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

Date: December 29, 2002
Location: Yakima County, Washington


My usual Sunday morning trip to the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge,
including Pumphouse Rd., to Mud Lake, back to Lateral "C", to
Charlie's Pond, back to Marion Drain Rd., to Old Goldendale Rd. to
Pumphouse Rd. to Hwy 97.

Most impressive sighting was the dozens of Yellow-rumped Warblers
that the storm must have blown in at Lateral "C" and Toppenish Creek.
The trees were crawling with them.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Virginia Rail
Common Snipe
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Total number of species seen: 38