This report was e-mailed for Kerry Turley by a robot at http://birdnotes.net
I spent two hours birding from the observation platform at the
Toppenish Wildlife Refuge this morning. The highlight was the 60
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE that flew directly over the observation
platform. I then made the loop from Pumphuse Rd. to Lateral "C" to
Marion Drain to Old Goldendale Rd.back to Power House Rd.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe [1]
Great Blue Heron
Greater White-fronted Goose [2]
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs [3]
Common Snipe
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow [4]
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] Lateral "C" and Toppenish Creek
[2] 60 over obsevation platform
[3] one following some Canada Geese over observation platform
[4] along Marion Dr.

Total number of species seen: 40