When I last went by the rookery on Wednesday evening, there were about a dozen or so birds present and everything looked status quo. Bev In a message dated...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Mar 1, 2002 3:13 pm
Hi Yakkers, A guy who teaches at my wife's school reported seeing a white owl with dark spots on the breast and back yesterday morning near Terrace Heights...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Mar 1, 2002 3:21 pm
Yakkers, Some bird news, mostly from Parker Heights. Ellen observed 2 Western Bluebirds at the orchard edge in on the south slopes of Rattlesnake Ridge early...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:11 am
Report from KB: Saw a large flock of Redpoll just east of Cle elum on Feb 13. Probably 100 or so, flitting from alder to birch and feeding on the ground. Got...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:56 am
Gunter and everyone who came to the waterfowl class on Saturday 2/23: It went pretty well I thought, and everyone had a good time. We had quite a few...
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Deb Davis & Ken Bevis
baviskd@...
Mar 2, 2002 6:13 am
Heron Talk from Ken: The heron rookery at the point along the Yakima River visible from I-82 near Selah(assuming that is the one you mean) is now on land owned...
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Kerry Turley
kerryturley
Mar 3, 2002 4:46 am
Date: March 2, 2002 I've been couped up too long and it was such a beautiful day that I made a mad dash around Adams, Benton, Grant, and Kittitas Counties,...
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Rich712@...
Mar 6, 2002 1:31 am
Chirp, The YVAS raptor field trip on Saturday was a real treat. We ventured up the Yakima River Canyon to Ellensburg and back. I was not the official tally ...
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Rich712@...
Mar 6, 2002 3:41 am
Chirp, The YVAS raptor field trip on Saturday was a real treat. We ventured up the Yakima River Canyon to Ellensburg and back. I was not the official tally ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Mar 6, 2002 3:38 pm
Yakkers, On stepping out the door at 6 am on March 5, I noted the throaty "cac...cac...cac.." notes of a Cooper's Hawk coming from the pines along our lane. I...
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Sturnella@...
Mar 6, 2002 5:02 pm
Hi I am pretty sure there is a male Rusty Blackbird at my pond. It stays at the edge of the pond flipping thru the leaves. It looks like a Brewer's Blackbird,...
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Rich712@...
Mar 6, 2002 5:52 pm
Chirp, I feel compelled to offer an explanation of my recent double posting concerning the YVAS raptor field trip on Saturday. As a former postal employee, I...
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AJBIRDS@...
ajbirds2000
Mar 6, 2002 6:32 pm
Andy, We saw the GOSHAWKS on March 11, 2000. Memorable sighting! Joyce Lucas Yakima ajbirds@......
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Scott Ray
mryakima
Mar 6, 2002 10:43 pm
Grandview was the Common Redpoll capital for Yakima County today with more than 50 birds in 4 birch trees in the 1500-1700 blocks of W 5th Street. Scott Ray ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Mar 7, 2002 5:15 am
Hi Debie, If this blackbird returns, will you please call me on my cell phone - 952-2550? Thanks, Denny ... * * * * * * * * * * * * Denny Granstrand * *...
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Sturnella@...
Mar 7, 2002 7:15 pm
Denny I'll call you if it shows up again. Sounds like you had a good trip to see the Falcated Duck-- both times! Debie...
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Scott Ray
mryakima
Mar 9, 2002 5:42 pm
Yesterday, a short visit to Sportsman State Park found 6 Violet-green Swallows working over the pond on the north side of the park. Scott Ray Yakima ...
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Rich712@...
Mar 9, 2002 5:45 pm
Chirp, Thursday afternoon I ventured out E. Pomona Rd in Selah in an attempt to relocate the swallows seen on last Saturday's field trip. I encountered a ...
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Rich712@...
Mar 9, 2002 10:18 pm
CHIRP!! Denny Granstrand located a Common Grackle at 10:00 this morning in the 2600 block of Birchfield Rd...a mile+ south of Hwy 24 just south of the first ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Mar 9, 2002 11:02 pm
Hi Yakkers, This morning I found a Common Grackle on Birchfield Road 1.3 miles south of Highway 24. It was with 50-100 Brewer's Blackbirds, Red-winged...
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Scott Ray
mryakima
Mar 10, 2002 3:00 am
Yakkers, I found out about the grackle at 4:30 and immediately dashed down to find it. A flock of blackbirds was hanging out about 200 yards west of the road ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Mar 10, 2002 5:30 am
Hi Yakkers, I got a call at about 4:30 this afternoon from a person who saw a small hawk killing a white bird in his neighbor's back yard. Since he lived only...
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Rich712@...
Mar 10, 2002 6:14 am
Chirp, The thrill of getting out and seeing Denny's latest discovery triggered a memory of the GBBC (Great Backyard Bird Count) held over the four days of ...
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Denny Granstrand
dennygranstrand
Mar 10, 2002 10:17 pm
Hi Yakkers, I have put two new photos of the Common Grackle on the BirdYak website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdYak/ The photos I took of the...
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Rich712@...
Mar 10, 2002 11:00 pm
Chirp, Denny wrote, "This might start a good discussion about why it is a Sharp-shinned and not a Cooper's Hawk." His previous post stated: "As the hawk had...
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Scott Ray
mryakima
Mar 11, 2002 1:22 am
The Common Grackle was still present this afternoon at 4:45pm. I watched for an hour with another gentleman from Toppenish without any luck so we both decided...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Mar 11, 2002 7:23 am
Yakkers and Tweeters, Most birders coming to Yakima are having no trouble finding the Common Grackle. It is reached by taking SR-24 east from I-82 (Exit 34)....
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Phyllis Mullen
pcmullen@...
Mar 11, 2002 4:15 pm
Two vultures boarded an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per...
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wanmit@...
Mar 13, 2002 3:17 am
This afternoon, on the Greenway near Union Gap, we had a good close look at a Bewick's Wren. He didn't appear at all frightened. We were about a mile down the...
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gunter hadersberger
gunterr@...
Mar 14, 2002 12:08 am
eh, found no grackle, from there to the s side cut off : mile 13 about, am or water pipit, mile 22 or about , l h shrike, mile 27, the old white hut on the...
