Red-breasted Sapsucker has found his instrument
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One of Darrel Whipple's resident Red-breasted Sapsuckers has found his instrument! Every day he hammers out his signature rhythmic cadence on the top end of a 16-foot aluminum ladder. The irony is Darrel put the ladder up at the corner of the house to keep the Sapsucker from making more holes in the wood siding. The tactic saved the house, but now Darrel is awakened every morning by the resonating ladder.
May - June 2013 Whistler is online
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The May / June 2013 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Indian Jack Slough Update
- Great Backyard Bird Count Review
- Membership Application Form,
- WENAS Campout
- Book Review: Gifts of the Crow
- Translucent Windows Bird Tape
- Program: Diving Birds
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
March - April 2013 Whistler is online
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The March / April 2013 Whistler is available now.
The printed Whistler and a previous online version have the wrong date for the April Lake Sacajawea walk. The correct date is Saturday April 13, at 8am.
Read more of its content:
- Annual WHAS Member Meeting and Program
- Cowlitz County Bird Year List
- Message to National Members
- Membership Application Form
- Program Chair wanted
- Bird Festivals
- Update on WA State Legislative Session
- Earth Day
- Plant trees at Indian Jack
- Amphibian Survey update
- Book Review: Dog Days Raven Nights
- Bald Eagle Survey
- SWAMP update,
- Mushroom Growing 101
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Indian Jack Slough Amphibian Survey
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“No way!”
“Yes, way.”
Have you ever seen lumpy water? Look closely at the bottom of this picture. The straight lines are plant stems, but the rounded grape-like shapes are red-legged frog egg masses, tightly packed, fresh, clear and round.
Cowlitz County Bird List (January 2013 update)
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Russ Koppendrayer just updated the 2013 Cowlitz County Yearlist:
"The 2013 list includes the new taxonomic order which includes the counter-intuitive placement of falcons between woodpeckers and flycatchers. Also you will find some updating of abundance codes, but more needs to be done before next year.
January was launched from the springboard of a record CBC and continued with some good coverage and nice finds in Cowlitz County. We already have identified 114 species for the year."
For more information contact Russ Koppendrayer through our Wildlife Sightings area, where you can find this list (and others) as a pdf file.
Local Christmas Bird Counts Results
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Leadbetter CBC 2012
This was the Christmas bird count that almost did not happen. When I discovered in mid-November that no one was organizing the Leadbetter CBC that I had participated in for years, I volunteered for the job. I could not imagine a Christmas without counting birds. I also, could not imagine the job, or I might not have tackled it.
Continue reading to see the results for Cowlitz-Columbia and Wahkiakum County circles.
January - February 2013 Whistler is online
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The January / February 2013 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Winter Board Meeting Notes
- Outreach for new birders
- Membership Application Form
- Fieldtrip report, Fall Board Meeting report
- Christmas Bird Counts Recap
- Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys
- Backyard Birding: The Great Back Yard Bird Count
- Cat Enclosure in Local Backyard
- Book Review: Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Redhead Duck seen in Cowlitz County
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This Redhead Duck is a rare sighting for Cowlitz County -- only the 4th recorded.
Royce Craig captured the photo on his 3rd visit to the Kalama River area where the bird was found on the ponds along Tradewinds Road.
The bird was first seen on November 12.
November - December 2012 Whistler is online
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The November / December 2012 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Membership Application Form
- Amphibian Survey 2013
- Backyard Birding
- Local Christmas Bird Counts Overview
- White Pelican nest site bulldozed
- Upcoming Program: Feathered Architects - The Fascinating World of Bird Nests
- WHAS member reading lists
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Cowlitz County Bird List (August update)
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Russ Koppendrayer just updated the 2012 Cowlitz County Yearlist:
"We continue to chip away at the yearlist, making a few additions here and there. I just did a check and we only have one species available in the yellow code (Townsend's Solitaire) and none in the blue or green codes. This means that all further additions will be species that occur in Cowlitz County less than annually.
Still at 196 species we have a good shot at breaking last year's record of 203.
Let's get out there and find some unusual fall migrants."
For more information contact Russ Koppendrayer through our Wildlife Sightings area, where you can find this list (and others) as a pdf file.
- September / October 2012 Whistler is Online
- Cowlitz County Bird List (May update)
- July / August 2012 Whistler is Online
- May / June 2012 Whistler is Online
- Red-shouldered Hawk seen at Willow Grove
- Harbingers of Spring; Wood Ducks return to Lake Sacajawea
- 2012 Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys Kick Off
- March / April 2012 Whistler is Online
- 30th Cowlitz Columbia CBC Results
- Leadbetter Point CBC Results