Tweeters,

A pair of Vermilion Flycatchers were reported from Fort Simcoe (west of
Toppenish) July 5, observed by Margaret Lead and Maureen O'Brien. This news
was received by Phil Mattocks on July 10. He passed on the sighting to Denny
Granstrand and myself in Yakima a short time late. Within an hour, Yakima
birders John Hebert and Richard Repp were out there searching, but had no
luck. It was hot out there while they were birding.

We now have more specifics on where these birds were, just in case anybody
want to help in this search. It was a cooker today here. I don't know what
the official high temp was in Yakima, various car thermometers showed as
high as 109 F.

Good luck and stay cool,

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA
steppie at nwinfo.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Denny Granstrand <osprey at nwinfo.net>
To: <birdyak at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 5:55 PM
Subject: [BirdYak] Vermilion Flycatchers location at Ft. Simcoe

> Hi Yakkers,
>
> Here are the directions to the place at Ft. Simcoe where the Vermilion
> Flycatchers were spotted, just in case someone wants to go out there over
> the weekend. It will be a lot cooler on Sunday.
>
> Denny
>
>
> >Hi Denny,
> >
> >Here's how I would describe the place we saw the Vermilion Flycatchers at
> >Fort Simcoe:
> >
> >As you turn off the road to enter the park, there are parking places
marked
> >on the right side (probably on the left side also). We pulled into one of
> >the first parking spots. Face the shrubs and low trees in front of you.
> >There should be a large tree on your right. We ended up sitting on the
lawn
> >in the shade of that tree (around 9 am to 11 am) which will give you some
> >idea of the spot we were watching from. From this vantage point as you
look
> >into the greenery, look back over several layers and there's a bare
branch
> >that shows just above the top of some green. That's the branch we saw
both
> >the male and female sitting on.
> >
> >Good luck!
>
> >Margaret [Lead]
> * * * * * * * * * * *
> * Denny Granstrand *
> * Yakima, WA *
> * osprey at nwinfo.net *
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