http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/ BirdKitt Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:39:05 GMT deborahessman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/226 Today we took the jeep up Parke Creek (north of the Wildhorse Windfarm) then down the Quilomene Ridge to Quilomene Bay on the Columbia River. (This is all part Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:52:54 GMT Jan Demorest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/225 8 or 9 Tundra swans (2 juvenile with grayish plumage) are still hanging out on the ice at Sorenson's Pond, along with a small flock of about 25 Canada Geese. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:35:05 GMT GloryBJeb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/224 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/224 Jim, thanks for the report. We were wondering about the pond and have been too busy to check it out. Good to hear the swans are still there. Will they move Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:38:10 GMT Jim Briggs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/223 If this weather holds on for another day or two, Sorensen's Pond (Berry Rd.) will be iced over. Right now it's the size of a kid's wading pool and crammed Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:21:54 GMT deborahessman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/222 Hi all--Mr. Bill was on Quilomene Ridge last Saturday chukar hunting(I had to work but I'm not bitter) and watched a small flock of gray-crowned rosy finches Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:39:15 GMT Jim Briggs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/221 I just got back from the pond (3:30, Dec 2) and almost all the birds reported by Jeb and Gloria are still there (alas the swans are gone) but there is an Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:03:55 GMT Beth E. Rogers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/219 Craig and I found a small flock of Bushtits in a stand of aspen and pine between Horvatt Road and the Coal Mines Trail west of Roslyn this afternoon. They Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:37:58 GMT Cricket http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/217 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/217 Hi Kittens No - I am not talking about the snow. There was a swan on one of the freeway ponds in Cle Elum yesterday. At 70 mph I did not identify if it was a Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:08:48 GMT Jan Demorest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/216 COOL!!!! Keep that camera handy... I'd love a picture for the Hooter! Jan =^..^= From: birdkitt@yahoogroups.com [mailto:birdkitt@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:36:26 GMT Cricket http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/215 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/215 Hi Kittens, I added a new yard bird in a most dramatic fashion. I heard one of the Hairy's that are regulars "cheeping" away in the trees and turned to look at Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:51:53 GMT Jim Briggs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/214 Wow. I better get down to Sorensen's Pond. I went on the Ice Age Trail field trip to Vantage/Mattawa and while we were mainly looking for glacial erratics I Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:38:58 GMT Jan Demorest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/213 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/213 Yesterday about 3:45 PM I was driving north on Fairview Road and just north of Brick Mill, noticed a large (buteo-sized) white-fronted/dark-backed bird on the Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:09:48 GMT Jan Demorest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/212 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/212 10/31/09 ~ Another stop at Sorenson Pond at 8:30 AM: Geese in the water, minus the teenage Snow Goose, 5 Western Grebes, and a short parade of Northern Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:27:57 GMT Scott Downes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/211 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/211 The following I sent to Tweeters. Some nice notable birds. Thought people might be interested. The snow goose found by Jan was still present along with a Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:32:40 GMT Jan Demorest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/210 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdkitt/message/210 Oct 30, 2009 ~ After a colorful drive up the Canyon from Yakima (where I saw a band of 40+ Bighorn Sheep!), I decided to take a detour to Sorenson Pond and see