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

Date: March 31, 2001
Location: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington

Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 30%
Precipitation: none

Birded the observation platform, along the nature trail to the refuge
headquarters and had 36 species there (see footnotes for locations of
the other bird sightings). Then drove Pumphouse Rd to Mud lake, to
Lateral C, to Marion Drain, to Old Goldendale Rd., to Pumphouse Rd.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron [1]
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal [2]
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead [3]
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle [4]
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail [5]
Virginia Rail [6]
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt [7]
American Avocet [8]
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl [9]
Northern Flicker [10]
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee [11]
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling [12]
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark [13]
Brewer's Blackbird [14]
House Finch [15]

Footnotes:

[1] Flying North across Marion Drain.
[2] 6 along Old Goldendale Rd.
[3] 8 on pond nearest the Headquarters
[4] 1 Adult, 2 immature
[5] along Pumphouse Rd.
[6] Responded excitedly to pishing
[7] 7 on Mud Lake
[8] 1 on pond nearest the Headquarters
[9] Female sitting on nest at Headquarters, had short look at one
young, may be more.
[10] Pumphouse Rd.
[11] Lateral C
[12] Pumphouse Rd.
[13] Pumphouse Rd.
[14] Pumphouse Rd.
[15] Pumphouse Rd.

Total number of species seen: 46