I birded for about three hours at the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge mostly from
observation platform, ( they have started flooding the area North of the
platform) and around the Refuge Headquarters. I then drove along Pumphouse
Rd., to Lateral "C", to Marion Drain, to Old Goldendale Rd, and back to
refuge along Pumphouse Rd. The foloowing birds were seen.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
GREAT EGRET
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
SANDHILL CRANE
Killdeer
Common Snipe
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Vaux's Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow


Six (6) SANDHILL CRANES were first seen directly North of the Refuge
headquarters flying East along Toppenish Creek, it looked like they landed
in the cornfield directly North of the observation platform. Also several
dozen YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were working the trees around the headquarters
building (mostly AUDUBON'S with a few MYRTLE?S mixed in). The 4 or 5 SAVANNA
SPARROWS were seen on the West side of Lateral "C" just North of Toppenish
Creek. The GREAT EGRET was seen South of Marion Drain near Lateral "A"
around the same pond as earlier in the month.

Total number of species seen: 42


?Fate succumbs many a species:
one alone jeopardizes itself.?
- W. H. Auden

Kerry Turley
304 E. Woodin Rd.
Sunnyside, WA 98944
ICQ# 9396464
http://users.bentonrea.com/~kdturley/