Hi Tweeters!

After walking in the Yakima March of Dimes WalkAmerica on Saturday morning,
we decided to enjoy the beautiful day birding and exploring along Marion
Drain from Lateral A in Wapato including the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge. Many
of the orchards were in bloom making the day even more beautiful.

We had a great day birding even though we didn't see anything greatly
surprising. We saw a total of 41 species. They are:

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestral
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Sora (heard)
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Common Snipe
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Western Kingbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bank Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

Bruce and Janet Eder
Yakima, WA JEDER1 at AOL.com