Subject: Birding Trip Report: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington on May 05, 2001
Date: May 5 21:49:58 2001
From: kdturley at bentonrea.com - kdturley at bentonrea.com


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

Date: May 5, 2001
Location: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington

Wind direction: E
Prevailing wind speed: 12-19 km/h

Today was Migratory Bird Day at the Refuge. Yakima Audubon Society
was a most gracious host to the open house and Refuge manager and
Wildlife Biologist David Linehan took groups out on the Refuge proper
and helped everyone have a chance to see some good birds. Although
windy it was still a pretty good day for birding.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern [1]
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture [2]
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt [3]
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher [4]
Wilson's Phalarope
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Footnotes:

[1] one early in the day, three together later.
[2] 3
[3] Good numbers of these.
[4] 3 each gave good close looks sleeping and feeding.

Total number of species seen: 63