Yakkers, I have been catching glimpses of a single female Common Redpoll with the usual guests at my feeder today. I have a lot of birches that may be an ...
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Denny Granstrand
dgranstrand
Jan 2, 2013 4:47 am
Hi Yakkers, We had 34 people on the Yakima Valley CBC on Dec. 29, the most participants we have ever had. We found 92 species, two forms and had five count...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 2, 2013 5:20 pm
PARKER HEIGHTS 1 JANUARY 2013 Ellen and I started New Years Day with a hike and birding around our home place on the south flank of Rattlesnake Ridge. Habitats...
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Dodgerdog60@...
Jan 2, 2013 8:11 pm
I have been trying to locate Owls so I can take pictures of them, last year it was my resolution to get all of them in this state, I failed pretty badly, so...
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Dodgerdog60@...
Jan 3, 2013 1:52 am
I have heard on several occasions of bird sighting on Barge street and it was suggested I look for screech owls on Barge street, My question is how do the...
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Rich712@...
Jan 3, 2013 4:58 am
Chirp, Well it appears that all the Yakima County eBird year list totals are in...barring a late barrage of tardy reports from westside birder Michael Hobbs....
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 3, 2013 5:08 am
Yakkers, Late this afternoon I hiked to the ridge crest on what Ellen and I call "The Little Snake Trail," which rises 700 feet in elevation from our home....
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Michael Hobbs
hummer1927
Jan 3, 2013 6:27 am
I did manage to get a few more – I finished with 226 for the year, which ain’t bad considering it takes me a minimum of two hours just to GET to Yakima...
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Linda
king.linda93
Jan 3, 2013 5:18 pm
Greetings! Have been feeding huge numbers of birds since the snow covered the ground out here in White Swan...new to my yard since then have been the...
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Eric Heisey
magicman32...
Jan 4, 2013 6:42 pm
Hey all, Just trying to get directions to the Swamp Sparrow, which I have time to go look for this afternoon or Sunday morning. If you've seen and know where...
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Rich712@...
Jan 4, 2013 8:53 pm
Chirp, Helped Denny unload some seed at the Arboretum feeding blind. Usual birds there including six Fox Sparrows which eBird failed to accept without some...
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Eric Heisey
magicman32...
Jan 5, 2013 4:09 am
Hey all, Just wanted to give a recap on my trip to the Wildlife Refuge today around 3:00 p.m. which was surprisingly productive considering how late I got...
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kozma.jeff
Jan 5, 2013 7:09 pm
I was outside chatting with my neighbor today in my driveway when a flock of 11 Red Crossbills flew over my house. They were low in the sky and very loud. I...
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kevinslucas
Jan 5, 2013 7:58 pm
Yesterday morning with John Hebert at Parker Bridge I photographed a Red-shouldered Hawk. We both heard it call. I don't think they've been seen hereabouts. I...
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Kevin Black
thesuperhero...
Jan 5, 2013 8:04 pm
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Scott Downes
yakthrasher
Jan 5, 2013 10:33 pm
Stopped at the Cemetery on West Wapato looking for owls. Found 2 barn owls and 1 long-eared. Saw saw-whet owl sign in one tree but couldn't find the bird....
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Jan 5, 2013 11:11 pm
I want to distance myself from the thorough evaluation of this sighting by Kevin Lucas.Kevin's attention to detail and persistence might sully my reputation as...
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Scott Downes
yakthrasher
Jan 5, 2013 11:21 pm
Some clarification on the cemetery location. It is reservation memorial park located on west Wapato just west of Lateral C. The long-eared was in the windbreak...
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Denny Granstrand
dgranstrand
Jan 6, 2013 12:25 am
Hi Yakkers, This afternoon a group of us went searching for the Red-shouldered Hawk found by Kevin Lucas yesterday. We saw it almost as soon as we got out of...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 6, 2013 12:51 am
Yakkers, Great sighting Kevin! Red-shouldered Hawk has not been seen in Yakima County before. There are only a handful of reports of this Westside species in...
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JOHN HEBERT
hejohn1126@...
Jan 6, 2013 1:43 am
So it's 4 PM, 30 degrees, and snowing in January. I stop to look through a flock of 200 Red-winged blackbirds in the marsh south of Sarg Hubbard. What's one...
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Eric Heisey
magicman32...
Jan 6, 2013 5:35 am
Hey all, I went up to White Pass today and stopped by Oak Creek on the way up. Oak Creek had the usual Steller's Jays, Bald Eagles, and Lewis's Woodpeckers....
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Scott R a y
mryakima
Jan 6, 2013 5:37 pm
The bird was easily spotted at 9:20 this morning in tall cottonwoods along the Yakima River in the area prior directions indicated. A few minutes later it flew...
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kozma.jeff
Jan 6, 2013 7:18 pm
Must be a great weekend for bird sightings. I just had a Northern Shrike in the yard going after my feeder birds (he was unsuccessful). He landed in a...
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Scott Downes
yakthrasher
Jan 7, 2013 12:44 am
It took me a bit longer to finally find the red-shouldered hawk. Two visits each over 50 minutes to be exact; 7:35-8:30 and 10:00-11:10. Finally located in...
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Denny Granstrand
dgranstrand
Jan 8, 2013 5:45 am
Hi Yakkers, This morning there was an adult dark-phase Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk in the trees at the east end of the J. M. Perry property along Washington Ave....
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kevinslucas
Jan 8, 2013 5:21 pm
Oops. Sunday evening Mary & I saw a gull at Buchanan Lake. In the low light I presumed it was the Ring-bill Gull recently reported by Luke. Yesterday morning I...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
Jan 8, 2013 5:46 pm
Yakkers, Yep, it does look like an adult California Gull. We are missing its leg color so a tiny element of doubt might remain but me thinks California Gull is...
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April Adamson
read2learn55
Jan 9, 2013 2:21 am
Denny, thanks for responding. That hawk has been at Perry since before Christmas. I posted a query about it three weeks ago, but nobody took the bait. I...
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washingtonbirder.Ken ...
wabirder
Jan 9, 2013 8:04 pm
Probably of interest only to those keep a listing of North Cascade National Park "Complex" species and participate in List Reporting to Washington Birder....
