Chirp, Visited the 64th Ave Walmart Thursday evening. No pond to ponder yonder. There are a couple of patches of green scum, a rim of mud and lots of parched...
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JOHN HEBERT
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Aug 19, 2011 7:39 pm
The editors have done it again! Please check out the latest issuseof the Calliope Crier Newsletter at: http://yakimaaudubon.org/ John HebertYakima, WA ...
As I rolled down my driveway this afternoon I noticed several Lark Sparrows flush from the roadway. It's always about this time each year that they begin...
Hi Yakkers, I led a YVAS field trip to Bear Creek Mountain today. It was easy to lead this trip since I was the only person who showed up. The highlight was...
This image stabilized 10x set of bins records video at 1080p, and in 3D of desired. But definitely not your primary set of bins at about 60 ounces. ...
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Jennifer
unagi4ever@...
Aug 22, 2011 4:43 pm
Hello I was wondering if anyone knows why we haven't seen hummingbirds for the last few days? Thanks Jennifer Sent from my iPod...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 23, 2011 5:25 am
Hi Jennifer, We still have both Rufous and Black-chinned Hummers, seemingly all female or young birds, at our feeders here in Parker Heights. Andy Stepniewski ...
Hi Yakkers, A photo of the white feather I found on Bear Creek Mountain Saturday was sent to Michael Schroeder, the top grouse expert in Washington. He said...
Around 8pm Tuesday, after the dog and I returned from our evening constitutional, I heard an owl calling in the neighbor's conifer tree. I wandered over to...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to remind folks about an opportunity to participate in a pretty amazing birding adventure. You may recall that last year an Indian...
Spent 45 minutes looking for shorebirds at Wenas Lake this evening from 6:45-7:30. The mud is just beginning to get decent now. It is best viewed from the...
We have this dove at our feeder. It has no collar as a collared dove but has a white band at the end of the tail like one. It is as small as the smallest ...
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Rich712
Rich712@...
Aug 27, 2011 10:41 pm
Chirp, Ventured down to the Yakima Herald Republic building on 3rd Street across from the library last night. Roughly ten minutes before sunset, a few Swifts...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 27, 2011 10:58 pm
Hi Yakkers, An hour around our home here in Parker Heights yesterday morning reveals a small selection of fall migrants. This is the first morning with vireos,...
Hi Mike: Everything else on the dove looks like pure mourning dove. I think this is a Mourning Dove with some white on the tip of its tail. Partial leucism? ...
Looks to be a juvenile mourning dove. Mourning dove tail feathers are tipped in white. The longest tail feathers haven't fully grown out yet which explain why...
Thanks Scott, I could see the bird was definitely in it's 1st molt but didn't see that much white in any field guide and hadn't see it apparent in any bird...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 29, 2011 2:13 am
BEAR CREEK MOUNTAIN TRAIL 28 AUGUST 2011 Nine intrepid hikers climbed all over Bear Creek Mountains north slope today hoping to blunder into a ptarmigan. It...
Hi Yakkers, Andy sent the photo I took of the white feather I found on Bear Creek Mountain on Aug. 20 to Mike Schroeder, who is the leading grouse expert ...
Denny and other Yakkers, You wrote: "This is the first really solid expert we "birders" have found in Yakima County. There are quite a few reports of hikers...
Yakkers, This is related to butterflies, not to birds but it is unusual enough that I hope many still find it of interest. This afternoon we had a fairly...
Yakkers, Thanks much for the helpful replies. I got several replies from the general area of Yakima that we live in, all saying they observed similar sightings...
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Rich712
Rich712@...
Aug 30, 2011 3:43 pm
Chirp, A trek last evening to the school at the intersection of Konnowac Pass and the Yakima Valley Highway proved to be less than epic. The point of interest...
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Rich712
Rich712@...
Aug 30, 2011 5:13 pm
Chirp, Read Scott's post about the white butterflies with lukewarm interest as I have trouble differentiating Monarchs from Swallowtails. However, a couple of...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Aug 30, 2011 6:51 pm
Yakkers, Pine Whites are abundant right now in our conifers here in Parker Heights south of Yakima. Robert Michael Pyle (The Butterflies of Cascadia) says: "in...
Hi Yakkers, I have a Bogen 3221 tripod with a Bogen 3126 head for sale. They are about 15 years old, area little stiff but still have years of life left. If...
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Lori Isley
loriisley@...
Sep 1, 2011 2:24 am
Yakkers - around 5:30 p.m. today Stan saw a Turkey Vulture over our home on 18th Ave between MacLaren and Arlington. I headed over to Franklin Park. My two...
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Rich712
Rich712@...
Sep 1, 2011 3:44 am
Chirp, Pulled into the parking lot behind the Yakima Herald at 7:22 pm. Low over the building, I estimated 400 Vaux's Swifts. As Greg and Elizabeth Bohn live...
