Hi Rachael, I was sent a photo of the Prairie Falcon nestlings at Painted Rocks so went to look for them today. We peered into the nest cleft about noon and it...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 13, 2011 2:42 am
Hi Khanh, Good to hear from you! Maybe the winter was too tough on these birds? I hope the attached reports help. Good luck! Andy ... From: Andy Stepniewski ...
Without knowing for sure, I am assuming the nest is on the cliff that includes the painted rocks. Unfortunately, the Yakima City/county boundary excludes the...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 13, 2011 3:04 am
I apologize for sending out the message below to everybody in birdyaksville...must be getting tired! Andy ... From: Andy Stepniewski To:...
Sierra our 5 1/2 year old has shown growing interest in birds this spring so decided to start the formal training yesterday morning. We went down to Lateral C...
Today I was on some private property south of Maloy Road in the Wenas that I have access to for my WHWO study. After exiting my truck, I immediately heard the...
We had a Pine Siskin feeding a fledgling on our thistle feeder this morning. I always thought of them as a forest breeder but it seems the fledgling came from...
There are four young ravens begging to be fed in my yard this afternoon. It seems to attract them since they have a couple of hundred wooden fence post perches...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 17, 2011 8:10 pm
Yakkers, This morning a very late Golden-crowned Kinglet is in our conifers here in Parker Heights. This hardy birdlet winters here in moderate numbers. There...
Hi Everyone, I’ve added some recent local bird photos to my web page. A Sora family from Sportsman’s Park, a Western Tanager and Cassin’s Finch from the...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 19, 2011 1:22 pm
WWNAS AREA 18 JUNE 2011 We spent mid-day in the Wenas area, taking a loop walk west from the campground up on to the piney bench and then south to Dry Creek,...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 20, 2011 3:21 am
Yakkers, Our Wenas Area trip report yesterday had 5 Northern Harriers on it. That is correct. We noted 4 almost fledged juveniles and an adult female in the ...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 20, 2011 3:57 am
BETHEL RIDGE ROAD 19 JUNE 2011 We spent a full day in the Bethel Ridge Road area (FR-1500) north of the White Pass Hwy. In the morning Bob and Laurie Schmidt...
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Lori Isley
loriisley@...
Jun 21, 2011 4:55 am
Hi all - I have a fairly regular running route which returns on Barge heading east and turns the corner toward Yakima Ave at Barge & Gilbert. I have regularly...
Hi Yakkers, I put some new photos from the past two weekends on Bethel Ridge. Included are Williamson's Sapsucker, White-headed Woodpecker, a Brown Creeper...
Hi All, I have been chasing the small, hyperactive songbirds the last few weeks. Recent additions to my New Photos gallery on the Pbase site include Yellow,...
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Myra Dorsey
myradorsey@...
Jun 25, 2011 3:11 am
Is it possible to have a Eurasian Collared-Dove in this region? I hear a song that is described in Sibley. I have also checked with Cornell U. web site and...
Myra, The Eurasian Collared-Dove has become pretty common around Sunnyside as well as other areas of Yakima County the last couple of years. It's very possible...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jun 27, 2011 3:56 am
HARDY CANYON IN THE WENAS VALLEY 26 JUNE 2011 We got a late start on this walk around Hardy Canyon, not getting going until 11 am. So, we missed the best...
Yakkers, Yesterday afternoon I had a adult male rufous hummingbird at our feeders. We don't get rufous during the summer at our house, so would have to guess...
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Rich712@...
Jun 28, 2011 6:43 pm
Chirp, Jan Gano just called me. Around 11:15 he observed a Magpie with a yellow on the bill near Fred Meyer on 40th. The bird was observed in ...
Thought I might provide a more definitive description of where we observed the bird. We were driving slowly west bound from 40th on the Hwy 12 onramp. Just...
I was just walking along the banks of the Naches, across from the mouth of Cowitche Creek, watching the swallows, rw blackbirds, and cedar waxwings flitting...
Yakkers, Another key to look for would be yellow under the eye as well. There is a slim potential that it might actually be a yellow-billed magpie as captive...
Hi Yakkers, Yellow-billed Magpies are stay-at-home birds, meaning there is little pattern of wandering or vagrancy. There are no accepted records for ...
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Rich712@...
Jun 28, 2011 9:31 pm
Chirp, I ventured up to the Fred Meyer area in hopes of seeing something with a yellow bill. I walked into the median between the Hwy 12 on and off ramps and...
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willwright26@...
Jun 28, 2011 11:49 pm
Hello Yakkers, A five AM departure from Tancara with the intent to find birds took me through Selah and out Wenas Rd. My list covers all areas to and from,...
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Rich712
Rich712@...
Jun 29, 2011 1:07 am
Yakkers, Below is a follow-up email I received from the lady in Idaho that contacted me earlier. I did delete some of her message as I did not ask if it would...
I went back today, this time with binoculars and a camera, and of course saw no big ol' swallows. Just every other swallow except cave. One WT swift flying...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Jul 1, 2011 3:22 am
Please, check out the latest COLOR version of the newsletter at: http://www.yakimaaudubon.org/documents/June_July_2011_Crier.pdf John Hebert Yakima, WA ...
