Hey everyone, Joe and Karen Zook joined me on the "City" Route of the Birdathon. We actually started birding at Snow Mountain Ranch and then ended up just east...
Ron & I birded the Wenas areas including Hardy Canyon, the Campground and surrounding areas, Maloy Road and the Bluebird trail to the Yakima County Line. We...
Chirp, ...until the fat lady sings. Well, my manners aren't up to snuff so I guess I ain't no lady. My gender might be a problem there also. But I gots the...
Jennie Hodge and I birded the Ahtanum Route which we have been covering for a number of years. We had mixed results this year with fairly good production at...
Sorry, Forgot to add my name. Joyce Lucas In a message dated 5/20/2012 11:08:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vikingcove@... writes: Pardon my ignorance,...
Hi Yakkers, A woman who lives on Fair Ave. across the street from the Sundome call me this morning to tell me a Rose-breasted Grosbeak had been at her feeder...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
May 21, 2012 7:43 pm
Well this is the most exciting Birdathon tale yet! Happy it ended well... Andy Stepniewski Wapato WA steppie@... ... From: Sturnella@... To:...
Bobolinks are beginning their annual return to Lateral C north of Toppenish Creek. There were 5 sightings of male birds today. Two of those sightings may have...
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Andy Stepniewski
steppie@...
May 22, 2012 2:41 am
Good work Joyce and Jennie...I've heard reports of Harlequin Ducks over the years along Ahtanum Creek. It's great you nabbed them! I do wonder how they fare...
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Lori Isley
loriisley@...
May 22, 2012 3:29 am
May 19, 2012 Yakima County Birdathon, Highway 410/Chinook Pass Route Stan & Lori Isley, David Churchill, Larry & Doris Robinson Larry & Doris Robinson birded...
Hi Yakkers, A woman who lives on Fair Avenue across the street from the Sundome called me this morning to say there was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at her...
I have a friend who has a cabin on North Fork Ahtanum Road and she photographed a pair of Harelquin Ducks on the creek behind her cabin a few years ago. That...
Does anyone have favorite late-May birding sites across the Canadian border or along the northern Washington coast? Thanks for your suggestions! Mary Giovanini...
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Rich712@...
May 22, 2012 6:23 pm
Chirp, The Vredenburgh Bluebird Trail is a string of 132 nest boxes starting at the intersection of North Wenas and Audubon Roads and stretching 14 miles to...
Hi all: At 8:25 yesterday morning, I saw what appeared to be a swallow-tailed kite sitting on a sagebrush plant in the median strip (I-82) just north of Exit...
Hi Yakkers, In most cases when an adult female is found killed in the cavity, that type of predation is usually associated with a weasel. I have seen weasels ...
If and one is interested in birding Ft Simcoe with a bunch of 5th graders form Terrace Heights Elementary next Wednesday please let me know. They are planning...
Hi all; Forgot to mention that Elizabeth and I saw a great blue heron with a completely white head and yellow bill like a great egret. The wings were also...
Hi all: Elizabeth and I just got back from Lateral C. No Bobolinks seen, but we did observe two nests with Great Egrets in them. Sadly, also found a great...
Greg & Elizabeth, I've seen Wurdemann's Herons, a variety of Great Blue Heron, in New Jersey. Could this be what you saw? Kevin Lucas [Non-text portions of...
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Rich712@...
May 24, 2012 4:00 am
Chirp, Jeff, thanks for weighing in on the probable culprit (weasel) raiding a bluebird box and leaving wings and busted eggs on the nest rim. I think you may...
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Matt Bartels
mattxyz@...
May 24, 2012 4:38 am
Hi all - I saw what I believe to be the same bird on May 6 along Lateral C. It looked very much like a hybrid Great Egret x Great Blue Heron -- as Greg...
On Lateral C at Toppenish Creek, the Zooks, a friend of theirs & I heard this call repeatedly, with breaks of about 3 - 4 minutes between calls. Can anyone...
Hey all, Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Birdathon/Migratory Bird Count last Saturday. Attached are the results of the count but here is ...
I am going to be visiting your area over this long weekend and would very much like to take photographs of Burrowing Owls. If anyone has any directions to any...
My family and I were at the Farmer's Market in Yakima this afternoon and on our way back to our vehicle we saw a male, singing, MacGillivray's Warbler in an...
I had new Yard Bird today. A Yellow-headed Blackbird ventured the half mile from Sportsmans Park to my feeder in 41st St.. I've also had quite a few...
Greetings! I have spent 3 days intensely birding Medicine Valley at many different times of the day (northwest of White Swan) following up on statements from...
