Subject: Re: Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Columbia Basin
Date: May 3 20:51:36 1996
From: steppie at wolfenet.com - steppie at wolfenet.com


Gene, Thanks for the sapsucker info. Reminds me, this talk of Big Days, its
about time to give that 201 another challenge! How about being part of a
challenging team in '97? Or, are you going to be racking up counts like 301
in 24 hours in southern Mexico?


Andy





>Andy,
>
>We had one on a mid-May birdathon trip some years back at a farmhouse
>grove about 5 miles south of George, Grant Co. My only Grant Co. record,
>I think.
>
>Gene.
>
>On Fri, 3 May 1996 steppie at wolfenet.com wrote:
>
>> Good Morning Tweeters,
>>
>> 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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