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

Date: April 13, 2003
Location: Yakima County, Washington


My usual Sunday romp around the lower Yakima Valley. I mainly birded
around the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge HQ, then along Pumphouse Rd. to
Old Goldendale Rd., to Marion Drain Rd., to Lateral "C" Rd. and back
down Pumphouse Rd. Any birds sighted outside this area will be noted
in the footnotes.

Good numbers of birds are starting to show up, so keep the binos handy

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

American Bittern [1]
Great Blue Heron
Snow Goose [2]
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead [3]
Ring-necked Duck [4]
Common Merganser [5]
Osprey [6]
Bald Eagle [7]
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull [8]
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Northern Flicker
Say's Phoebe [9]
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow [10]
Common Raven [11]
Tree Swallow [12]
Northern Rough-winged Swallow [13]
Cliff Swallow [14]
Barn Swallow [15]
Black-capped Chickadee [16]
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat [17]
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] one flushed from trail along Toppenish Creek near the Refuge
[2] one in a large flock of Canada Geese
[3] on pond nearest Refuge HQs
[4] on pond nearest Refuge HQs
[5] on Zimmerman Pond at Lateral "A" Rd., and Marion Drain Rd.
[6] two on Indian Church Rd.
[7] one mature bird harrassing waterfowl at refuge
[8] seven at the Granger Pond
[9] one along Pumphouse Rd. and one along marion Drain Rd.
[10] large flock at the feedlot west of Sunnyside
[11] Nesting along Pumphouse Rd.
[12] Lateral "C"
[13] Lateral "C" and TWR
[14] Lateral "C"
[15] Lateral "C"
[16] Indian Church Rd.
[17] one singing and displaying at the bridge north of the Refuge HQs

Total number of species seen: 59