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...
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Kerry L Turley
kerryturley
Jan 13, 2009 2:15 am
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. ...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jan 16, 2009 6:49 pm
Hi All, I hope you don't mind my ramblings. It started with looking at a Yakima map to see what a Merlin hunting range would look like. Mike Roper Since a...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 16, 2009 10:31 pm
Mike, Really interesting stuff. Makes me curious then how many actual Merlins we might have in the greater Yakima area. I can think of about a half dozen...
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Jeff Kozma
kozma.jeff
Jan 17, 2009 4:33 pm
Interesting information Mike. I wonder how much territories overlap in the winter. For instance, I have had at least three different Sharp-shinned Hawks...
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Rich712@...
Jan 17, 2009 7:16 pm
Chirp, Took a walk on the Greenway from Sherman Park to Buchanan Lake yesterday afternoon. The edge habitat where the grass east of the trail meets the trees...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 18, 2009 5:49 pm
Andy and I teamed together to check out the open country east of Bickleton and the waters of the Columbia from Roosevelt to Maryhill yesterday. This was a...
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George Vlahakis
photon180
Jan 19, 2009 1:17 am
Hi All, Posted a couple of the roosting Western Screech Owl in the Arboretum that Denny found this week. George Vlahakis http://www.pbase.com/photon180 ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 19, 2009 4:15 am
Yakkers, If you read listserves covering the Pacific Northwest like Tweeters, Inland Birds, or Oregon Birds on Line, you may know "winter" finches like Pine ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 19, 2009 4:32 am
Yakkers, Denny and I drove slowly up the very rough track to Selah Butte which looms above the east side of the Yakima Canyon this afternoon in hopes of...
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Rich712@...
Jan 19, 2009 6:56 pm
Chirp, Pretty quite bird-wise at Randle yesterday afternoon. Best bird was mixed in with begging Mallards. It was an off-plumage Whaisit? Size and plumage...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 20, 2009 2:51 am
Driving towards Bickleton this morning I had a flock of about 150 horned larks just east of the county line on glade rd. This flock contained at least 1 snow...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Jan 22, 2009 4:59 am
Hi Yakkers, There is a unprecedented invasion of Ivory Gulls in Newfoundland this winter. One has even showed up in Massachusetts. Amazing photos of some of...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jan 23, 2009 4:29 pm
I got to thinking we are about 1 week away from the annual invasion of migrating Robins. Were we #1 or #2 in the nation for robins in the Great Backyard...
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Rich712@...
Jan 23, 2009 4:51 pm
Chirp, The Thursday morning YVAS walk from Sherman Park to Sarg Hubbard Park was grounded at Buchanan Lake when the group was confronted with an adult gull...
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Rich712@...
Jan 23, 2009 5:41 pm
Cheerily, Cheer-up, Cheerio, Robins? Did you say Robins? Odd that you should ask. At last night's YVAS chapter meeting, President Kerry Turley anointed me to...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Jan 25, 2009 9:24 pm
Hi Yakkers, Kerry Turley and I drove up to Bridgeport yesterday dto try to find a Northern Hawk Owl that was seen there on Wednesday. After much searching we...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 26, 2009 1:28 am
Three eager participants joined me for the field trip to the western Horse Heavens and Columbia River. When we met in Yakima it was snowing, but everyone...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 26, 2009 1:49 am
On the robin numbers for the GBBC count, wanted to comment for a second. While Yakima was listed as number 1 in the nation for robins and we certainly do have...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Jan 26, 2009 3:38 am
Hi Scott and Yakkers, The Great Backyard Birdcount is a fun activity that generates some wonderful data for the four-day count period. There is a major ...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 26, 2009 4:51 am
Just a quick note to clarify the process. As I pointed out before, yes a person can count the exact same birds multiple days in a row, however its the...
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Rich712@...
Jan 26, 2009 6:17 am
Cheerily, Cheer-up, Cheerio, Hey, Hey, Hey! Remember Fat Albert of Cosby fame? He loved to have fun. So do I. And that is why I love watching birds....
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Rich712@...
Jan 27, 2009 6:36 pm
Chirp, As yesterday was so sunny, I thought it might make for grand evening viewing at Buchanan Lake. I looped from 40th Ave to Sarg Hubbard via I-82...Myron...
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Jeff Kozma
kozma.jeff
Jan 28, 2009 6:17 pm
Hi Yakkers, Do any of you have any pictures I can use of Western Bluebirds at nest boxes? I am giving a presentation at the Sandhill Crane Festival in March...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jan 29, 2009 6:44 pm
Here's an extremely interesting article. Extreme Variation in the Tails of Adult Harlan's Hawks. I'm going to have to rethink what I call a Harlan's Hawk. Mike...
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Rich712@...
Jan 29, 2009 7:23 pm
Chirp, Yesterday's abundant sunshine prompted me to head for the hills, the Horse Heaven Hills to be more exact. Aside from Priest Rapids Lake, the Horse...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jan 30, 2009 2:38 am
Yes it really is a great article and glad Bill Clark finally wrote it. Not only is there extreme variation in the tail of Harlan's but also in the overall...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Jan 30, 2009 6:14 pm
I'm interested in looking for the Bridgeport Northern Hawk Owl if it is spotted between now and Saturday. I would greatly appreciate call if it is located. ...
