Stan, Lisa Pelly & I and our dog friends Sally & Scout spent two days birding around the Wenas. We saw a total of 64 species, many year birds for us. Some...
Chirp, Saturday evening at the Yakima Herald may have been the last big hurrah of the northbound swift migration. A total of 467 swifts ended up sweeping...
Hi Yakkers, We jeeped down to Quilomene Bay on the Columbia River today. What a difference a month makes. No more snow on the top of Beacon Ridge Road, and...
We had a nice (annual) Mother's Day walk today up Bear Canyon off of HWY 12. Highlight was first of year Warbling Vireos and a nice Wilson's Warbler. Other...
Hi Yakkers--Our yard is a seething mass of feathered migrants. Most fun today were 6 pair of Western tanagers that were helping themselves to the bugs in the...
Yakkers, Once again, big bird news rolls out of the Yakima Herald Republic. Or right INTO their chimney, that is! WOW!! 1,093! On the May 1 Vaux Happening...
Here are the results from the swifts this evening: Time of observations Start: 7:20 End: 8:00 Sunset time: 8:20 Sunset temp: 52°F Weather: Partly cloudy, wind...
Hey Yakkers, You're all invited to come out and join us at the Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge for Migratory Bird Day. This is a chance to explore some of...
The swift count was a lot less this time. They didn't start flying in the chimney until around 8:18, which was late compared to 7:55 Wednesday.night. Andy...
Despite road construction, you can still access the south end of the Greenway from the Union Gap Mall. When you leave the Poppoff/Greenway parking lot you can...
Chirp, The Herald-Republic chimney was "discovered" to be a Vaux's roost last week. Down in Sawyer, the Erickson's home (recently featured in a Republic...
Tonight the Swifts all settled in earlier this evening. Our start time was 7:40. Between 7:40 and 7:55, we already had a count of around 503 swifts. As time...
Tonight the Swifts all settled in earlier this evening. Our start time was 7:40. Between 7:40 and 7:55, we already had a count of around 503 swifts. As...
I was up in the Ahtanum today along the Middle Fork (3600 ft elevation) and found a pair of Ring-necked Ducks on one of the smaller ponds along the main Middle...
All- Watched this morning as a golden crown warbler took a leisurely bath in the frigid stream in my back yard. Guides state the gold patch on the head in not...
I was out working in the Milk Canyon area of the Wenas yesterday. Amongst a large mixed flock of foraging Yellow-rumped Warblers, juncos, and Red-breasted...
A little bit of every kind of weather at the Grandview Treatment Plant this afternoon. Rain, hail, wind, and a few sun breaks. A few more shorebirds today, but...
Chirp, Had a male Black-headed Grosbeak at my backyard feeder today. Of course, it was Eloisa, my wife, who spotted it and called me over to identify which...
Chirp, Ten people showed up in hopes of a Swift event this evening. The swifts hit the chimney early and often, never generating a huge flock in the sky. More...
Steve and I went out last night. We arrived at the Herald about 7:40. There were lots in the air. From 7:41 to 7:51, 58 swifts entered the chimney. Then...
Hi Yakkers, One of my brother's friends found a pair of hiking poles near Mud Lake this past weekend. The poles had an Audubon sticker on them. One was...
Chirp, A report for the Yakima roost on Sunday. SITE NAME: Yakima Herald-Republic Bldg., 114 N 4th Street DATE: May 2, 2010 OBSERVER(S) NAME: Richard Repp,...
Chirp, After observing Vaux's Swifts entering the Herald-Republic chimney last evening, I sent a email to Larry Schwitters in western Washington. He gave a...
Earlier this spring we put in a small waterfall creek into our new front yard and had been seeing some nice returns with recent visits of white-crowned...
Chirp, Spade is the name, chicks are my game. Bluebird chicks that is. I've been pounding the Wenas Bluebird Trails for so long that my feet are flatter than...
Quit windy but warm around Toppenish National Wildlife this afternoon. I stared along Hwy-97 North of the Headquarter where I found 9 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 1...
I went over to Toppenish NWR on my lunch hour and in 50 minutes in and around Old Goldendale Road I tallied 29 species. The highlight was two American Avocets...
Hi Yakkers, A female Rufous Hummingbird visited my feeder yesterday afternoon. It is fun to get a year-bird in my own yard, though not quite as exciting as ...
