Last night as I was bringing my Harris Hawk in for the night I turned and saw the motionless silhouette of a Barred Owl on a branch 20ft away at eye level....
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Rich712@...
Jan 2, 2009 2:59 am
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...
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Rich712@...
Jan 2, 2009 3:08 am
Twitter, re: prior post I looked at last year's calendar...the correct date for the Yakima CBC is SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2009. See Andy's post of Dec 30. dang, ...
Hello Yakkers, While sitting very near my living room window - a BIG bird nearly grazed the glass with her wing tips! She flew down and landed on a brush pile ...
I've located a day roost for the Barred Owl and will try hard not to flush it but my do so when I attempt to photograph it after the sun comes around. It is my...
Marsha Flam tells me there is a Golden Eagle that has been feeding on a road kill dog at the last hop field as you go out hwy 24. Mike [Non-text portions of...
We have a new yard bird! Yesterday we saw a hawk hunting and couldn't get a good enough look. Today he went down on the ground to catch something and when he...
This afternoon I took a drive east of Yakima on Hwy 24 hoping to find some winter birds. Remembering a Gyrfalcon I found there 10 years ago, I was hoping for...
I think it was a Rough-Legged Hawk that was on the telephone pole overlooking our birdfeeders this morning. Here's a photo -I don't have a close-up lens on my...
Hi Yakkers, Kelly and I found a Barred Owl on the CBC yesterday roosting in a row of large, tall, ivy covered conifers on the corner of Barge and Gilbert in ...
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Rich712@...
Jan 6, 2009 12:27 am
Eh all, top of conifer watching traffic R, I. P. Gunter Later, Rich Befuddled Birder by 3700 Bonnie Boone **************New year...new news. Be the first to...
Hi Everyone, I've added a few photos to my inbox. Most are fairly common birds but I either didn't have them on my page or the ones I'm adding are improvemrnts...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 7, 2009 3:15 am
Mike, Good job, your photos of the Red Fox Sparrow are the first well-documented record of this subspecies in Yakima County. This form, which breeds in the far...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 7, 2009 4:12 am
Hi Yakima area birders, THIS SATURDAY, January 10th, is the annual meeting for planning field trips and classes for the coming year. It will be at 10:00 am at...
Hi All, A few more locals from this weekend. The pair of Scrub Jays were regular visitors as was the Steller's. Magpies came to peanut butter (the jays prefer...
I have never regretted the amount of time and energy the installment of our pond and waterfall required. It is truly a bird magnet. We have seen almost eighty...
Thanks, Mike. The Scrub Jays started coming in several weeks ago and seem to like the peanuts we put out. Not sure how long they will be sticking around. Let...
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Rich712@...
Jan 8, 2009 10:49 pm
Chirp, With the Yakima River raging at flood stage, the gate to the Poppoff Trail parking area was closed. We opted to drive to Sherman Park. The arboretum...
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Rich712@...
Jan 9, 2009 5:45 pm
Chirp, American Crows seem to be attracted to my neighbors to the west, Fisher Golf Course and Eisenhower High School. So as I walked to my curbside mail box...
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Rich712@...
Jan 10, 2009 1:38 am
Denny, I tried a different slant on the sightings column. Eventually, I may get fired or force someone to volunteer! Richard **************New year...new...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Jan 10, 2009 3:16 am
I have less than 30 species on my yard list, so any new bird is cause for celebration. For the past month I have had a Barn Owl rousting in the trees in my...
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Rich712@...
Jan 11, 2009 1:01 am
Chirp, Drove down to the Exit 36 Valley Mall Blvd Greenway Parking lot. The gate is still closed/locked. Thursday's floodwaters apparently have made a bit...
We had a Northern Shrike briefly in our yard today. The light was horrible and I didn't have binoculars at the time so I couldn't make a positive ID until I...
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Rich712@...
Jan 11, 2009 4:10 am
Mike and Yakkers, Just checked your photo page...the shrike appears to be the same one seen on the Yakima CBC at the church just south of you on 41st. The...
Hi Yakkers, My wife and I went to Mexico for ten days at the end of December. The highlight was a trip to Zitacuaro to visit one of the Monarch Butterfly...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Jan 12, 2009 1:19 am
Richard, Richard, Richard you're never going to move up on the Yakima County all time birding list if you let such trivialities as locked gates, downed trees,...
Denny, I think I know how you feel. While I LOVE birds and saw tons of great ones in Trinidad/Tobago, the most spectacular and memorable experience of the trip...
Yakkers, Keep your eyes peeled as there appears to be an irruption of Pine Grosbeaks starting, with birds being seen and reported in the areas of North Central...
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Rich712@...
Jan 14, 2009 9:21 pm
Chirp, Had a...season high 58 Hooded Mergansers for a Buchanan Lake night roost Monday evening. The 40+ Common Goldeneyes were rafting a bit too far west for...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 16, 2009 1:24 am
While running some errands at lunch today, had a Merlin flyover 3rd Ave and Nob Hill. Don't remember if this location was already reported this year or not. ...
