Hi Yakkers, I just saw a Dark-eyed Junco in our yard. This is quite late in the season to see a junco. I haven't seen one for nearly a month, maybe longer....
I have seen several Western Tanagers in my maple trees the last few days. A Swainson's Thrush was seen also- I haven't seen one here since Sept. 1986. Wilson's...
On Memorial Day, I took the family to see if the Bobolinks were back along Lateral C near Toppenish Creek. We were rewarded by a breeding plumaged male...
Hi Yakkers, Just a reminder that I am leading a YVAS field trip up to Bethel Ridge this Saturday to look for woodpeckers, focusing on finding Black-backed and...
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Betty Peterson
peterson.betty@...
Jun 3, 2010 3:35 am
Hi Birders, This evening around 6:00p.m. there were 13 turkey vultures having fun on the thermals here above the canyon. They often are out here. There were...
Yakkers, We are short of volunteers this Saturday for the Bobolink point counts, so far the only Yakima Auduboner who will be there is Kelly Kindelspire, we ...
Greetings everyone from East of Grandview, I've had a pair of collared Doves around for several weeks - a new yard bird for me. Have been enjoying a singing...
I don't know how common this is, but I saw my first eastern kingbird today -- at Poppoff. It stayed on the first perch long enough for me to have plenty of...
Much like BirdYak, LCBirds was a Yahoo Group for people who wanted to follow the bird happenings in the Lower Columbia Basin. It fell into an electronic abyss...
Hi Yakkers, Today I went up to the area where we will be taking the woodpecker trip tomorrow. Best highlight was a male American Three-toed Woodpecker working...
Hi Yakkers, I saw nine species of woodpeckers yesterday, missing only two of the species that nest in Yakima County. I went on Jeff Kozma's YVAS field trip to...
Hi All, Just posted a few from the woodpecker trip yesterday. George Vlahakis http://www.pbase.com/photon180 [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi Yakkers, Last week an osprey flew over the house--a new yard bird! Although at no time did his feet touch our property I have been told by people in high...
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Lori Isley
loriisley@...
Jun 7, 2010 5:14 am
Yakkers - Stan & I spent Friday & Saturday nights camping near Standup Creek in the Teanaway with hiking friends Lisa & Dan. We took advantage of the...
Thank you. My husband and I sighted a western tanager this morning in our back yard over here on Karr Ave. south of Nob Hill. Wow! What a beautiful...
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Rich712@...
Jun 8, 2010 2:08 pm
Chirp, The June 9 YVAS Wednesday Morning Bird Walk WILL BE at Sportsman State Park at 8:00 am. Unfortunately, Tuesday's Yakima Herald gave Cowiche Canyon as...
Hi Yakkers, We have had a den of Striped Skunks under our potting shed in the backyard for the eight years we have lived in our house on S. 47th Ave. in...
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Rich712@...
Jun 10, 2010 4:28 pm
Chirp, The observation platform at the park's marsh proved to be the highlight of the Wednesday morning walk with both Red-winged and Yellow- headed...
Hello Yakkers, Today I spied a pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves in our yard. Bill says they've been here for 2-3 weeks...hmmm. All other birds are our normal...
I was up on the south side of the Middle Fork Ahtanum Creek today in an old burn above one of the campgrounds and had a beautiful adult Peregrine Falcon soar...
At the suggestion of Richard Repp and others at the end of Wednesday's walk at Sportsman's Park, Mary & I visited Snow Mt. Ranch this evening from 6 p.m. till...
George and Susan Vlahakis took me up to Bethel Ridge to take photos of the woodpeckers they found on the Yakima Audubon trip last week. I posted a few at: ...
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Rich712@...
Jun 13, 2010 5:10 pm
Chirp, Just noted the post below on Tweeters. As the author notes, it is a very unlikely bird to turn up in Yakima County. But as Kerry Turley repeatedly ...
Mac, It was good to get out with you again. Great photos--they look just like the ones I got! George ... From: Mac Knight To: Birdyak Sent: Sunday, June 13,...
Hi All, A few from another trip to Bethel along with Susan and Mac. While photographing the Three-toed, we observed a Mountain Chickadee and Mountain Bluebird...
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Scott Downes
downess@...
Jun 14, 2010 2:11 am
Rich wrote, "The Cordilleran Flycatcher is a dead ringer visually for the Pacific-slope Flycatcher...common in Yakima County." Many would argue that its also a...
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Rich712@...
Jun 15, 2010 4:37 pm
In a message dated 6/13/2010 7:11:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, downess@... writes: So, to be honest many people (and I personally count myself among...
Last Saturday several of us went on a YVAS sponserd trip to Conboy NWR. (Its west of Goldendale) The trip was expertly led by Ralph Rogers. Conboy is a great...
Hi Yakkers I saw a 2nd year Bald Eagle soar over our place today. This is my 1st June record for Bald Eagle here. Last evening we had a family of 4 Barn Owls...
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Rich712@...
Jun 20, 2010 3:08 am
Chirp, A Great Egret was observed today standing and sitting on a stick nest along Toppenish Creek today. A second bird flew to the nest vicinity several...
