Today I birded the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge and made a quick (30 minute)
stop at the Greenway Bird feeding Station. (See the two lists below)

Birds seen at the feed station (in taxonomic order):

Black-capped Chickadee
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow [1]
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow [2]
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow [3]

Footnotes:

[1] Brief view of one bird.
[2] Need patience to see this bird - very skittish

[3] Numbers seem to be increasing

Total number of species seen: 11


Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington

Birded the observation platform, aroung the Refuge Headquarters,
Pumphouse Rd. to Old Goldendale Rd to Marion Drain to Lateral "C" to
Pumphouse Rd. and back.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose [1]
Gadwall
American Wigeon [2]
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk [3]
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk [4]
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl [5]
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Horned Lark [6]
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet [7]
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird [8]
Western Meadowlark
House Finch [9]
American Goldfinch

Footnotes:

[1] Thousands
[2] Only one seen
[3] Pumphouse Rd.
[4] Several on Old Goldendale Rd.
[5] Resident pair at headquarters
[6] A couple hundred in stubble field North of Marion Drain. 2 miles
east of Lateral "A" next to corn stubble.
[7] At Lateral "C" and Toppenish Creek

[8] Starting to stake out their territories.
[9] Several hundred total found in 4 or 5 groups

Total number of species seen: 39

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

Kerry Turley <><
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Sunnyside, WA 98944
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