PTARMIGAN TRIP TO MT. AIX 26-27 JULY 2008 Yakima Audubon's continuing quest for White-tailed Ptarmigan took us this year to Mt. Aix east of Bumping Lake. There...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 3, 2008 4:05 am
Hi Yakkers, I got a call this evening from Bob Lamb, who lives on Parsons Dr. just west of Selah High School. Bob said there were about 30 Common Grackles...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 6, 2008 1:22 pm
Hi All, A Western Scrub-Jay flew across the Yakima Valley Highway and into the brush along the Yakima River at the Sunnyside Dam yesterday August 5, another ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 6, 2008 3:31 pm
Hi Andy and Yakkers, I found a juvenile Western Scrub-Jay Sunday morning as I was leaving Selah after spending some time searching for the possible Common ...
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Aug 7, 2008 11:50 pm
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Aug 7, 2008 11:56 pm
In a message dated 8/7/2008 10:27:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mackjack@... writes: I finally got around to posting some photos of birds in...
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Rich712@...
Aug 9, 2008 12:53 am
Chirp, Land Ho! Full speed ahead! Dang the skeeters! Stopped at Wenas Lake this afternoon after a run along the bluebird boxes. The water has receded to the...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 9, 2008 8:02 pm
Yakkers, On Satus Road beginning 1/3 of a mile west of SR-22 and going east we counted 65 Western Kingbirds this morning, 9 August. The birds were both along...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 9, 2008 8:17 pm
Yakkers, We spent an hour shorebirding at Grandview this morning. Our most interesting sightings were of three Solitary Sandpipers and four Semipalmated...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 10, 2008 12:24 am
Spent the morning and early afternoon in the middle and north fork of the Ahtanum. Several good birds were found. I started out on the Gray rock trail that...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Aug 10, 2008 12:59 am
Boy, this is the best year for hummingbird numbers in my yard since I moved to Yakima in 2000! Lots of bright flowers this year near the hummingbird feeder...
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Kerry L Turley
kerryturley
Aug 10, 2008 4:16 am
Yakkers, I spent a little time looking for peeps in the lower valley today. Starting at the Outlook/Granger pond along Hwy 12 where there were still a few ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 10, 2008 4:32 am
Hi Yakkers, Yesterday morning I stopped by the Cowiche sewage treatment plant. I followed the directions in Andy's e-mail to BirdYak on July 3. There are four...
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sue ericksen
suericksen2004
Aug 10, 2008 6:24 pm
No dog days of summer here. We've seen a Downy Woodpecker a couple times in the last few days A Sharp-shinned Hawk flew over Wednesday We've also had a couple...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 10, 2008 11:53 pm
Yakkers, This morning we observed about 10 White-winged Crossbills in the tall Engelmann Spruces in Clover Springs Campground. There were both males and ...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 11, 2008 1:46 am
Yakkers, Last night did some owling on Bethel Ridge. Weather wasnt great, somewhat windy but did manage to get a Flammulated and Long-eared Owl. I then tried...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 11, 2008 5:25 am
Hi Yakkers, Like John Hebert, who lives three blocks east of us, we are having lots of hummingbirds in our yard. Most are Rufous but I have seen a few...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Aug 11, 2008 5:53 am
Hi Everyone, I've posted a few new photos, mostly hummingbirds. I haven't seen many in the yard so the photos are from the pass on my way to Seattle and Dixie...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 11, 2008 7:55 pm
Yakkers, A reminder: the Arlene Wood Memorial celebration is today August 11 at 1:30 pm at the Yakima Area Arboretum. Arlene was a member of the Yakima Valley ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 15, 2008 1:29 am
Hi Yakkers, I will be leading a Yakima Audubon field trip to Burroughs Mountain in the Sunrise area of Mt. Rainier National Park this Saturday. We will meet...
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Jeff Kozma
kozma.jeff
Aug 15, 2008 3:06 am
I had an Empidonax flycatcher in the yard this evening. I didn't get a look at it through binocs but it was dipping its tail slightly, but not nearly what a...
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Kerry L Turley
kerryturley
Aug 15, 2008 3:44 am
Yakkers, There was a Western Scrub Jay fledgling on Harrison Hill in Sunnyside yesterday. It's looking more and more probable that scrub jays are now nesting...
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Jeff Kozma
kozma.jeff
Aug 15, 2008 11:18 pm
My technician and I stopped by Wenas Lake to look for shorebirds after doing some work in the Wenas today. We found to drake White-winged Scoters floating...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 16, 2008 1:58 am
Hi Yakkers, There has been very little response for the Burrough's Mountain field trip, so I am cancellling it. In fact, the only responses I got were one...
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Rich712@...
Aug 16, 2008 3:32 am
Chirp, I read today's White-winged Scoter post at 5:50 pm. At 5:55 pm, I was in the passenger seat of the old Ranger with my granddaughter behind the wheel. ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 16, 2008 11:19 pm
Hi Yakkers, I went up to Wenas Lake this morning, hoping to beat the heat. There is a nice mud margin on the northwest end of the lake. The two White-winged...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Aug 17, 2008 7:43 pm
I stopped by Wenas Lake about 4:00 yesterday with my WOS fieldtrip group. We had similar results to Denny. Some differences: 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper for...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Aug 18, 2008 12:00 am
Andy, thanks for the heads-up about Crossbills at Clover Flats on the Middle Fork of the Ahtanum. This morning Richard R. and I did the great circle loop up...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 18, 2008 6:55 pm
Yakkers, We spent Sunday morning in what we call "Mesatchee Meadows." This is an area of soggy sedge meadows, ponds, interspersed with shrubby willow and ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Aug 19, 2008 5:16 am
Hi Yakkers, There well be a shorebird field trip to Wenas Lake Thursday evening. We will meet at the 40th Ave. Bi-Mart parking lot, just east of McDonald's,...
