Bill & Nancy, Thanks for the sapsucker info! Ig uess they are rare but not
unheard of.
Andy



>>Good Morning Tweeters,
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>>On 1 May, I had a male Red-naped Sapsucker in my yard north of Wapato in
>>Yakima County. Although a fairly common summer resident of riparian habitats
>>in the Cascades and northeastern WA, this was my first record from away from
>>the mountains in Yakima County since I moved here in 1978.
>>
>>Can other Columbia Basin birders relate their records from Columbia Basin
>>sites - especially those away from the mountains. I would be interested in
>>the date and location of such sightings.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Andy Stepniewski
>>Wapato WA
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>Thank goodness for databases.
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>4/21/93 1 in our yard in Richland
>4/29/95 3 on ALE (Arid Lands Ecology Reserve) Tony Greager has more
>records there too.
>5/29/93 Coppei Creek, Walla Walla county (not quite in the Blues)
>5/4/91 Turnbull NWR, Spokane
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>Other places and dates of Cascades and NE Washington:
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>Bethel Ridge/Tieton River 5/5/90, 5/19/90, 9/8/90, 6/6/92, 9/6/92, 6/5/93,
>7/9/94, 4/13/96
>North cascades, OK county 8/4/90
>Sullivan lake, PO county 7/20/91, 6/20/92
>FieldS Spring State Park, AS county 6/25/89
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>Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
>Richland, WA
>wlafra at oneworld.owt.com
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