbler. This species is casual in Yakima County. This means it is not recorded every year but enough records...
Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
May 6, 2008 2:30 pm
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Yakkers, A male Black-chinned Hummer visited our feeder last evening, first of the year for us. A Calliope and Rufous Hummer are still here too. Andy...
