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

Date: December 1, 2002
Location: Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Yakima County, Washington


Made my regular Sunday excursion to the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge
this morning and found mostly frozen ponds and feezing fog, not the
best conditions for birding. Good conditioning for the upcoming
Christmas Bird Counts though.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Common Goldeneye
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
California Quail
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch

Total number of species seen: 29