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

Date: October 13, 2002
Location: Yakima County, Washington


After checking out the Surf Scoter on Buchanan Lake in Yakima, I
headed out to the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge to see what was
happening. First stop was the pond at the Zimmerman property located
at Lateral "A" and Marion Drain, then the flooded field at Old
Goldendale and Marion Drain, from there to Pumphouse Rd. to the
refuge where I birded the headquarters area and the observation deck.
Still very little water at the observation area.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe [1]
Great Blue Heron [2]
Canada Goose [3]
Mallard
Northern Pintail [4]
Surf Scoter [5]
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk [6]
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Chukar [7]
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot [8]
Killdeer [9]
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl [10]
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren [11]
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing [12]
Yellow-rumped Warbler [13]
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow [14]
Dark-eyed Junco [15]
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird [16]
House Finch

Footnotes:

[1] Zimmerman's (Z)
[2] Marion Drain (M)
[3] Buchanan Lake (B)
[4] Toppenish Wildlife Refuge (TWR)
[5] (B)
[6] (TWR)
[7] 4 - were seen behind the obsevation deck and across Hiway 97 in
the sage brush.
[8] (Z)
[9] Flooded field on Marion Drain at Old Godendale Rd. (FF)
[10] 2 - (TWR)
[11] 1 - (TWR)
[12] (B)
[13] 2 - on Old Goldendale Rd. (O)
[14] Yakima Arboretum Sparrow Patch (SP)
[15] (SP)
[16] (FF)

Total number of species seen: 34