I have had a small bird at my feeder the last week--I think it is a Lincoln's sparrow. Tell me what you think. Looks like a small song sparrow, with very...
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martha and john stewa...
lindafi9nk
Mar 12, 2002 7:26 pm
Carol, what do you think? ...Linda I have had a small bird at my feeder the last week--I think it is a Lincoln's sparrow. Tell me what you think. Looks...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Mar 19, 2002 5:25 pm
Floyd Shrock forwarded this to a number of birders, so thought I'd share with those on this list as well. I've written to Quinton and invited him to join this...
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Carol Karlen by way ...
lindafi9nk
Mar 27, 2002 4:41 am
I spent a half hour today at the pond along Bridwell Road. In that time there were hundreds of geese coming - mainly Cacklers(yellow collars) and Dusky...
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martha and john stewart
stewartm@...
Mar 27, 2002 11:27 pm
Could you give me some clues to telling Purple Finches from House Finches?? My Finch males are brilliant, too and I assumed they were all House. Thanks The...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Mar 28, 2002 3:31 am
I think the surest way to tell male house finches from male purple finches is by the streaking or lack thereof on the sides of the breast. Purple finches have...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 1, 2002 4:26 am
I've been getting a great deal of spam lately, and it may be because of Yahoo's change in privacy polity. So I've now gone into my account and changed my...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 1, 2002 3:22 pm
Our first white-crowned sparrow came through on March 30. The golden-crowns are still here in force, singing away. They seem to trade places with the ...
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Quinton T Nice
quintonnice
Apr 7, 2002 1:38 am
Hello, everyone! Before I report on today's birding, I'll introduce myself briefly. I am Quinton Nice, a resident of Sheridan for all of my 24 years. I have...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 7, 2002 3:44 pm
Glad to know you're around, Quinton! I'll forward your message to Carol Karlen, who is not on this list, as she knows exactly where the line is. Good birding!...
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Carol Karlen by way ...
lindafi9nk
Apr 8, 2002 10:07 pm
Marilyn Van Dyk came to watch my backyard this morning at 8:30. Together we watched the coming and going of 20 + species of birds. Being a newer birder she had...
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Floyd Schrock by way...
lindafi9nk
Apr 12, 2002 3:30 pm
This morning (4-11-02) at McMinnville's Airport Park there were two CASSIN'S VIREO (Vireii?) acting like a pair in their customary neck of the woods. I...
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Floyd Schrock by way...
lindafi9nk
Apr 14, 2002 1:29 am
Today (4-13-02) at Linda Fink's bird-friendly farm near Grande Ronde I found the RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER she had reported earlier. I first watched a Red-breasted ...
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Quinton T Nice
quintonnice
Apr 14, 2002 1:50 am
I sat and watched the pond/marsh on Briedwell Road for about an hour and a half this afternoon. There was nothing out of the ordinary among the waterfowl, but...
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Carol Karlen by way ...
lindafi9nk
Apr 14, 2002 4:30 pm
Congratulations go to Quinton Nice (hey - we are cousins) for seeing the arrival of the two Yellow Headed Blackbirds yesterday (13th). Here are the records I...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 14, 2002 8:54 pm
Today (Sunday) a second red-breasted sapsucker moved into the poplars by the house. One was on each poplar. Since nobody's chasing anybody away I assume ...
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Don Albright
donalbri@...
Apr 15, 2002 5:20 am
A few observations from Chehalem Mountain over the past few days. Nothing rare and exciting like Red-naped Sapsuckers or anything like that.....: On April 12...
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Quinton T Nice
quintonnice
Apr 16, 2002 6:14 am
While making a quick trip from McMinnville to Salem this afternoon, my wife and I discovered three Semipalmated Plovers southwest of Dayton. The exact location...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 16, 2002 5:38 pm
When Carol Karlen and Pat Tilley were here yesterday (Monday) to see the red-naped sapsucker, we also saw a flock of black-throated gray warblers mixed in with...
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Pat Tilley
pat2ly
Apr 17, 2002 9:02 pm
Hello Members Yamhill Birders, First thanks to Linda Fink for her invitation to this new birder to join this group even though I live in Marion Co. As way of...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 18, 2002 5:47 am
Welcome, Pat! So glad you've entered the birding world. Thoroughly enjoyed your visit to our farm with Carol and hope you'll come again. I'm not seeing...
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Floyd Schrock by way...
lindafi9nk
Apr 21, 2002 1:34 am
This morning (4-20-02) a CASSIN'S VIREO was on a nest in the fork of a horizontal branch about 8 ft. high in McMinnville's Airport Park, Yamhill Co. HERMIT ...
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Floyd Schrock by way...
lindafi9nk
Apr 22, 2002 3:40 pm
Between 6 and 8 o'clock this evening (4-21-02) two flocks of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (totaling about 75 individuals) passed northward over McMinnville. ...
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 23, 2002 3:11 am
A flock of Townsends and Black-throated Gray Warblers came through our woods today, mixed in with black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadees and bushtits....
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Linda Fink
lindafi9nk
Apr 24, 2002 2:32 pm
3 greater yellowlegs flew up Agency Creek today on our Yamhill Co. farm near Grand Ronde. I'm saying greater because one was making a 3 note call over and over...
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Floyd Schrock by way...
lindafi9nk
Apr 28, 2002 4:24 pm
Along Cozine Creek near Linfield two male WESTERN TANGAGERS and a singing WARBLING VIREO appeared among the hundreds of warblers that are in the area. (I saw ...
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Don Albright
donalbri@...
Apr 29, 2002 4:47 am
This evening (April 28) at about 8:15 p.m. my family and I were treated to a WESTERN KINGBIRD along Riverwood Road, two or three miles south of Dundee, Yamhill...
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martha and john stewart
stewartm@...
Apr 29, 2002 2:55 pm
Sunday we were looking along the ponds on Livermore Rd and an expert birdwatcher from Newberg (Ryscoff??) helped us spot and identify a pair of Solitary...
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Carol Karlen by way ...
lindafi9nk
May 2, 2002 5:19 am
Marilyn van Dyk and I did a mini tour of Yamhill County yesterday. Here is some of our fun stuff. First we met at the old Columbus School site here in...
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Carol Karlen by way ...
lindafi9nk
May 2, 2002 6:42 pm
At 8:20am today a bright male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD came to my feeder at the patio door. Carol McMinnville...
