Subject: Birding Trip Report: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington on April 09, 2001
Date: Apr 9 17:26:25 2001
From: kdturley at bentonrea.com - kdturley at bentonrea.com


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

Date: April 9, 2001
Location: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington


A beautiful day at the refuge...birds were observed from the
observation platform, along the nature trail to and around the Refuge
Headquarters, unless otherwise noted in footnotes.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe [1]
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon [2]
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal [3]
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Osprey [4]
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Dunlin
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch

Footnotes:

[1] in pond along hwy 97 just before Toppenish Creek
[2] in pond along hwy 97 just before Toppenish Creek
[3] in pond along hwy 97 just before Toppenish Creek
[4] Along Marion Drain.

Total number of species seen: 51