Jan and Yakkers, I like Jan's description of the early morning dispersal of roosting Robins to be like a leaky bag. Thanks Jan for refreshing my rusty memory....
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Feb 12, 2009 5:39 pm
Hello Last evening (Wed) from 4:15-5:30 I watched the skyline for Robins. I saw only a few flocks of 15-20 Robins each. My bare trees had about 12 Robins....
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Rich712@...
Feb 12, 2009 10:22 pm
Debie and Yakkers, Robins where to, where from. Just arriving or a foraging population? Debie watched the sky yesterday from 4;15 to 5:30 from Konnowac Pass....
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Rich712@...
Feb 13, 2009 12:37 am
Chirp, Two friends have told me about a story in the Oregonian. It features a young college student from Oregon, Noah Strycker, and his exploits with...
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Rich712@...
Feb 14, 2009 5:38 am
Chirp, With day one of the Great Backyard Bird Count winding down, our local Juncos have been a bit bashful. Though they are again third in the nation for...
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Jeff Kozma
kozma.jeff
Feb 14, 2009 11:54 pm
Hi Yakkers, Rich and I counted (tried to count!) robins last night as they flew into a roost slightly NW of Yakima near Suntides Golf Course. This is a truly...
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Sherrel Hailstone
shermusic33
Feb 14, 2009 11:58 pm
We were there last night with Rich and Jeff watching the robins, and were really impressed and we were only there about 1/2 hour. It was worth the chilly...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Feb 15, 2009 2:27 am
Here is a recap of the "two night event". Last night the team counted 92, 633 robins. Tonight There were three of us, Rich, I and Kelly. We divided the sky. A...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Feb 15, 2009 10:36 pm
I spent some time this morning searching for the snowy owl seen by Kerry last weekend on the Benton Co. side of the Horse Heavens. I was unable to find the...
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Rich712@...
Feb 16, 2009 3:50 am
Cheerily Cheerio Cheerup, Et tu Brute? Calm down folks, I'm not critiquing my yakkity posting style or belittling all these reports of roosting robins. I am...
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Mike Roper
nefspop
Feb 16, 2009 4:58 am
OK I did it after I felt a strong twist on my arm from Richard. I only had from 4:30-4:45 to watch the Robin flights so the Robin #s were low. I'm sure I could...
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Rich712@...
Feb 16, 2009 5:33 am
Chirp, The Great Backyard Bird Count continues through Monday. The latest WA state data shows Olympia 100 Juncos ahead of Yakima and Seattle breathing down our...
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Rich712@...
Feb 17, 2009 6:38 pm
Chirp, For the past three years, I have ventured into the Cowiche/Tieton area orchards during a count day for the Great Backyard Bird Count. The quest has...
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Rich712@...
Feb 17, 2009 7:37 pm
Chirp, A reminder from the folks at the Great Backyard Bird Count: If you haven't yet submitted your bird checklist, the deadline is March 1. So if you have...
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Rich712@...
Feb 18, 2009 4:36 am
Cheerup, Cheerily, Cheerio, This afternoon I was joined by Elizabeth Bohn, EC (Education Chairman for YVAS), to attempt to count Robins flying in from the east...
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tulimgr
Feb 18, 2009 8:14 pm
Spring must be around the corner. A pair of killdeer were observed around the cowiche wastewater plant wetlands. The wetlands are still frozen over, but it...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Feb 19, 2009 6:09 am
Hi Yakkers, We had a great field trip to coastal Oregon, led superbly by Andy and Ellen Stepniewski. The final trip list totaled 120 species, which included a...
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drenguis@...
drenguis
Feb 20, 2009 2:02 am
Yakima Valley Audubon is having a field trip to McNary (Just past the Tri cities). Anyone is invited. The emphasis will be on waterfowl: because they are big,...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Feb 20, 2009 5:08 am
OREGON COAST 14-16 FEBRUARY 2009 Ellen and I led a Yakima Valley Audubon Society three-day "President's Weekend" trip to the central Oregon, starting in the...
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Paul Huffman
ph2738
Feb 20, 2009 9:15 pm
I heard my first rock wren of the year. I sort of saw it, too, but without binoculars all I could see was a little brown dot bobbing in the top of a sage...
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Rich712@...
Feb 21, 2009 4:22 am
Chirp, Birding in chilly conditions with a bit of high fog this morning, a few highlights made it worth while. Perhaps the best bird observed was an adult...
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Sturnella@...
cmnthread
Feb 21, 2009 5:58 pm
Hi Rich and Yakkers I looked at the Heron Rookery at Selah Thursday afternoon and there were no Herons in the trees or on the nests then. Virginia Vredenburgh...
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tulimgr
Feb 22, 2009 7:38 pm
while target practicing with friends above mabton saturday afternoon, we observed a pair of golden eagles riding the thermals. They were slowly heading south....
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Feb 24, 2009 5:23 am
Hi Yakkers, This e-mail came from Tweeters this evening. Its a riot! I hope you enjoy it. If not, you can blame Jeff. Denny Granstrand ... * * * * * *...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Feb 25, 2009 3:21 pm
Yakkers, A lone Bohemian Waxwing was perched with about 25 Cedars atop a cottonwood in our yard Monday morning. From time to time it and the Cedars would ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Feb 26, 2009 4:16 am
Yakkers, Seattle birder Paul Cozens has been in Toppenish this week working and we were able to bird Pumphouse Road west from Toppenish to Fort Simcoe for a ...
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Jeff Kozma
kozma.jeff
Feb 27, 2009 8:46 pm
On Wednesday while heading over to Olympia, I saw 3 Eurasian Collared Doves sitting on a wire along HWY 12 in Naches and then saw my first Lewis' Woodpecker of...
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tulimgr
Feb 27, 2009 9:01 pm
There have been numerous reports of cedar waxings lately. Today, I was at Border Books and had the opportunity to count 87 cedar waxwings in the ornamental...
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Rich712@...
Feb 28, 2009 1:20 am
Yakkers, If you have any checklists compiled during the Feb 13-16 Great Backyard Bird Count that you have not yet submitted, please be aware that the deadline...
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Russell K Taylor
rktaylor56
Feb 28, 2009 8:55 pm
On a trip to Tampico, today, I saw two male Redwing Blackbirds on S. Ahtanum Road and 2 Lewis' Woodpeckers at Section 12 Road....
