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

Date: April 26, 2002
Location: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington


Too nice to be inside all day so I took a long lunch and visited the
refuge today. Time was short so I probably missed a few birds, but it
was a good day for this area.
I was hoping to add the recently seen Bonaprtes Gull to my county
list but to no avail.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead [1]
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck [2]
Osprey
Bald Eagle [3]
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
California Quail
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Dunlin
Common Snipe
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Cliff Swallow
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] Pond closest to the headquarters
[2] First on I've seen this year
[3] juvenile

Total number of species seen: 43