Subject: Birding Trip Report: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington on November 12, 2000
Date: Nov 12 17:41:35 2000
From: kdturley at bentonrea.com - kdturley at bentonrea.com


This report was mailed for Kerry Turley by http://birdnotes.net

As seen from the observation platform, around the Refuge
Headquarters, down Powerhouse Rd. to Mud Lake and Lateral "C".

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon [1]
California Quail
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker [2]
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike [3]
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Footnotes:

[1] East of Lateral "C" on Pumphouse Rd.
[2] Fleeing the vicious assault of a Northern Shrike.
[3] One in hot pursuit of the downey woodpecker in front of the
obsevation platform another along Pumphouse Rd.

Total number of species seen: 31